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Honda: 'Very disappointing, but the most important thing is that Verstappen is okay'

Honda: 'Very disappointing, but the most important thing is that Verstappen is okay'

18-07-2021 20:28 Last update: 21:46
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Max Verstappen and Lewis Hamilton were the talk of the town this Sunday. Where the previous times were mainly about the beautiful duels, today perhaps what many people already saw and predicted happened. Hamilton and Verstappen hit each other on the first lap. Verstappen crashed and had to go to the hospital for a test, Hamilton won the race.

Honda has on his site Honda reacted for the first time to the Sunday of Max Verstappen and Red Bull. Tanabe says he is particularly disappointed with the result achieved this Sunday. "This was a difficult result for us to take in today's British Grand Prix. Max made a good start as usual, but Lewis collided with him at Copse, causing Max to crash heavily into the crash barriers."

Despite the disappointment, Honda also knows that only one thing is important at the moment. "It was very disappointing, but the most important thing is that he is fine, although he is being observed in hospital."

Honda look ahead to Hungary

For while last weekend went anything but well for Red Bull, it is still important to look ahead to Hungary already. This is what Tanabe does. he does not elaborate on the role that Mercedes played in Sunday's incident.

"This result is not what we wanted, but we know that a championship battle can often go like this and it will remain so for the rest of the season. We can expect more difficult races against strong rivals in this long season, but we will do our best as always. We are already focusing on the next round in Hungary." So the focus has already shifted at the supplier to the next race weekend.