Sunday: Bottas power 4 on Williams’ side
Valtteri Bottas enabled the Williams F1 team to score four additional points by finishing in 8th place at the United States Grand Prix. The Finn is thrilled to score his first points in F1. Pastor Maldonado had a more complicated race, compromised by his pit stop in the early laps following his contact with Sutil. He finished 17th.
Valtteri Bottas – 8th:
I am very happy to score my first points in Formula 1 today. The whole weekend went well with the car setup during practice, strategy, and pit stops. We managed to handle the tires well today, and I had good feedback from my engineers. We were under a bit of pressure from Rosberg at the end, but I managed to push and maintain my position. I want to say a big thank you to everyone on the team and at the factory because they worked so hard and truly deserve this result.
Pastor Maldonado – 17th:
That was a tough race for me because the incident with Sutil compromised the strategy. We managed to do 40 laps with the hards, which was nice on a circuit like that. Overall, we had a difficult weekend and I’m looking forward to a better race in Brazil.
