Toro Rosso knocked off course at Silverstone

There was so much promise at the start of the weekend looking like Toro Rosso could have had an outside chance of a podium with one of the cars, but it actually ended up as a double retirement for the Italian team.

Carlos Sainz held on for most of the race inside the top ten, but stopped on the outside of Club, bringing out the Virtual Safety Car, the first time it has been extensively used in the sport.

“Not the best of endings to a race that was looking good…” Sainz said after the race.

“It was a tough start to the race and during the first stint I struggled a bit, but as soon as I pitted for another set of tyres we picked up the pace and started to push.

“From then on, it was all going really well, running comfortably in P9 and waiting for the rain to arrive, but suddenly my car just switched off and that was the end.

“It’s a very frustrating way to end the weekend here at such an amazing track as Silverstone.”

Max Verstappen didn’t have the best of races, which ended in a spin, “A very short race for me unfortunately. I didn’t have the best of starts and I suffered from a lot of wheel-spin.

“Luckily I was able to escape from the crashes that happened in front of me, but when the race restarted after the Safety Car period I suddenly lost the rear of the car at Turn 2.

“Even though I only damaged the front wing a bit, I wasn’t able to reverse and my race ended there. A shame, but we can’t change it now so we just need to focus on the next race, keep my head up and come back stronger.”

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