Picking up damage to the underside of his Red Bull, Max Verstappen lost a “slam dunk” win at Silverstone, says team boss Christian Horner.

Verstappen indeed looked in prime position for a third win in succession when he took the British GP lead away from Carlos Sainz, but his race would unravel from there.

The Dutchman would slow, allowing both Sainz and Charles Leclerc in the other Ferrari through, causing Verstappen to pit with what he believed was a puncture.

It turned out to be bodywork damage picked up from hitting some debris, which looking at TV footage may well have come from Leclerc’s car which had a broken front wing due to earlier contact with Sergio Perez in the other Red Bull.