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Max Verstappen pictured smiling with AlphaTauri bodywork that ruined his British GP

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Max Verstappen was all smiles after being handed the piece of bodywork that wrecked his chances of victory at the British Grand Prix.

Verstappen was the man to beat at Silverstone all weekend, despite being pipped to pole position by Carlos Sainz during Saturday’s wet qualifying session.

Such was the Dutchman’s pace, his time for one of his Q3 laps would have been good enough for third on the grid, even though it featured a spin coming out Stowe.After the race was restarted following Zhou Guanyu’s terrifying shunt, Verstappen trailed Sainz in the early stages and then took the lead when the Spaniard made a mistake going through Becketts and ran wide. READ MORE: Max Verstappen rages at Red Bull team in X-rated rant during British Grand Prix The 2021 world champion looked set to pull away and secure a comfortable victory at that point.

That was until he ran over a sizeable piece of bodywork that had fallen off an AlphaTauri - Red Bull’s sister team.While it wasn’t noticeable to the naked eye, the incident caused significant damage to the floor of the Red Bull, leading to a drastic loss of performance.

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