Australian F1 star Oscar Piastri says his drop from third to seventh on the starting grid for the Austrian GP for exceeding track limits is ’embarrassing’ for the sport.
Piastri set the third quickest time during qualifying on Sunday, but will now start in seventh after Race Control ruled he had transgressed the track limits by the barest of margins.
The usually mild-mannered Piastri was extremely unimpressed with the decision.
‘For me, it’s embarrassing,’ Piastri told Sky Sports.
‘We do all this work with track limits, put gravel in places and I didn’t even go off the track, I stayed on the track.
‘It was probably my best turn six and it gets deleted.
‘I don’t know why they’ve spent hundreds of thousands or millions trying to change the last two corners when you still have corners you can go off.
‘There’s no reason this corner should be an issue for track limits, especially when you stay on the track like I did. Or not in the gravel.
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Oscar Piastri (pictured) says his drop from third to seventh on the grid for the Austrian GP for exceeding track limits is ’embarrassing’ for F1
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Race Control ruled Piastri had transgressed the track limits by the barest of margins
