Parc Ferme: Lando, I win... Oscar, you lose

The eventual winner of a drama-packed race, Norris was understandably ebullient on the podium after taking victory in his first home Grand Prix. The win also closed the gap on Piastri’s Formula 1 World Championship lead, making the day even sweeter.

The young Aussie himself should have occupied the top step, and based on how the race played out, he would have done so had it not been for a contentious ten-second stop-go penalty.

Depending on your persuasion, the blame for this victory denied lies in a variety of different places.

First up, he did have a bit part in his own destiny. There’s no denying that he jammed on the anchors abruptly. However, the whole effect was amplified if Max was under acceleration at the time (which it appeared he was).

Therefore, Verstappen would have had to brake excessively as well. The driver leading the pack sets the pace; those behind have a responsibility to act accordingly. The domino effect on the cars behind could arguably be the fault of both.

Next is the officials' late Safety Car call. This was undoubtedly an influential factor. Piastri is not a known player of brake testing games, but the late Safety Car notice and the pressure of an already chaotic race probably resulted in a more aggressive braking responses than would otherwise have occurred.

With "An Other" official having made a cock-up, applying a ten-second penalty was already harsh. Making it a stop-go type that once completed was unappealable, effectively prevented further recourse.

A five-second race time penalty would have been more appropriate and probably consigned the eventual race winner to the second step.

Finally, and probably the biggest issue for Oscar, was the team's apparent laissez-faire approach in trying to overturn the decision.

From a marketing perspective, a Brit winning the British Grand Prix is the best possible result for most—F1, Norris, McLaren and Zak Brown, who, as even-handed as he tries to be, his body language is hard to hide.

You can’t help but feel that if he had to toss a coin to see which of his drivers wins the championship, his preference would be for it to land Norris side up.

To cap it off, Andreas Stella essentially saying “we just needed to take it on the chin” when interviewed at the end of the race, kind of said it all.

Unnatural justice has been a feature of Formula 1 since Bernie Ecclestone was a boy. Something Piastri's manager, Mark Webber, is painfully aware of. He was robbed of a victory that, in retrospect, was a mixture of bad luck, his own error and errors of others.

However, his young charge may want to console himself. Yes, the talk is all about Lando at the moment, but the racing last weekend was all Oscar.

He out-qualified and out-raced his teammate definitively; dispatching Verstappen in a way only Norris could dream of. Justice would be winning at Spa and lifting that driver trophy at the end of the season!