Stewards hand out grid penalty for Qatar after Las Vegas Turn 1 chaos

For the second Grand Prix weekend in a row, the young Brazilian made contact with Lance Stroll on the first lap of the race.

Bortoleto dived down the inside of multiple cars into Turn 1, and collided with the Aston Martin driver.

The Sauber driver was forced to retire on Lap 2, so the stewards completed their investigation after the conclusion of the race.

As a result, Bortoleto could not serve his 10-second penalty on track, which will now be converted into a five-place grid drop for the upcoming Qatar Grand Prix, which is set to take place this upcoming weekend.

In their explanation, the stewards shared: "The driver of Car 5 braked extremely late and as a result collided with Car 18. Even though this was a Lap 1 Turn 1 incident, mitigating circumstances do not exist and hence the standard 10 second penalty would have applied however as Car 5 retired, the penalty is converted into a grid penalty for the next Race in which the driver participates, in accordance with our guidelines."

Bortoleto had kept it clean until now this season, as this is the first time he has received penalty points by the stewards in his F1 career. He was awarded two points for this incident.

See the complete verdict below!

After the session, the rookie visited Stroll to apologise for the incident, Aston Martin shared on social media. Watch the moment below!

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