Horner calls for ban on T-Wings following damage to Verstappen's car

Christian Horner believes that T-Wings should be banned following the damage sustained to Max Verstappen's car after it was hit by the flying wing from Valtteri Bottas' car. It is estimated that it caused about £50,000 worth of damages. 

The wing fell off Bottas' car for the second time since the start of the year, this time Max Verstappen paying the ultimate price. He was sidelined in the garage for most of the session as his team repaired the damage done to the RB13.

“Today it probably did about £50,000 worth of damage,” Horner said. “It should be banned under the grounds of safety and cost and not just because we don’t have one.

“It’s unfortunate, a bit of debris on the circuit [having] fallen off of Bottas’ car, Max was the unlucky victim who was the first car at speed to come across it. It did quite a lot of damage to the underside of the car, one of those things unfortunately.”

Verstappen expressed surprise over how much damage was done to the floor of the car but thanked his team for healing the wounds and allowing him to rejoin the on-track action. 

“It was unfortunate and to be honest I’m surprised how much damage it actually did to the floor,” he said. “The team did a great job to change it so quickly and check the car over before I went back out on track.”

Fergal Walsh