McLaren F1 chief Andrea Stella has hinted that Red Bull star Max Verstappen played a role in getting Oscar Piastri a penalty at the British Grand Prix. Piastri was leading the race at Silverstone but was given a 10-second time penalty for driving erratically behind the safety car,

British driver Sam Bird, the 2015 World Champion in endurance racing in the LMP2 class, expressed an opinion that Max Verstappen from the Red Bull team may have intentionally provoked a penalty for McLaren driver Oscar Piastri during the British Grand Prix.

Max Verstappen was surprised to hear that Oscar Piastri had been given a penalty for their incident behind the Safety Car during the British Grand Prix. The Red Bull driver pointed to a similar