“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 radi🃏o,🔯 he said: “Don’t do it to me again, Abu Dhabi, please.”
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 Rom🙈eo 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官方开奖结果历史: additional $12 million in prize🌳 money.
“For the team it’s big,” Bottas added. “If you look at the last two year🔜s where the team has been it’s a big step.
“Even the꧑ prize money is really going to help us. So I’m so glad🍸 that we got it.”
How did Alfa beat Aston to P6?
Alfa Romeo made the most of their e💖arly competitiveness 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 fifth quickest ca𓆉r.
Bottas finished in the points in seven of the opening nine races 🍰of the year.
This included three top six finishes.
Ultimat🍷ely, his P5 at Imola ensured Alfa Romeo beat Aston Martin on countback.
However,▨ Alfa Romeo dropped back as the season progressed, no longer benefiting from being at the weight limit.
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