Jenson Button blown away by ‘amazing’ under pressure Oscar Piastri radio message at the British Grand Prix

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Oscar Piastri had an eventful British Grand Prix after being forced to give up the race win due to a 10-second time penalty.

The Australian battled with polesitter Max Verstappen throughout the opening laps, overtaking him as the conditions went from wet to dry fairly quickly.

Later in the race, Isack Hadjar crashed at Copse corner, which brought out the Safety Car. At the restart, Piastri appeared to brake as the Safety Car peeled off to the pits, causing Verstappen to take avoiding action.

He would later be investigated and penalised by the FIA Stewards for the manoeuvre, issuing a 10-second time penalty. The move effectively forced Piastri to give up the race victory, handing it to teammate Lando Norris.

When he was told about the penalty, Piastri attempted to rectify the situation with one message over team radio, which Jenson Button thought was genius.

Jenson Button loved Oscar Piastri’s team radio during British Grand Prix

Piastri attempted to get McLaren to swap the positions between him and Norris, having felt aggrieved by the penalty.

The Australian came over the team radio to say: “I don’t think the penalty before was very fair. I mean, I know it’s a big question, but if you don’t think it was fair either, I think we should swap back and race.”

McLaren would later come back and confirm there would be no team orders, but Button believes the message was still impressive and showed the mental capacity of Piastri.

“It’s very clever because Zak is going to fight his corner and say it wasn’t deserved, so he comes on the radio knowing Zak is listening and says, ‘Well if you don’t think it was deserved, why don’t we swap positions?’ said Button.

“So it is very clever, it’s amazing he’s able to think like that while driving 200mph through Maggotts and Becketts.”

FIA Stewards ruling reveals the extent of Oscar Piastri’s mistake

Piastri was very unhappy after the race, feeling that he did not deserve the penalty, having pulled off the same move during the final Safety Car as he did in the previous.

Data from the FIA Stewards indicates that Piastri had put in an input of 59.2psi of brake pressure between Turns 14 and 15, with him reducing his speed from 218kph (135mph) to 52kph (32mph).

Piastri would later claim that he applied the brakes on the straight after the lights went out on the Safety Car, which contravenes the F1 Sporting Regulations.

Article 55.15 of the F1 Sporting Regulations states that drivers are not allowed to do any “erratic braking” manoeuvres that will “endanger other drivers from the point at which the lights on the Safety Car turn off.”