Oscar Piastri’s penalty during the British Grand Prix was a harsh but fair result, consistent with a host of other similar decisions across the years. The McLaren driver was leading the race when he was handed a 10-second penalty for braking just prior to a Safety Car restart midway through the British Grand Prix.

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”