F1 News: Valtteri Bottas Out Of Japanese Grand Prix After Logan Sargeant Collision
Valtteri Bottas has had to retire from the Japanese Grand Prix on the ninth lap of the race in Suzuka after a collision with Logan Sargeant.
Racing had resumed after a safety car, during which the Finnish driver had suffered from a puncture after running over debris when Sargeant locked up leading Bottas to go for the overtake only for the American driver to drive into the side of him and send him into the gravel.
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The Alfa Romeo team initially brought Bottas into the pits to quickly repair the car and decided to send him back out. However, Bottas reported to the team that the car was "un-driveable" so he returned to the pits once again to retire from the race.
The Stewards reviewed the move and handed Sargeant a five-second time penalty on top of the ten-second penalty he already had ahead of the race.
