The timing of the F1 safety car call and the temperatures on track led McLaren’s Andrea Stella to brand Oscar Piastri’s 10-second penalty as “very harsh”

The lead car can dictate the pace of the restart, but Piastri was pinged by race stewards for "suddenly" braking. He received a 10-second time penalty, which he served during a pitstop. As a result, McLaren teammate Lando Norris took the race lead and went on to claim victory in his home Grand Prix.

Overlooked in the wash up to the rollercoaster British Grand Prix was a huge admission that came from Oscar Piastri’s garage. For once it wasn’t going to be the Australian who got screwed over. Aussie Oscar Piastri has been left feeling aggrieved after a wild British Grand Prix where a 10-second penalty cost him a likely race win.