After a clash with Sebastian Vettel, Valtteri Bottas had to defend his position against Daniel Ricciardo in the final laps. The wing of the Mercedes was heavily damaged but the Finn stayed on track.<\/p>\n
The two men arrived side by side at the braking of the first corner, and the lack of grip from the Mercedes caused Bottas to hit the right side of Ricciardo’s Red Bull as he was attempting an overtake on the outside. Fortunately, both men were able to continue their race, despite the badly damaged cars.<\/p>\n
\nThat’s a Danny Ric shaped hole in the Mercedes after Bottas ran into him at Turn One #SkyF1<\/a> #F1<\/a> #HungarianGP<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/IcluCXky9E<\/a><\/p>\n
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On the radio, the Mercedes team asked its driver to give back his position to the Red Bull driver who was in front during the impact, but Bottas refused. Ricciardo was able to overtake the Finn without any trouble, knowing that the incident would be examined after the race.<\/p>\n
Finally, Bottas is indeed found guilty of this contact, even though he had been cleared of any suspicion for his collision with Vettel a few laps earlier.<\/p>\n
\nNEWS: @ValtteriBottas<\/a> has been awarded a 10s post-race time penalty after contact with Ricciardo – he remains P5 \ud83c\udded\ud83c\uddfa #HungarianGP<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/Yklg4ScDvY<\/a><\/p>\n