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.

Oscar Piastri said he was left “confused” by the fact that Max Verstappen had to evade him during the incident behind the Safety Car at Silverstone. The championship leader was given a 10-second time penalty for braking erratically behind the Safety Car as he prepared for the restart,