This year’s British Grand Prix was surrounded with many emotions of joy, shock and disappointment for one Oscar Piastri. This week young Oscar was left disappointed after a loss of a win over a controversial 10 second penalty he got for braking too hard under the safety car was ending. 

In his post-race interviews he showed his emotions of confusement and frustration stating that he didn't know they could no longer brake under the safety car and that he had made similar braking moves on earlier laps and those didn't get penalised. Many fans believe that the 10 second penalty given was too harsh considering the usual punishment for a safety car infringement is a 5 second penalty.

However, according to rumours Red Bull made a case that the manoeuvre was dangerous and possibly caught Max Verstappen so off guard that this caused his spin a few moments later Oscar made the brake, this is what many people believe caused it to be 10 seconds rather than 5.

Oscar's frustrations were valid as if he was not penalised or even given a harsher penalty he would've likely won the race adding to his lead as the current championship leader. However, many believe he deserved the penalty as he did brake much harsher than usual, but should have the penalty been 10 seconds?

Also many point out, including Andrea Stella, that where the safety car went in was very unexpected and not a great area of track for Oscar to get the pack moving again so the situation he was put in wasn't optimal. Therefore, maybe the FIA should’ve been more lenient with the penalty due to Oscar being put into a difficult situation.