Mekies opens door to major Red Bull change after Verstappen's 'dangerous' crash

The four-time champion appeared to have masterfully salvaged what had looked like a weekend slipping away from him and was on course for a podium finish, only for it to unravel during the closing stages of the race. Verstappen appeared to lose control of the RB22 at the high-speed Stowe corner on lap 48.

The crash effectively ended his race as he was unable to get the beached car out of the gravel. Following the race, Verstappen pulled no punches in expressing his feelings about the car and its rear wing, describing it as "dangerous" and noting that the crash could have been far worse at a circuit with less run-off area.

Asked about the inverted rear wing and Verstappen's frustration, Mekies did not dismiss the possibility of the Milton Keynes-based team reverting to a more conventional rear wing approach. While he stopped short of attributing the crash solely to the rear wing concept, the Red Bull team principal stressed that the team would leave no stone unturned in exploring its options.

“The answer is that we will do whatever is necessary to be on the safe side. So you could go back if you have raced quite a few races with that concept now. We have races since Miami, I think. So it's been a number of races. So it's too early in the analysis to establish whether it's an issue with the concept or something else. But we are going for sure to leave no stone unturned when it comes to it, and we have all the options,” Mekies told GPblog, among others, in Silverstone.

It is now two rear wing-related crashes for Verstappen in as many race weekends after the Dutch driver suffered a similar fate during the final round of qualifying at the Austrian Grand Prix.

Mekies also admitted Verstappen was well within his rights to be unhappy following his crash at the British Grand Prix. The 49-year-old team boss, reacting to Verstappen's comments, said his driver had every reason for concern, adding that it had been "unpleasant" for the team to "send" one of their drivers into the gravel once again.