Red Bull lost communication with Max Verstappen’s F1 car in Canadian GP
Verstappen held off a late challenge from the charging Ferra💖ri of Carlos Sainz on fresher tyres to claim his sixth victory of the season and his first win in Montreal.
The reigning worꦜld champion has extended his championshi🐎p lead over Charles Leclerc to 49 points after nine races.
Speaking t🅠o Sky after the rac💫e, Horner said radio issues on Verstappen’s car left the team facing “one-way traffic” due to not being able to hear the Dutchman.
“It w🤪asn’t comfortable at all in the last 10 laps after the VSC,” Horner said. “Max just could not break the DRS.
“The Ferrari⭕ was very quick on 🍸the straight line. They could attack the kerb and stay close.
“We🧸 🌌lost communication with the car. It was one-way traffic - he could hear us but we couldn’t hear him. I guess he didn’t need to hear us too much!
“Carlos pushed him hard,” Horner added. "The strategy wasn’t clear. We went for the early stop. We felt it was the best route. Th🌸en Carlos got, effectively, a free stop which set it up beautifully for the end of the race.”
Verstappen said he was not sure exactly at what point his radio stopped working and only realised when his race engineer Gianpiero L🌞ambiase informed him after the chequered flag.&nb🅠sp;
“It didn’t 🎉work anymore,” he explained. “It decided to stop.
“I have no clue when it stop♍ped. I guess it must have been working before, or it did♈n’t work before, which I’m sure they don’t mind.
“As long as I can hear h🌞im, that’s the main thing.”
Horner wary of Ferrari, Mercedes fight back
Despite opening up commanding leads in bothꦉ world champ🦂ionships, Horner is wary about a resurgence from Ferrari at the upcoming British Grand Prix.
Horner a💎lso believes Mercedes could be a threat at Silverstone based on the reigning world champions’ imp🌄roved form in Canada.
“We take each race at a tim🎃e,” Horner said. “It is great going to Silverstone leaving both championships.
“Max isﷺ in the form of his life. Max was absolutely clinical today.
“Silverstone is one of the b😼est circuits on the calendar. There will be huge support for the Mercedes drivers. The♈y will go there fired up.
“On pure form, Silverstone will be a good track for🐟 Ferrari. Mercedes could well be a factor for that race. I am heari🅰ng there will be upgrades for Ferrari so it will be interesting.
“Se🐽rgio [Perez] now has the same amount of mechanical fai🌱lures as Max, but it is too soon to write anyone off.”
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