Red Bull point to rear-wing issue for Verstappen’s British GP crash
6th July 2026Red Bull Racing have pointed to an issue with Max Verstappen’s rear wing, which saw him crash out at the British Grand Prix.
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Verstappen was running towards a solid third-place finish at Silverstone before he uncharacteristically spun out at Stowe, beaching his car in the gravel, retiring from the race.
However, it has been revealed that the problem lay at the feet of an issue with his rear wing. Reportedly, the element on the back of the car did not fully attach, resulting in a loss of downforce at a fast right-hander at the Silverstone circuit.
Following the race, Verstappen explained the issue before remaining hopeful that problems can be resolved ahead of the Belgian Grand Prix, next time around. He said:
“It was a different fault with the rear wing, where it would not fully attach, meaning we lost a lot of downforce and spun off the track.
“I hope the coming weeks are better, and that we can sort things about before Spa.”
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After the incident, Red Bull has come out and apologised to their star, four-time world champion, reconfirming the issue had developed late on in the race.
However, they had confirmed that this is not the first time this type of incident has occurred. As such, the Red Bull team principal and CEO, Laurent Mekies has said the team are taking this ‘extremely seriously.’ He said:
“First and foremost, we must start by apologising to Max. An issue with the rear wing on his car developed in the closing stages of the race which ultimately sent him off track.
“It’s not the first time an incident of this kind has happened, we are taking it extremely seriously and will put in place everything necessary to make sure it does not happen again. What matters [now] is that Max is okay.
“Looking at the race up to that point, our pace was better than at any time this weekend, with Max and the Team executing a strong race which put us in a solid third place, before the incident happened.”
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