Overview

• FIA stewards upheld a 10-second time penalty and two penalty points under Article 55.15 for Oscar Piastri’s heavy braking at the Silverstone safety-car restart, elevating Lando Norris to race winner.
• Stewarding was driven by telemetry showing Piastri applied 59.2 psi of brake pressure slowing from 218 km/h to 52 km/h, compared with the 30 psi recorded in George Russell’s unpenalized Canadian incident.
• McLaren principal Andrea Stella described the punishment as “very harsh” and said the team will review factors such as the late safety-car withdrawal and whether rivals exaggerated the breach.
• Former F1 driver Sam Bird and others have urged the FIA to define clear brake-pressure limits to prevent inconsistent enforcement of safety-car restart rules.
• Piastri’s championship lead over Norris has narrowed to eight points at the season midpoint, with McLaren managing intra-team tensions as questions over stewarding consistency persist.