Verstappen Crash Cost Red Bull $1.8 Million, Says Horner

Mercedes' Lewis Hamilton and Red Bull's Max Verstappen during the race of British Formula One Grand Prix, at the Silverstone circuit, in Silverstone, England, on July 18, 2021. Peter Cziborra/Reuters

LONDON—Max Verstappen’s British Grand Prix collision with Lewis Hamilton cost Red Bull $1.8 million with ’massive ramifications’ for a team operating under Formula One’s budget cap, principal Christian Horner said on Friday.

In a combative column on the Red Bull website, Horner revealed the championship leader’s seat was broken by the first lap impact in last Sunday’s race at Silverstone.