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Bottas gets penalty in second straight race

Valtteri Bottas has been handed a three-place grid penalty for the Malaysian Grand Prix after the Williams driver was found guilty of impeding Daniel Ricciardo during the qualifying session on Saturday. The Finn was on his out lap in the second leg of the session when the Red Bull driver caught the Williams during his hot lap, consequently hindering the Australian. 'Get this f****** Williams out of my way!' Ricciardo, who went on to qualify fifth, complained over the radio at the time. Bottas was eliminated in Q2, qualifying 15th but the penalty will now drop down to 18th promoting the Lotus pair of Romain Grosjean and Pastor Maldonado and Sauber driver Adrian Sutil by one place each. This...
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