F1 | Bottas: “Right start, but we didn't have Verstappen's pace”

Valtteri Bottas closed on Mexican Grand Prix on the podium, in second location, but very far from winner Max Verstappen which he was unable to keep up with: “He was too fast,” commented the Finn. And then immediately congratulations to the new winner of Lewis Hamilton world championship: “First of all, big congratulations to him and to the team that won the two titles. Thanks to Mexico!”, He continued with the celebration on the podium. For Hamilton only positive words: “The right person won the title this year, Lewis deserves it! I know that he is not alone talented but also a hard worker, and a very good guy. So even if we fight, I'm happy for him but obviously I would like to beat him next year,” he commented.

Much of the merit of his race in Mexico is linked to Departure time which involved Verstappen, Vettel and Hamilton, creating a bit of havoc at the front of the grid and allowing the smartest and most attentive to stay on guard ready to take advantage of the right space: “The race was rather obvious from the start. In Turn 2 I saw that Max and Seb were side by side, and one of them went wide, so I knew there would be confusion in Turn 3. So I decided to take the inside, cut the curve and have a good exit. In reality, not many things happened and we weren't able to fight Max“, continued Bottas.

Fabiola Granier