McLaren driver Oscar Piastri has been given a reprimand by the FIA for failing to follow the race director’s instructions in FP2 at the Italian Grand Prix at Monza.

The red flag was thrown after 10 minutes of FP2 at Monza after Andrea Kimi Antonelli, the Mercedes driver, spun and got beached in the gravel at Lesmo 2.

Oscar Piastri reprimanded after FIA holds Italian GP investigation

Ahead of the restart, Piastri was released into the pit lane before the FIA communicated an official restart time.

The potential breach was quickly noticed by Max Verstappen’s Red Bull race engineer, Gianpiero Lambiase, who alerted his driver to the incident.

Lambiase said over team radio: “Piastri at the head of the queue, Max. He did leave without the resumption time, so it’s being looked into.”

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