Max Verstappen’s trophy broken again as Red Bull cause havoc after Belgian GP

Max Verstappen looked shocked as Red Bull’s constructor’s trophy was destroyed after the Belgian Grand Prix. The incident happened as the squad got carried away when they took their winners photo in the pit lane after the chequered flag.

Team bosses ran forward as some engineers began spraying champagne with the trophy in the firing line. Verstappen appeared stunned as mechanics pointed out the incident, but he quickly saw the funny side.

With a massive grin on his face, the Dutchman screamed: “It’s broken again. The trophy’s broken again.” A mechanic replied: “That’s another trophy gone. I know.”

Red Bull soon confirmed the trophy had been destroyed as they uploaded a video on Instagram. They added the caption: “Ready for summer-BREAK, don’t worry we could rebuild this one and it’s on its way to Milton Keynes.”

It comes just a week after Lando Norris destroyed Verstappen’s trophy at the Hungarian Grand Prix. The winner’s vase toppled off the podium in Budapest after the McLaren star smashed his champagne bottle on the top-step.

Norris shrugged off the incident immediately after the Grand Prix but has since issued a heartfelt apology to Red Bull.

Speaking ahead of the weekend, the 23-year-old said: “I do want to apologise for it: I obviously had no intention in ever doing such a thing. And I know how much it means to the Hungarians and part of their culture and so forth.

“So yeah, like, of course, I want to enjoy the time, it was never my intention to do such thing. And I did apologise to Max. I know, I obviously made a couple of jokes about it. Which maybe I shouldn’t, but I do feel bad.

“If he did it to my trophy, I’d be annoyed, so I do apologise for it. And obviously the people who put the time and effort in and everything into making it, I really didn’t mean for it to happen. So, I’ll make sure I’m a lot more careful next time on, on celebrating.”

The vases were handmade for the Hungarian Grand Prix and are understood to have taken around six months to complete. Each one is valued at around £35,000 ($45,000) but comes with a lifetime warranty. CEO of Herendi Porcelanmanufaktura Zrt, Attila Simon, has already confirmed the team would be issued a new one.