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Bottas penalised for red flag overtake

Valtteri Bottas has been handed a grid penalty following an incident during FP2. The Finn was summoned by the stewards after it was claimed he overtook Felipe Nasa between turns 5 and 6 whilst red flags were being shown following Fernando Alonso's engine issue which saw the Spaniard park his McLaren by the side of the track. Having spoken to Bottas and a team representative, and studied video evidence, the Finn was handed a 3-place grid penalty and 2 penalty points. Bottas admitted he overtook Nasr under red flags, a breach of Appendix H, Article 2.4.4.1 of the International Sporting Code. The stewards in applying the penalty took into consideration that despite the considerable speed...
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