Oscar Piastri was handed a 10-second penalty (along with two penalty points) for his contact with Kimi Antonelli, and we\u2019ve released our latest F1 poll to see what you think.<\/p>\n
McLaren team principal Andrea Stella described the penalty as \u201charsh\u201d, though the team accepted the outcome of the stewards\u2019 enquiry, while Charles Leclerc \u2013 the driver to retire as a result of this moment \u2013 thought it was more of a racing incident.<\/p>\n
F1 poll: Was Oscar Piastri\u2019s 10-second penalty in Brazil fair?<\/p>\n
As a reminder, Piastri managed to get into the wheeltracks of Mercedes driver Antonelli on the first Safety Car restart of the race, Piastri moving early to the inside as he, Antonelli and Leclerc went three abreast heading towards Turn 1.<\/p>\n
At the apex, Antonelli moved across to look to take the racing line, Piastri had a small lock-up and made tyre-to-tyre contact with the teenager, who in turn saw the rear of his car put out of shape, and Leclerc was helpless as he suffered front suspension damage, along with his front-left tyre coming clean off his Ferrari.<\/p>\n
More post-race analysis from the Sao Paulo Grand Prix<\/p>\n
\ud83d\udc49\u00a0Brazil GP conclusions: Key Norris change, Max\u2019s big fight, latest Piastri SOS, new Ferrari solution<\/a><\/p>\n \ud83d\udc49\u00a0Brazilian Grand Prix driver ratings: Verstappen breaks the scale; Hamilton horror<\/a><\/p>\n Piastri protested in the car that he had nowhere else to go at the apex, but the stewards found him ultimately responsible for the incident, handing him a 10-second penalty which put him out of race win contention, with Lando Norris taking full advantage to extend his World Championship lead.<\/p>\n