‘I didn’t get the result I deserved’ – Piastri rues penalty after P2 at Silverstone

Oscar Piastri has rued the impact of a “pretty bad” 10-second time penalty on his race at the British Grand Prix, with the McLaren driver feeling that he did not get the result he “deserved”.

After starting from P2, Piastri had got himself into the lead of what proved to be a highly eventful wet-dry race at Silverstone, holding onto that position through two Safety Car periods.

However, when the second phase came to an end, Piastri was deemed by the stewards to have braked too late at the restart, resulting in him being handed a 10-second penalty which he later served during a pit stop.

This dropped the Australian down to second, while team mate Lando Norris took victory and brought Piastri’s championship lead down to just eight points. Nico Hulkenberg, meanwhile, claimed a debut F1 podium in third.

During his initial post-race interview, Piastri was reluctant to comment on what happened as he said: “I’m not going to say much, I’ll get myself in trouble. Well done to Nico – I think that’s the highlight of the day. I’ll leave it there."

He added: “Apparently you can’t brake behind the Safety Car anymore. I did it for five laps before that and, again, I’m not going to say too much because I’ll get myself in trouble.

“But thanks to the crowd for a great event, thanks for sticking through the weather. I still like Silverstone even if I don’t like it today. Thanks for coming out everyone.”

When speaking to media later on, the 24-year-old gave a further insight into his feelings about what had happened.

“I thought the penalty was pretty bad but, anyway, I’m glad we had a quick car today, showed what I needed to prove, and it’s just disappointing when what you deserve gets taken from you, but that’s how it goes,” said Piastri.

“I hit the brakes, saw the Safety Car lights went off so I didn’t accelerate again, and Max [Verstappen] went past me which was a bit strange, and then I got a penalty for it so about as simple as that.”

Pushed on what he would take from the weekend as a whole, Piastri responded: “The pace was good, I did everything I needed to, just didn’t get the result I deserved.”