Oscar Piastri remains convinced that he didn't deserve the penalty that cost him victory in Formula 1's British Grand Prix, while Max Verstappen finds it "strange" it's taken this long for a driver to be penalised for braking like that before a restart.
Piastri was given a 10-second time penalty and two penalty points for his "erratic braking" in front of Verstappen when the lights on top of the safety car went out ahead of the second restart.
But Piastri was visibly frustrated by his penalty - especially by his usual easy-going standards - immediately after the race and by the time the post-race press conference rolled around more than half an hour later.
Why Piastri thinks the penalty was wrong
The steward punished Piastri for what they perceived to be erratic braking - a brake pressure of 59.6psi was recorded and he slowed from 218km/h to 52km/h - but Piastri argued that was exactly what he'd done on the previous safety car restart.
"I hit the brakes. At the same time I did that the lights on the safety car went out, which was also extremely late and then obviously I didn't accelerate because I can control the pace from there. And yeah, you saw the results," Piastri said.
"I didn't do anything differently to my first restart. I didn't go any slower. I didn't do anything differently. So a shame."
Looking at the available data, it does appear that Piastri approached the second restart in a very similar fashion to the first.
But that alone wouldn't stop Piastri being punished; in fact, it might mean Piastri was fortunate that the first occasion went unnoticed.
When asked if he'd seek clarification about the penalty, Piastri said: "I don't know. I don't think it's worth doing at the moment.
"I'm not sure it's going to be very constructive, in all honesty, I don't really care at the moment."
McLaren team boss Andrea Stella called it "very harsh" even after reviewing the restart after the race.
He conceded that "the penalty has been decided, has been served, and we move on", but said the team would review it in the coming days.
The Montreal comparison
Obvious parallels were drawn to the Canadian GP in June when Red Bull protested George Russell's victory because of his driving behind the safety car.
There, the stewards cleared Russell of any wrongdoing. Piastri couldn't see why things were different this time.
"I don't think he [Verstappen] had to evade me. He managed the first time. I would say going back to Canada, he had to evade more there than he did today," Piastri said.
"So I'm a bit confused, to say the least."
This was a very different scenario to Montreal, however. There, Russell's brake pressure was a considerably lower 30psi, while the conditions at Silverstone were also more treacherous.
Plus, it wasn't at the safety car restart, where Article 55.15 of the FIA sporting regulations - which Piastri was found to be in breach of - specifies that drivers cannot brake or drive erratically once the safety car lights out.
Piastri said his braking and the lights going out at the same time was coincidental and McLaren said the safety car had been "called in very late".
What's 'strange' to Verstappen
Verstappen found the penalty "strange". That wasn't suggesting that Piastri had an unlikely supporter, but more that Verstappen was perplexed that others hadn't been punished for similar offences.
"The thing is that it's happened to me now a few times, this kind of scenario," Verstappen said.
"I just find it strange that then suddenly, now, Oscar is the first one to receive 10 seconds for it."
Asked if it was different to what Russell did in Montreal, Verstappen simply said "to the stewards, yes".
Without naming him directly, Stella hinted that Verstappen, who drove past Piastri temporarily when the McLaren driver applied the brakes, might have exaggerated the incident.
"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," Stella said.
"Definitely, there's also the ability to make others look like they are causing severe infringement when they are not."
Why McLaren didn't swap positions
After serving his penalty, Piastri asked McLaren to swap back the positions if they believed Piastri's penalty was unfair.
The team denied that request, with Piastri left to mount an unsuccessful attempt to supplant his team-mate instead.
"I thought I would ask the question. I knew what the answer was going to be before I asked, but just wanted a small glimmer of hope that maybe I could get it back," Piastri explained after the race.
"But no, I knew it wasn't going to happen."
As far as McLaren was concerned, Piastri was simply doing what team boss Andrea Stella had encouraged.
"As part of the way we go racing together as a team, and with Lando and Oscar, we always tell our drivers, 'Don't keep things in the back of your mind when you drive'," Stella said.
"If you have a point, if you have a suggestion, if you want to let us know what you're thinking, just say it. And then we will evaluate [with] other people. We will make a decision. We will come back to you.
"So I think what Oscar did is exactly what we incentivise our drivers to do. He communicated, he expressed his opinion, which we evaluated.
"In reality, the way we manage the situation, given the penalty, was to allow Oscar, despite the penalty, in case of a safety car, to retain the lead, because if there was a safety car, both guys would have pitted. Oscar would have paid the penalty. Lando could have waited. And the two McLarens would have gone out in the same order as they came in.
"But at the point in which we needed to have the transition of the dry tyres, then the penalty was paid, and at that stage we thought that we should just retain the natural order gained through the penalty.
"So I think this was fair for both, and I'm sure that Oscar will understand and agree to this point of view."
Piastri was indeed content with how McLaren handled it, believing it would have been unfair on Norris for the team to agree to his request.
"I don't think there was anything wrong with it. Lando didn't do anything wrong, I don't think it would have been particularly fair to swap, but I at least asked," Piastri reflected.
