Windsor saw a repeat of Canada: 'Annoyed Verstappen, but a penalty this time'

08:40, 07 Jul

Updated: 08:43, 07 Jul

byKada Sarkozi

During the second safety car restart, Lando Norris was running in third place. However, two moments before they got back up to speed led to the Briton's victory in Silverstone.

After Max Verstappen's spin and the 10-second penalty Oscar Piastri received for erratic braking during the restart, Lando Norris could cross the finish line in first place at the British Grand Prix.

Analyst Peter Windsor also saw similarities with the incident between George Russell and Verstappen in Canada. "As we saw in Canada, Max very annoyed that Oscar suddenly slowed going into Stowe. Another situation like Canada, where Oscar then said I was just passed under the safety car. And on this occasion the stewards decided to give a 10-second penalty for Oscar Piastri. He was given that news a couple laps later by which time McLaren had presumably questioned it with the stewards," he began on his YouTube channel.

The Australian also understands why a usually calm Piastri was irritated after the penalty. He also reasons that McLaren should not have served the penalty in the pit lane, but instead let the penalty be applied after they crossed the finish line.

"Oscar got on the radio and quite surprisingly and I think quite intelligently said that whole thing with the safety car was ridiculous, we should be basically appealing that, we should reverse positions now on that basis and then race to the finish."

"Which I can't remember any driver ever saying that and you've got to give him full marks for thinking laterally there and he was the quicker driver over the weekend for McLaren and there he is being super aggressive on the radio about something like that and of course had they not decided to serve that 10-second penalty in Oscar's pit stop and waited till the end of the race."

However, he also believes the British team also served the penalty "to avoid any of that team stuff going on."

Windsor sees annoyed Piastri and momentum turning towards Norris

"I think this is the first time we've seen Oscar Piastri, who's a really nice guy, an incredible temperament, looking very annoyed after the race. And I don't blame him for that," Windsor also added about Piastri, as he lost because of what happened behind the safety car and not because of his pure pace.

As a result, for the second weekend in a row, it was Lando Norris celebrating a victory. "It was significant too because of the momentum that Lando Norris is now carrying forward," Windsor reacted. The gap between the two McLaren drivers currently stands at eight points in the drivers' standings.