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Red Bull boss Christian Horner has revealed Lewis Hamilton's crash with Max Verstappen has left his team with a £1.3million repair bill.
In a column published on Friday evening, Horner also said Red Bull were still weighing up whether to lodge an official review of Hamilton's 'lenient' sanction and claimed Hamilton 'did not show the necessary restraint' in his victory celebrations following Sunday's explosive British Grand Prix.
Hamilton and Verstappen collided at 180mph at Copse corner on the opening lap of the Silverstone race.
Lewis Hamilton and Max Verstappen collided at 180mph on opening lap at British Grand Prix
Red Bull man Verstappen hit the tyre barrier at 51G and spent six hours in a hospital
Verstappen hit the tyre barrier at 51G and spent six hours in a hospital in Coventry before he was given the all-clear.
Seven-time world champion Hamilton was handed a 10-second penalty after he was deemed 'predominantly at fault' for the accident, but he recovered from the punishment to win, and reduce the championship deficit from 33 points to eight.
He celebrated his victory in front of the 140,000 fans at Silverstone, leading Verstappen to tweet from hospital that his rival was 'disrespectful' and 'unsportsmanlike'.
In a lengthy column, published to the Red Bull website, Horner said: 'It is no secret that we felt at the time, and still feel, that Hamilton was given a light penalty for this type
