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Bottas unhappy to lose front row start over 'harsh' penalty
Valtteri Bottas is still deeply unhappy with the 'harsh' three place grid penalty he received on Friday for an incident that took place in second practice, which has now cost him a front row start in the Styrian Grand Prix. Bottas finished in second place in qualifying, but will drop to fifth on the grid on Sunday as a result of the sanction handed down to him by the race stewards. His place at the front will be taken by team mate Lewis Hamilton. The penalty was in response to a scary moment in FP2 when the Finn lit up his rear tyres exiting his pit box, and slid into area outside the McLaren garage. The stewards suggested this could "be considered as potentially dangerous...
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