Summary
The stewards decided not to penalize Valtteri Bottas for colliding with Alexander Albon, attributing the incident to a concertina effect during the Safety Car restart.
Explanation
The stewards investigated a collision between Car 77 (Valtteri Bottas) and Car 23 (Alexander Albon) at Turn 16 during the Sprint. After reviewing evidence and hearing from the drivers, they concluded that the collision was caused by a concertina effect from inconsistent speeds ahead during the Safety Car restart. Although they believed Bottas could have avoided the collision by leaving more space, they decided not to apply a penalty because Bottas retired from the Sprint and a 5-second penalty (which would not have been converted to a grid penalty) would have been imposed had he not retired.
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