Pain in the Bott

VALTTERI PAYS PENALTY FOR ENGINE SWITCH

- PHILIP DUNCAN

VALTTERI BOTTAS will serve a five-place grid penalty for tomorrow’s US Grand Prix after taking his SIXTH engine of the F1 season.

Drivers are allowed only three engines without penalty and Lewis Hamilton’s Mercedes team-mate has already had grid drops in Italy and Russia.

The fourth new engine carried a 10-place penalty but subsequent additions incur five.