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Bottas to start Sprint from the back after grid penalty

© XPB  Andrew Lewin 04/05/2024 at 01:5104/05/2024 at 02:34 Sauber driver Valtteri Bottas has been handed a three-place grid penalty for Saturday's Sprint race in Miami following a near-miss impeding incident that took place during qualifying. The close call happened during the first round of qualifying when Bottas turned across the front of the McLaren of Oscar Piastri, who was passing him down the inside of turn 1. Piastri had been on a flying lap when he approached Bottas driving slowly on the racing line. Both cars needed to take avoiding action in order not to make contact into the first corner. "If that's not a penalty, then I don't know what is," Piastri...
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