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British GP: Max Verstappen questions ‘strange’ penalty for Oscar Piastri as Christian Horner draws George Russell comparison | F1 News

Max Verstappen said that he had found “strange” that Oscar Piastri had received a decisive penalty for a violation of the security car during the British Grand Prix, while the boss of Red Bull, Christian Horner, deplored the fact that George Russell escaped a punishment for an incident similar to Canada last month.

Piastri was penalized to suddenly slow down after taking control of the peloton because it was confirmed that the security car arrived at the end of the 21st round in Silverstone.

Verstappen took front on Piastri when he seemed to have trouble slowing down enough to stay behind the McLaren, but the Dutch then turned a few moments later when he tried to follow the chief of acceleration.

Piastri received a 10 -second penalty, who saw him lose the victory against his teammate Lando Norris, while Verstappen fell in the 10th before recovering to finish fifth.

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Highlights of a chaotic British Grand Prix in Silverstone

“I only discovered after the race he had obtained one (a penalty),” said Verstappen. “No one told me during the race.

“The fact is that it happened to me a few times, this kind of scenario.

“I just find it strange that suddenly Oscar is the first to receive 10 seconds for this.”

Verstappen seemed to refer to an incident at the Canadian Grand Prix last month, which led Red Bull to appeal after the race against Mercedes Russell when they alleged that the Briton had driven irregularly behind the security car.

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Red Bull launched a demonstration after the Canadian General practitioner saying that George Russell has driven irregularly in front of Max Verstappen behind the safety car

Russell was authorized for any reprehensible act and maintained the victory while Verstappen finished second.

When asked if Verstappen thought that Piastri’s situation was different from that of Russell, he replied: “The commissioners, yes.”

Horner “ undertaken ” by Piastri’s penalty

Red Bull’s boss of Verstappen, Horner, went further when he moved the fact that Russell was not penalized in Canada.

Horner said: “I was not surprised to see him (Piastri) get a penalty. This is what we expected.

“It was probably more surprising that George did not get one in Montreal, to be honest with you.

“But that’s it. Unfortunately, our race took place from this moment.”

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Toto Wolff and Christian Horner react to Red Bull’s call on the driving of George Russell behind the security car in Canada

The commissioners explained that Piastri had received a penalty to suddenly apply 59.2 pounds per square inch (PSI) of braking pressure on Sunday.

When Red Bull’s protest against Russell was rejected in Canada, the commissioners said that Mercedes’s driver had only applied 30 psi, who was not tried erratic.

Mercedes chief Toto Wolff described Red Bull’s demonstration in Canada as a “mean” and “embarrassing”, while Horner later said that he had “regrets”.

Verstappen: Piastri’s incident did not cause rotation

Verstappen refused to blame the incident for his spin a few moments later, suggesting that the error was the result of its low -cost car configuration, which made driving in extremely difficult wet conditions.

He said: “I just tried to make the accelerator, but the car was already really difficult until that time with just trying to find a nice rhythm, and that just caught cold tires.”

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Max Verstappen was optimistic despite a delicate day at the British Grand Prix

However, Horner seemed to believe that Piastri’s incident had played a role in Verstappen disturbing before his rotation.

“Oscar obviously did what he did on the brakes, racing to Stowe,” added Horner.

“He caught Max Out. As you prepare to restart, it surprised him completely unexpectedly about what was going on.

“All your preparation, your changes, everything you can’t access in the right place. Oscar then left, Max tries to accompany him. And obviously, he had half a Stowe.”

Piastri: It was the same as my first restart

Piastri estimated that the penalty was hard, insisting on the fact that he had done exactly the same thing during the restart of the previous security car earlier in the race.

“I hit the brakes. At the same time as I did, the lights of the security car were extinguished, which was also extremely late,” said Piastri, whose advance of the world championship on Norris was reduced to eight points.

“And obviously, I did not accelerate because I can control the rhythm from there. And you saw the result. I did nothing different for my first restart. I did not go slower. I did nothing differently. So, too bad.”

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Oscar Piastri felt injured to receive a penalty to brake behind the safety car in his McLaren at the British GP

McLaren’s general manager Zak Brown, and team director Andrea Stella agreed that the penalty had been “severe” on their driver.

Brown said Sky Sports F1: “The security car seemed to have been called a little late. The leader controls … I think Max accelerated, Oscar Brake, which made him worse than it was. Telemetry did not seem to be looking on television. But that’s what it is.

“I think that each time you enter these penalties, there is an element of subjectivity. I think that when they beat the brakes, they are 130-140 PSI, so trying to obtain the temperature in the tires, it is a wet and late call – a loved one.”

Stella reiterated the Brown point that McLaren felt injured by the end of the knees, the decision was made that the safety car would arrive.

He said Sky Sports F1: “We have certainly given our contribution to the race management, in particular linked to the fact that we thought that the security car was called relatively late.

“We think overall that the penalty has been hard, but we will review the data. As usual, we will see if there is a learning of this. For the moment, we cannot do much. We just have to take it on the chin.”

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