Huge FIA penalty verdict announced after Max Verstappen and Oscar Piastri incident at British GP

The FIA have announced a penalty for McLaren F1 star Oscar Piastri after a safety car infringement that involved Max Verstappen at the British Grand Prix.

On the second safety car restart at Silverstone, Piastri slowed down suddenly under the safety car with the incident causing confusion for Verstappen.

F1 HEADLINES: FIA announce HUGE Silverstone penalty as disqualification warning issued

The four-time world champion accelerated because he thought Piastri was ready to go on the safety car restart, but Verstappen was mistaken and then suffered a major spin after the restart which demoted him down to P11.

As a result, the stewards did not take kindly to Piastri's move and slammed the McLaren star with a 10-second time penalty, which could prove detrimental to his chances of a race victory.

Will McLaren appeal Piastri penalty?

Zak Brown revealed to Sky Sports on the pit wall that the team were debating appealing the penalty, where he said: "We're debating that here on the pit wall. That was a bit of a late Safety Car call in.

"The leader controls the race. I think it looked a little bit more dramatic on tv than we saw on telemetry."

"I think you also had Max accelerating because he thought Oscar was about ready to go. A combination of both."

If Piastri's penalty is maintained, the Aussie will have to extend at least 10 seconds over his team-mate Lando Norris to maintain the race victory, but otherwise can only hope for a second place finish at best.

READ MORE: Lewis Hamilton in heartwarming moment with pregnant Sky F1 presenter at Silverstone

Related

British Grand Prix

Second Red Bull star OUT of British GP after huge Mercedes collision

• 2 hours ago

British Grand Prix

CHAOS at Silverstone as Red Bull star one of THREE drivers out of British GP

• 3 hours ago