In the round-up: Alfa Romeo say Valtteri Bottas was caught out by a gust of wind when he spun into retirement during the United States Grand Prix.
In brief
Wind caught Bottas out
Bottas spun out of the race on lap 17. Alfa Romeo’s head of track engineering Xevi Pujolar confirmed a strong gust of wind caught him out.
“The contributing factor was a gust of wind, unexpected from one lap to the next one,” he said. “So then he lost it and stuck in the gravel.
“Normally I’d say we don’t expect that from Valtteri, but the wind was quite gusty today and went like this at this lap unfortunately.”
Latifi accepts penalty
Nicholas Latifi was one of six drivers who collected penalty points in yesterday’s race. He was given two, in addition to a five-second time penalty, for colliding with Mick Schumacher.
The Williams driver accepted the stewards’ decision. “The penalty I received was justified and I have no issues with it,” he said. “It wasn’t intentional as I tried to brake as late as I could, but I committed to my braking point, locked up and couldn’t get the car to turn.”
Aston Martin disappointed after strong start
Despite Sebastian Vettel prevailing in a thrilling last-lap duel with Kevin Magnussen, Aston Martin were disappointed to only come away with points for eighth place in a race they started strongly.
“Having been third and fifth on lap one, clearly we are disappointed to have come away with only a DNF and a P8,” said team principal Mike Krack. “But that is racing.”
Lance Stroll went out when he caused a collision with Fernando Alonso, while Vettel lost time with a very slow pit stop. “He launched a great recovery drive that resulted in a fine eighth place,” Krack said, “the highlight of which was a tremendous dice with Magnussen on the final lap, which happily went Sebastian’s way.”
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