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Bottas penalised for Sirotkin clash at La Source
While other drivers said that Sunday's Belgian Grand Prix had been rather 'boring,' that certainly wasn't the way that Valtteri Bottas saw his day at the office. The Finn was already seriously compromised by a number of grid penalties for having to use new power unit components this weekend. It meant the Mercedes driver started the race well out of position from 17th place on the grid. Bottas was then caught up in the first lap incident at La Source, running into the back of Williams' Sergey Sirotkin in the confusion. While the Williams was able to continue, the contact forced Bottas to pit for repairs. It dropped him to the rear again, but he still managed to fight back to eventually...
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