British GP: McLaren preserve Oscar Piastri penalty ‘very harsh’ as F1 group says nonetheless ‘issues to assessment’ | F1 Information

McLaren say they are going to conduct additional assessments of Oscar Piastri’s disputed penalty within the British Grand Prix, from each the stewards’ perspective and their very own, having maintained the sanction was “very harsh”.

Piastri’s bid for victory at Silverstone a was scuppered by a 10-second penalty issued by race stewards for “erratic driving” in entrance of Max Verstappen because the championship chief “braked closely” down the Hangar Straight after the Security Automotive had signalled it was about to tug in to the pits for the race to renew.

Neither Piastri nor McLaren agreed with the choice, though there was solace for the group in that they nonetheless received the race with Lando Norris and completed one-two to additional lengthen their massive world title leads at their house occasion.

Nonetheless, group principal Andrea Stella felt there had been additional concerns to deal with within the incident.

“I used to be truly taking one other take a look at the info and the video earlier than coming right here,” Stella informed reporters after Sunday’s race

“I’ve to say that the penalty nonetheless appears very harsh.

“There are a couple of elements that we’d’ve favored the stewards to consider.

“Initially, the Security Automotive was referred to as in very late, not leaving a lot time for the chief to truly restart in situations during which you lose tyre temperature, you lose brake temperature, and the identical goes for everybody.

“The 50 bar [brake pressure], it is a strain that you simply see in the course of the Security Automotive run, if you do some braking and acceleration.”

He added that in addition they wished to have a look at whether or not “different opponents” – which on this case would have been Purple Bull rival Verstappen – “made the scenario look worse than what it’s” within the incident.

Nevertheless, the stewards’ verdict mentioned that Verstappen had been pressured to take “evasive motion to keep away from a collision”, briefly overtaking Piastri, because the Australian had “abruptly braked arduous (59.2 psi of brake strain) and diminished pace in the midst of the straight… from 218kph to 52kph”.

Stella mentioned: “We’ll must see additionally if different opponents sort of made the scenario look worse than what it’s, as a result of we all know that as a part of the race craft of some opponents, positively there’s additionally the power to make others appear to be they’re inflicting extreme infringement when they aren’t.

“So a couple of issues to assessment. Just a few issues to assessment. However in itself, now the penalty has been determined, has been served, and we transfer on.”

Finally accepting the ruling, he added: “We’ll see if there’s something to be taught on our facet, and I am certain Oscar will use this motivation for being much more decided for the races to return, and try to win as many races as doable sooner or later.”

McLaren had wished investigation to happen after the race

Having been in communication with Race Management after Piastri’s penalty was served, Stella mentioned McLaren had truly wished the stewards to analyze the incident after the race once they would have been capable of converse to the drivers concerned earlier than issuing a judgement.

He accepted the stewards had a troublesome job to do and mentioned McLaren would maintain an open dialogue with them about what occurred.

“There’s quite a bit to contemplate,” mentioned Stella.

“The truth that at this time we had a scenario which we judged as a group as being a harsh penalty for considered one of our drivers, does not change our opinion that the FIA and the stewards, they do a troublesome job, they fight their finest. I believe they do their finest additionally to try to be constant. There are lots of totally different situations, usually situations they alter for some subtleties. It is no totally different, I believe, working as a steward or the FIA from working as a group.

“It is at all times troublesome to make the proper calls. So what’s vital is that we maintain the dialogue going, I believe we can have dialog with the FIA and with the stewards, and we are going to see how this case may have been interpreted otherwise.

“What we mentioned in the course of the race was that we thought it was acceptable to debate after the race, as a result of I believe we should always have checked intimately the opinion of the drivers concerned, and we should always have checked why the protection automobile was referred to as in so late, after which put collectively all of the proof such that the choice could be as truthful as doable.”

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