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Oscar Piastri can look back at several moments during the 2025 Formula 1 season that cost him in the title race. He ultimately finished third, 13 points behind teammate Lando Norris.
Some would argue that there’s little benefit in Piastri forensically analysing the season just gone and urge him to focus on 2026 instead with pre-season testing only weeks away.
But a year ago, McLaren identified qualifying as Piastri’s main weakness and the work they did over the winter eradicated it. He tied Lando Norris 12-12 in the intra-team head-to-head.
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F1 Oversteer has calculated that Piastri lost 47 points through his mistakes. That would easily have been enough to win the title.
George Russell felt Oscar Piastri’s British GP penalty was wrong
Piastri is regarded as an unflappable driver but there was one moment above all in 2025 where he appeared to be seething.
The Australian was on course for victory at the British GP until he received a 10-second penalty for driving erratically just before a safety car restart. The subsequent delay at his pit stop handed the win to Lando Norris.
Piastri, who felt the penalty was unfair, optimistically asked McLaren if they would consider swapping the cars back. This gambit failed, and the 14-point swing is even more painful in light of the final standings.
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Speaking on the F1 Show, Sky Sports pundit Karun Chandhok revealed that GPDA chief and Mercedes star George Russell sided with Piastri over the incident.
“I reckon he lost 31 points, including the disqualification in Vegas, and Lando lost 36 points between the non-finishes and the disqualifications,” Chandhok said.
“Silverstone, I felt that was really harsh. The safety car turned the lights off really late.
“You watch the onboards, and I spoke to some other drivers, including George Russell, who was in that queue, who thought he didn’t deserve that.
“The point is that I think he’s been on the wrong end of the penalties on a couple of occasions.”
Every penalty Oscar Piastri received in 2025
Piastri picked up three penalties for driving offences in 2025. In addition to the Silverstone offence, he was adjudged to have caused a collision with Kimi Antonelli at the Brazilian GP.
Max Verstappen questioned why McLaren didn’t appeal the Sao Paulo penalty, which was perhaps even more divisive than the British GP incident.
In addition, Piastri picked up a five-second penalty for moving before the start of the Azerbaijan GP, though he never served it because he crashed out on lap one.
There were also two warnings and two reprimands for driver number 81, mostly due to breaches of yellow and red-flag procedure.
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