In Pictures: USA 2019
November 4, 2019
JOMA
Texas is known as the "Lone Star State" and is famous for its BBQ, live music, NASA... and the United States Grand Prix! Bottas wins in Austin!! Incredible race from Valtteri, who did a brilliant job and is P1 from his teammate Lewis Hamilton who wins his SIXTH title, his third in a row! Max Verstappen came in third.
QUOTES FROM THE PODIUM
For us, it’s been a positive weekend and I’m very happy to finish third on a track like this. On the last few laps, the yellow flags hurt me and I couldn’t pass after the straight, otherwise I think we could have finished second. After the race I realized I was missing quite a big piece of my floor which is a shame as I think we could have been even more competitive otherwise. I had a good start and then I tried to follow Valtteri but it seemed like they had a bit more pace than us so to finish roughly five seconds behind him is a good achievement, especially considering our car damage. I think the two stop was the right way to go and I don’t think we could have done anything differently as it was the fastest strategy for us. I think we’ve taken a good step forward and we’re back in the fight. It’s still not going to be easy but we won’t give up. It is of course very impressive for Lewis to win his sixth title and you have to be very consistent to achieve that so he deserves it.
Max Verstappen | Red Bull Racing | P3
Cloud nine doesn’t even get close to where I am – I’m somewhere far above that, right now it’s hard to understand what I’m feeling to be honest. Naturally just pure happiness.
Big congrats to Valtteri today on a perfect drive. To the team, what more can I say but thank you for all you do and allowing me to be a part of this. Let’s keep making history together TeamLH we couldn’t have done it without you guys so I hope you know this is also your win
Lewis Hamilton | Mercedes AMG Petronas F1 | P2
Obviously big congrats to Lewis, it was an interesting race. It actually went actually pretty quickly because there was always a target for me to do, a lap time target and always trying to gain time, or gain an advantage, so it was actually pretty fun today.
I personally failed on my target this year, there’s always next year but he deserves it. He had a strong season.
Valtteri Bottas | Mercedes AMG Petronas F1 | P1
Lewis Hamilton and Valtteri Bottas celebrating with the Mercedes crew at Austin.