F1 British GP 2025 live: Race result, reaction and standings as Piastri fumes at Norris win at wet Silverstone
Follow live F1 reaction from Silverstone as Norris took victory after Piastri’s costly penalty
Lando Norris took advantage of Oscar Piastri’s penalty to win the British Grand Prix for the first time in his career.
During a wild, wet and chaotic race at Silverstone, Piastri was dealt a 10-second sanction by the stewards after he slammed on his brakes at 130mph ahead of a safety car restart.
Max Verstappen was forced to take evasive action with the stewards coming down hard on the Australian. It cost Piastri the win, with Norris crossing the line 6.8 seconds clear of his championship team-mate and McLaren rival.
Norris’ fourth victory of the season allows him to reduce the championship deficit from 15 points to eight with his second win in as many weekends – while Nico Hulkenberg landed his first podium in Formula One after 239 starts. Lewis Hamilton had to settle for fourth.
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TOP-10 - BRITISH GP
1. Lando Norris
2. Oscar Piastri
3. Nico Hulkenberg
4. Lewis Hamilton
5. Max Verstappen
6. Pierre Gasly
7. Lance Stroll
8. Alex Albon
9. Fernando Alonso
10. George Russell
Piastri responds to Russell-Canada penalty comparisons
At the Canadian GP, George Russell braked under the safety car and did not receive a penalty. Red Bull claimed the move was an attempt to make Max Verstappen pass under the safety car.
After Oscar Piastri braked under the safety car on Sunday at the British Grand Prix, he was slapped with a 10-second time penalty.
When asked in the post-race press conference about comparisons to Russell, Piastri said “I don't know how different it was. I can only comment on what I felt I did, which I felt was well within the rules, and I did it once already in that race. So, yeah. I don't really get it. I'll go have a look back.”
Lando Norris capitalises on baffling Oscar Piastri error to take home victory in chaotic British GP
From here on in, Lando Norris will want his own personal grandstand at every race. The 25-year-old, arguably the sport’s most popular driver among the Netflix generation of F1 fans, had expectations sky-high this weekend at Silverstone, racing for the quickest team in a championship-contending season.
And for the 10,000 decked in bright yellow in the ‘LandoStand’ at Stowe corner, who bought tickets in the space of an hour last autumn, they were rewarded for their enthusiasm and endeavour amid grey skies around them with a dramatic win for their man on Sunday.
Norris took the chequered flag by five seconds, becoming the 13th British driver to win his home grand prix, while Oscar Piastri was left to rue a costly mid-race error behind the safety car. For the Australian, usually a modicum of composure, the customary post-race interview hit saw how vigorously his blood was boiling. “I’ll get myself in trouble,” he said.
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Norris capitalises on baffling Piastri error to take home win in chaotic British GP
What rule did Piastri violate?
When Oscar Piastri pressed on the brakes of his papaya orange F1 car under the safety car on Sunday, the FIA claimed he was in violation of the Sporting Regulations. Max Verstappen swerved out of the way during the incident.
Article 55.15, along with the International Sporting Code, says “drivers must proceed at a pace which involves no erratic acceleration or braking nor any other manoeuvre which is likely to endanger other drivers or impede the restart.”
The FIA said that “Car 81 suddenly braked hard (59.2 psi of brake pressure) and reduced speed in the middle of the straight between T14 and T15, from 218 kph to 52 kph.”
Who retired during the British Grand Prix on Sunday?
A slew of rookies retired on Sunday, starting with Franco Colapinto who did not even get a chance to race after he started in the pit lane.
“Pretty tough weekend, of course,” Colapinto said. “We win and lose together.”
16. Antonelli
17. Hadjar
18. Bortoleto
19. Lawson
20. Colapinto
Bortoleto on teammate Hulkenberg's podium:
Gabriel Bortoleto, who retired during the British Grand Prix on Sunday and made an early trip back to the garages, watched his teammate Nico Hulkenberg secure the first podium of his career.
As Hulkenberg’s Sauber crossed the finish line, Bortoleto came on the radio to congratulate him: “Nico, it’s Gabi. Man, you don’t know how happy I am for you. You are a f****** legend. Honestly, Absolutely insane what you did today.”
F1 driver standings after British GP
1. Oscar Piastri (McLaren) – 234 points
3. Max Verstappen (Red Bull) – 173 points
4. George Russell (Mercedes) – 147 points
5. Charles Leclerc (Ferrari) – 119 points
7. Kimi Antonelli (Mercedes) – 63 points
8. Alex Albon (Williams) – 44 points
9. Nico Hulkenberg (Sauber) - 37 points
10. Esteban Ocon (Haas) – 23 points
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F1 standings after British GP as Lando Norris closes gap to Oscar Piastri
Verstappen reacts to Piastri penalty: "Strange"
“I only found out after the race that he got one, no one told me during the race,” Max Verstappen, who finished in P5 on Sunday, said. “The thing is that it happened to me now a few times, you know, this kind of scenario. I just find it strange. Then suddenly, now, Oscar is the first one to receive 10 seconds for it.”
In Canada two races ago, Red Bull protested George Russell’s repealed penalty. The Mercedes driver braked, which Red Bull argued was an attempt to make Verstappen pass under the safety car. Russell didn’t receive a penalty.
Comparing the two, Verstappen said it is clear the racing stewards saw the two incidents differently.
"We'll have to see also if other competitors kind of made the situation look worse" - McLaren team principal on Piastri penalty
Following Oscar Piastri’s 10-second time penalty on Sunday, McLaren team principal Andrea Stella spoke out about it:
“We’ll have to see also if other competitors kind of made the situation look worse than what it is, because we know that as part of the racecraft of some competitors, definitely, there’s also the ability to make others look like they are causing severe infringement when they are not.”
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