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Bottas penalty: I'll take it, you can pass at Spa

Valtteri Bottas says he will 'take' his Belgian GP grid penalty on the chin as not only was he to blame for the Hungarian crash, but Spa is a track where drivers can pass. Bottas caused chaos and carnage on the opening lap of the Hungarian Grand Prix as the Finn, who had been bogged down at the start and lost positions, rear-ended Lando Norris into Turn 1. That pushed the McLaren driver into Sergio Perez with Bottas also hitting the other Red Bull of Max Verstappen. Norris, Perez and Bottas all retired with the McLaren driver questioning why Bottas would 'risk doing those kind of stupid things' on a wet track. The stewards ruled that Bottas was responsible for the crash, hitting him with a...
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