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Jun
2023
Bird was entangled in Verstappen’s F1 car for Canadian GP
Verstappen radioed his team on lap 11 of the Montreal event to notify the pit wall that he had struck a bird, but the Dutchman’s car did not appear to suffer any major damage and he did not report any subsequent loss of performance on his way to a sixth win of 2023.
But during post-race inspections when Verstappen’s RB19 was returned to the garage, Red Bull found that the remains of the animal had got stuck in the area around the front right brake duct.
Team boss…