Verstappen: Car felt like it was falling apart | Seventh a good result

Max Verstappen said he felt like his Red Bull car was "falling apart" during the British Grand Prix and seventh was a good result in the circumstances.

The Red Bull driver started his day at Silverstone fairly positively; taking the race lead away from Carlos Sainz, after the Spanish driver made an unforced error going wide off the track.

Verstappen's move to the front came after the race had been restarted, following a frightening early multi-car crash.

However, the Red Bull driver then suffered significant structural damage to his car. As a result, he found himself fighting it out in the midfield and the 24-year-old became increasingly frustrated over team radio.

"Critical [damage] means that the car is not able to run anymore," he told Sky Sports F1.

"I'd just gone into the lead because of Carlos' 'moment' and then a few corners later, there was a piece of debris on the racing line.

"As soon as I arrived there [on the line], I could not drastically turn left or right, so I tried to hit it head on. Normally, it would just get pushed away, but this time it went in my floor and destroyed the whole left hand side of my floor.

"Within two corners, I felt like the car was falling apart. I thought initially I had a puncture, which was not the case, but even after that the car was a handful to drive."

For the rest of the race - over half of it - Verstappen battled away with his car and his team boss Christian Horner revealed after that it was working with half the downforce from the floor.

In the final laps, Verstappen was tussling with Mick Schumacher as the Haas driver aimed to pick up his first points in Formula 1, and Horner praised the world champion's hustle.

"I've never known him to fight as hard for a seventh place,