Hungary’s chaos, Bottas and Stroll, play down Spa’s F1 penalties

Mercedes drivers Bottas and Aston Martins Lance Stroll will each lose five places on the grid this weekend from wherever they qualify in Belgium after sparking the first corner slaughter in Hungary that wiped out three other drivers and title favorite Max Verstappen and McLaren’s Daniel Ricciardo has damaged.

But Bottas believes Spa is one of the better tracks to take a starting penalty and said he will focus on maximizing his racing pace over the weekend.

“I think the race pace is always very important on this track when you compare it with the qualifying pace,” explained the Finn.

“So we have to concentrate on what we’re doing in training, but don’t forget that I still have to qualify well because I don’t want to start from the top ten, for example.

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“But of all the tracks that have a grid penalty, this one is definitely on the good side of the list because the race is good here.

“You can overtake if you have the pace, so racing pace will be key.”

Stroll was equally unimpressed by the prospect of his impending postponement and insisted that “not really much” changes in how he will approach the weekend.

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“What’s done is done, I’ve got the grid,” said Stroll.

“I focus on what I can do. It’s a track where you can overtake, so there are still a lot of opportunities and a long race ahead of us. “