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Bottas hit with grid penalty for impeding Piastri in F1 sprint qualifying

Bottas will start last for Saturday afternoon's sprint action at the Hard Rock Stadium, actually only two places back from where he qualified after the stewards deemed he had impeded McLaren's Oscar Piastri during their near-crash in Friday evening sprint qualifying.

The incident happened with four minutes left in SQ1, with Bottas heading into Turn 1 slowly having just completed a flying lap as Piastri approached fast behind having just begun a flier.

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