Then there was perhaps THE storyline: Oscar Piastri’s ten-second penalty for a Safety Car infringement, coming after the McLaren driver braked heavily near the end of a Safety Car period. Piastri was running up front and leading the field to the restart, but after serving the penalty he came out behind Norris, and had to settle for second.

All the reaction to a dramatic British Grand Prix at Silverstone, won for the first time by McLaren's Lando Norris.

After all the rain and chaos of a typical Silverstone Sunday, an avoidable penalty decided the 2025 British Grand Prix. Oscar Piastri’s gamesmanship against Max Verstappen on Hangar Straight behind the safety car was overt and unnecessary,