BUDAPEST (Reuters) -Mercedes’ Valtteri Bottas will have a five place grid penalty at Formula One’s next race in Belgium after the Finn triggered chaos and collisions on the opening lap of Sunday’s Hungarian Grand Prix. Stewards ruled Bottas caused an avoidable collision at turn one, in wet and slippery conditions, and also handed him two penalty points. The race was halted and re-started on Sunday with four drivers retiring — Bottas, Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc, Aston Martin’s Lance Stroll and Red Bull’s Sergio Perez. Verstappen continued, dropping from third to 13th and fighting back to 10th at the finish with a heavily damaged car. We also lost the engine very likely.”McLaren decided to retire Norris during the race suspension, leaving 15 cars in the competition.

Source: MetroXpress August 01, 2021 14:30 UTC