Max Verstappen took second place at the British Grand Prix.
Former F1 team principal Eddie Jordan highlighted Max Verstappen, Sergio Perez and Charles Leclerc among the ‘losers’ column when discussing his winners and losers from the British Grand Prix at the weekend.
Verstappen took his Red Bull to second place behind the Mercedes of Lewis Hamilton on Sunday, after qualifying fourth with a heavily damaged floor on Saturday, running wide at Copse and losing a significant amount of downforce from his car.
Eddie Jordan explains why Max Verstappen, Leclerc and Perez are among Silverstone ‘losers’
Verstappen had been running third behind the Mercedes duo in the early stages at Silverstone, but on hard tyres towards the end later moved past the chasing McLaren of Lando Norris after the final round of stops to put himself behind Hamilton on the road.
There was not enough time for the World Championship leader to mount a challenge for race victory, but former eponymous team principal Jordan put him among the ‘losers’ column for the reason of his car not being up to scratch – praising how well he went about his drive during the race.
Having listed the likes of Mercedes and Nico Hulkenberg among his ‘winners’ from the weekend, Jordan moved onto the topic of who did not come out of Silverstone on the right side of the results.
After identifying Perez and Leclerc, pointing to the Ferrari driver’s drop-off in form since Monaco and saying he needs to “capitalise” when in form, he also highlighted Verstappen after “his car was not good enough” in qualifying, before a “battle” during the race.
