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Bottas first F1 driver to get penalty points
Williams' Valtteri Bottas on Saturday became the first Formula One driver to pick up penalty points under a new driving licence-style system introduced this season. The Finn was also handed a three-place grid penalty for Sunday's Malaysian Grand Prix after stewards ruled he impeded the Red Bull of Australian Daniel Ricciardo in a rain-hit qualifying session. It was the second time in two races that Bottas had been handed a grid penalty, the one in the Australian season-opener resulting from a gearbox change, and he will start 18th at Sepang. Under the new system, any driver collecting 12 penalty points in the space of a year will be given a one race ban. The stewards ruled that Bottas had...
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