Michael Masi has explained why Valtteri Bottas and Lance Stroll were given five-place grid penalties for the Turn 1 incidents in Hungary. On a damp track, five drivers were forced to retire before the end of the first lap in Budapest after colliding with one another and picking up serious damage. Bottas and Stroll were the two who triggered the collisions, with both not slowing down enough and hitting Lando Norris and Charles Leclerc respectively, while the Finn then collecting Sergio Perez. As the Mercedes and Aston Martin drivers had already retired, they were instead given penalties for the next race, the Belgian Grand Prix, with both having to start five places down on where they...
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