BUDAPEST, Hungary -- Valtteri Bottas was given a ten-second penalty and two superlicence penalty points for his collision with Daniel Ricciardo at the Hungarian Grand Prix on Sunday. However, due to his 23-second margin over Pierre Gasly in sixth, Bottas held on to his fifth-place finishing position.
Bottas and Ricciardo collided at Turn 1 on lap 68 as the Mercedes driver desperately tried to defend fourth position. Bottas was on 53-lap old tyres at the time after Mercedes opted to pit him on lap 15 of the race and keep him out on track to hinder Vettel's progress.