Unsurprisingly, Oscar Piastri was obviously angry about his ten second penalty today in the British Grand Prix for sudden braking behind the safety car.
I think a penalty of some sort was deserved - although maybe five seconds would have been fairer - but I can understand why Oscar was angry, given that George Russell did the same thing in Canada and got away with it.
The difference today presumably was that the rain made the sudden braking more dangerous. That and also the fact that there was time today to apply a penalty in-race, whereas George's sudden braking move at Canada came very late in the race. They would therefore have had to amend the Canada result post-race, and that's something which the FIA don't like to do, presumably for the optics of it.
Optics shouldn't come into sport, though, so again, I can understand why Oscar feels hard done by, even if ultimately, the penalty is his own fault.
Optics shouldn't come into sport, though, so again, I can understand why Oscar feels hard done by, even if ultimately, the penalty is his own fault.
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