Wedged AlphaTauri endplate wrecked Verstappen’s British GP

The world champion had just taken the lead from Ferrari’s Carlos Sainz at Silverstone when he suddenly slowed with what he believed was a puncture.

However, after pitting for fresh tyres and finding his car was no better, Verstappen struggled on with a mysterious aero loss that the team suspected was caused by car damage. He eventually came home in seventh.

Television footage had shown him hitting a part from Charles Leclerc’s Ferrari early on in the race, and it was…