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Bottas penalised, but keeps P4 in Belgium

Valtteri Bottas was given a five-second penalty and two penalty points for causing a collision with Sergey Sirotkin at the Belgian Grand Prix. All the focus at the start of the Belgian Grand Prix was on the fight for the race lead between Sebastian Vettel and Lewis Hamilton as well as the huge crash involving Fernando Alonso at La Source. But in the chaotic start, Bottas had also hit the Williams driver, damaging both his and the Russian's car in the process as he tried to recover from a P17 start due to engine penalties. The resulting Safety Car for the crash at La Source allowed Bottas to pit for repairs and not lose too much time as he came through to finish P4. A result he is able to...
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