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Verstappen’s retirement, coupled with a one-two for McLaren drivers Lando Norris and Oscar Piastri, was a significant blow to the Dutchman in the drivers’ championship.
The world champion is 61 points behind Piastri, whose lead over Norris was cut to 15 points by the Briton with his third victory of the season.
Verstappen said: “I was never thinking about that anyway. So, yeah, we just take it race by race. And we try to just find more performance with the car. Try to learn from all the things that we are doing. And then, we’ll see what happens.”
Asked what he thought of his prospects for the British Grand Prix at Silverstone next weekend, he said: “Normally, (we are) a bit better in the high, high speed (corners). But, I mean, the pace of McLaren is insane. So, I’m not saying that we are going to beat them in Silverstone.”
And he said that while Red Bull have further upgrades coming to add to the tweak to the floor edge introduced in Austria, he was not coincident they would enable him to regularly fight for wins.
“There are bits coming,’ Verstappen said. “Is it enough to challenge McLaren? I’m not sure yet. Probably not.
“But, I also don’t want to sound depressed. I know that everyone in the team always gives it 100%. And, we keep pushing, keep learning, keep trying to bring more performance to the car. And, that’s the only thing that we can do.”