Newsdeck: Hamilton painting masterpiece with sixth drivers’ title By Reuters
won the war, securing his sixth Formula One world championship on Sunday, despite finishing second to his Mercedes team mate at the U.S. Grand Prix.another title, needed nothing less a victory at the Circuit of the Americas and did his part collecting his seventh career win and fourth of the season.
But it was not enough to keep the Briton from becoming only the second driver after retired Ferrari great and seven-times champion Michael Schumacher to win six titles.would secure the title by finishing eighth or better but would not need any points to retain the championship if the Finn did not win.
He fell just short of crossing the finishing line first but nothing could stop him from sealing another driver’s title.was still strong this weekend as he always is so he got some points and got the championship,” said Bottas. “I am sure really wanted to win the title while winning the race I got stop that so that feels good.
on a one-stop strategy and Bottas and Verstappen on two, the Briton took over the lead after his two challengers made their second pit-stops.With four laps to go Bottas swept past“My dad told me when I was six or seven years old never to give up and that’s kind of the family motto,” said“I was pushing as hard as I could, I was hopeful that I might be able to win today but didn’t have it in the tyres unfortunately.
Teammate Charles Leclerc, racing on an old power unit after his engine let go in Friday practice, started fourth and finished in the same position but more than a minute behind the winner.
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