Max Verstappen SPINS OUT and loses nine places in bizarre safety car incident as Oscar Piastri is given penalty
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THERE was a bonkers restart after a safety car at Silverstone as Max Verstappen dramatically SPUN OFF track.
The Dutchman, who was in second place, had momentarily pulled in front of Oscar Piastri who slowed right down as the safety car was ending.
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Max Verstappen dramatically spun off the track
Amid all the confusion Verstappen spun wildly before recovering and dropping all the way back into 11th.
The Dutchman was left fuming, and said on his team radio: "Whoa, Mate! Jesus, just suddenly again slows down!"
The stewards were then forced to investigate Piastri for a Safety Car infringement and he was later slapped with a whopping ten-second time penalty.
Lando Norris just needed to stay within touching distance from his teammate and the Silverstone crown would be his.
The safety car had been called into action as Isack Hadjar slammed into the wall and was luckily left unhurt.
The Racing Bulls youngster had crashed into the back of Mercedes rookie Kimi Antonelli.
McLaren chief executive Zak Brown on Sky Sports F1: "We're debating that here on the pit wall. That was a bit of a late Safety Car call in.
"The leader controls the race. I think it looked a little bit more dramatic on tv than we saw on telemetry."
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He also admitted McLaren are considering appealing, saying: "Yeah. That's exactly the conversation that we're having.
"I think you also had Max accelerating because he thought Oscar was about ready to go. A combination of both."
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