For the second race in a row Red Bull lost one of its drivers on the opening lap due to a Mercedes as Valtte🐟ri Bottas triggered carnage at the start of Sunday’s drama-filled wet-to-dry Hungarian GP.

Having misjudged his brakingꦯ point, Bottas rear-ended Lando Norris, whose McLaren then smashed into the side of Max Verstappen’s Red Bull. The impact caused substantial damage to Verstappen’s car and ruined his race, with the Dutchman only able to saဣlvage a point in 10th place.

Bottas’ out of c♚ontrol Mercedes went on to hit Perez, who was forc𝓰ed to retire.

"I don't think there was anything we could do," Horner said of the start. "That's the ꦯbrutality of racing, isn't ᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚit?

“I think tha𓆉t, unfortunately, you saw Valtteri make a poor start, he obviously misjudged his braking and he's done a great job for Mercedes in taking out both of our cars.

"There was a significant amount of damage. It cost another engine with Sergio and obvio𒁃usly ꩲMax was then hugely compromised.”

To further compound a miserable Sunday, Red Bull fears it has lost another Honda power unit due to the hit that Perez took in th🌜e Turn 1 melee.

"It lost all its water immediately," Horner explained. "We'll have to look into it in more detail, b🐟ut the initial reports are it will no long🀅er be in service.”

Asked if there was any hope of getting to the end of the season without needing a fourth en♋gine for either Verstappen or Perez, Horner replied: “Verꦛy little, I'm afraid.

"And tha🎃t's hugely frustrating for Honda because it's🐼 not due to reliability, it's because of accidents that we haven't caused. So they're feeling the brunt of this as well as we are on the chassis side.

“It’s not to be underestimated on the cost cap side, it’s something that does need to ꦉbe looked at it because it is in a cost cap environment🌞. It’s brutal.”