Oscar Piastri, furious with Silverstone’s sanction
The Australian received ten seconds of penalty for having stopped a lot behind the security car and lost the victory in the GP of Great Britain.
Oscar Piastri wanted to go as quickly as possible from Silverstone. The Australian was enraged with the penalty of ten seconds that the FIA sports commissioners applied to him and that the victory in the GP of Great Britain, 12th Formula Date 1. But I congratulate Nico, I think it is the best news of today, ”was the answer he gave before climbing the podium to take second place. Congratulations was for Hülkenberg, who went up to the podium for the first time in F1.
The penalty to Piastri came for its actions in the relaunch, after the entry of the security order, of the Vuelta 21. The tournament leader abruptly stopped and Max Verstappen, who came behind, had to dodge him so as not to impact him. FIA applied ten secondsthat the Australian fulfilled in his last detention in boxes. He entered as the leader of the race, but with the sanction, he was behind his partner Lando Norris.
The part of the commissioners explained the reason for the punishment to the Australian: “The data of the Positioning/Banderas Control, Videos, Telemetry, Telemetry Radio and Recordings from the car were reviewed. When the career director declared that the Safety Car would enter that same turn (to boxes) and the lights went out, the 81 car sharply stopped (59.2 brake pressure psi) and reduced the speed, in the middle of the line between the curves, 14 and 15, passing from 218 km/ha 52 km/hwhich forced car 1 (Verstappen) to maneuver to avoid a collision. This caused that, momentarily, the car 1 inevitably advanced to car 81, a position that immediately returned. Article 55.15 of the FIA Sports Regulation requires that car 81 maintain a rhythm without erratic braking or maneuvers that can endanger other pilots from the moment the Safety Car lights go out. What did car 81 was clearly a violation of said article. According to the penalty guidelines, a sanction of 10 seconds was imposed. ”
Piastri was not at all agreed with the decision of the commissioners: “It seems that it can no longer stop behind the Safety Car. He had already done it for five laps before. But I repeat, I will not say much more because I would get into trouble. I thank the public for this great event and for enduring bad weather, I always like Silverstone, “he closed. And he went to the podium, where he received a trophy that barely lifted.
With the result, Norris limited eight points in the World Cup and are now separated by eight (234 to 226). After Canada, the Australian sent with 22. In two races, the difference was significantly shrinking.
