“I had deja vu to last year” - Valtteri Bottas feared Abu Dhabi 2021 repeat
Alfa Romeo beat Aston Martin to sixth on countback, but it was a tense wait for the team as 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Sebastian Vettel battled 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Daniel Ricciardo on the final lap, while 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Lance Stroll pushed for the fastest lap.
Like in 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Abu Dhabi 2021, where Bottas waited to hear if168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史: Lewis Hamilton had beaten 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Max Verstappen to title, it was a nervy wait for the Finn.
Over team radio, he said: “Don’t do it to me again, Abu 💦Dhabi, pleas🏅e.”
With Vettel unable to pass Ricciardo for ninth, and Stroll not taking the fastest lap from 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Lando Norris, Alfa Rome🔜o 🐠secured their best finish in 10 years.
Speaking after the race, Bottas said: “It was so nerve-wracking on the in-lap waiting for the results and I had a deja vu to last year when everything changed in ♛the last lap and now it was luckily for good.”
Alfa Romeo’s sixth in the constructors’ championship is worth an168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结ಌ果历史: additional $12 million in prize money.
“For the team it’s big,” Bottas added. “If you look ♊a✤t the last two years where the team has been it’s a big step.
“Even the prize m💟oney is really going to help us. So I’m so glad that we go𒊎t it.”
How did Alfa beat Aston to P6?
Alfa Romeo made the most 🅠of their early competitiveneﷺss to beat Aston Martin to sixth in the F1 constructors’ championship.
For a handful of races during the first part of the year, Alfa Romeo had the fourth or f💧ifth quickest 💫car.
Bottas finished in 📖the points in seven of the opening nine races of the year.
This included three top six finishes.
✃Ultimately, his P5 at Imola ensureಞd Alfa Romeo beat Aston Martin on countback.
However, A🌌lfa Romeo dropped back as the season progressed, no longer benefiting from being at the weight limit.
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