The lead car can dictate the pace of the restart, but Piastri was pinged by race stewards for "suddenly" braking. He received a 10-second time penalty, which he served during a pitstop. As a result, McLaren teammate Lando Norris took the race lead and went on to claim victory in his home Grand Prix.

The colour orange was chosen to represent the famous Mercedes C111 vehicles from the 1960s and 70s, and the recently launched CONCEPT AMG GT XX. However the W16 is not the only vehicle subject to changes this weekend, with F1 also confirming that the safety car will be given a tangerine touch-up for the British GP.