Valtteri Bottas fourth win of the season at the
United States Grand Prix wasn’t enough to deny his Mercedes teammate Lewis
Hamilton from claiming a historic sixth world title, the Briton finishing the
race in the second, having fended off a late attack from Red Bull’s Max Verstappen.
Bottas had to win at the Circuit of The
Americas to keep his slim championship hopes alive. And while the Finn drove a
fantastic race from pole position to do just that, Hamilton made a one-stop
strategy work to secure a third consecutive drivers' crown, and join Michael
Schumacher as one of only two drivers to win as many as six F1 championships
titles.
Behind, a difficult day for Charles Leclerc saw
the Monegasque finish a very distant fourth for Ferrari, while Alex Albon in
the second Red Bull survived first lap contact with the McLaren of Carlos Sainz
to three-stop his way to fifth place. Another fantastic race from Renault’s
Daniel Ricciardo saw the Australian finishing sixth, keeping the McLaren duo of
Lando Norris and Sainz at bay, while the sister Renault of Nico Hulkenberg was
ninth.
Toro Rosso’s Daniil Kvyat crossed the line in
P10, but was almost immediately handed a five-second time penalty for a late
collision with Racing Point's Sergio Perez, dropping him to 12th and lifting
the Mexican into the final points slot. A scary moment for Sebastian Vettel,
meanwhile, saw him eliminated on Lap 8 of the race meanwhile, the Ferrari
driver – who’d started P2 – suffering sudden suspension failure that turned his
SF90 into a three-wheeler for a few corners before he was forced to retire.
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