Valtteri Bottas left pleased with his race-winning performance at the United States Grand Prix despite missing out on the 2019 Formula 1 world title.
Even in victory Valtteri Bottas had to play second fiddle to Mercedes team mate Lewis Hamilton on Sunday as the Briton stole the U.S. Grand Prix spotlight by clinching a sixth Formula One drivers' world championship.
Bottas needed to take victory at the Circuit of the Americas in order to stand a chance of still contending for the 2019 title, and he executed a two-stop strategy from pole to triumph.
Bottas converted his fifth pole position of the season into his fourth win on a two-stop strategy, having successfully passed the one-stopping Hamilton in the closing stages of the Austin race.
From the cheers to the post-race celebrations Hamilton was once again the man of the moment and overshadowed a superb win by the Finn, who might have been among the very few at a packed Circuit of the Americas delighted at having denied the hugely popular Briton a win to crown his championship the Briton secured a sixth world title ahead of the final rounds of the campaign in Brazil and Abu Dhabi.
"Lewis I am sure really wanted to win this race to win the title," Bottas told reporters. "Winning the race I got to stop that, so that feels good.
"I just look forward to next year, it is a new opportunity."
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