Valtteri Bottas says the behaviour of the backmarkers at the Styrian Grand Prix was 'pretty shocking' as they held him up. Bottas was running third for much of Sunday's 71-lap grand prix, round two at the Red Bull Ring. He was the last of the top three to pit, stopping on lap 35 to swap his soft tyres for a set of mediums. While initially he showed impressive pace, slicing into Max Verstappen's advantage, he slowed down quite significantly 10 laps later. That was because he caught a gabble of backmarkers who were fighting over position. One by one Bottas had to pass Kevin Magnussen, Danill Kvyat, Pierre Gasly and Antonio Giovinazzi with the latter getting the finger as Bottas displayed his...
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