The race itself was a good race to watch. Valtteri Bottas taking pole for Sunday's race it was Bottas to win, Bottas started well at the start, despite team-mate Lewis Hamilton was on a one-stop and Bottas was on a two-stop it was Bottas who had the better strategy overtaking Hamilton for the lead with five laps to spare to win this seasons United States Grand Prix for Valtteri Bottas's fourth race win of the season.
While, Bottas's team-mate Lewis Hamilton finished in second place in the other Mercedes to give the team its ninth one-two finish of the season, Hamilton was four seconds behind Bottas at the end. And enough for Lewis Hamilton to win his sixth F1 World Drivers Championship title and sixty-seven points ahead of Valtteri Bottas with two races to go. He also become the second driver in Formula 1 history to join Michael Schumacher to win six or more drivers' titles. So contractions to Lewis Hamilton for winning his sixth World Drivers' title.
Meanwhile, Max Verstappen finished in third place in the Red Bull to complete the podium, Verstappen was five seconds behind Bottas at the end of the fifty-six lap race.
Highlights of the race below, enjoy.
Rate the Teams and Drivers
Mercedes - 9
Lewis Hamilton - 9 (finished second)
Valtteri Bottas - 10 (pole, race win)
Ferrari - 6
Sebastian Vettel - 6 (DNF, Suspension)
Charles Leclerc - 7 (finished fourth, fastest lap)
Red Bull Racing - 8
Max Verstappen - 8 (finished third)
Alexander Albon - 8 (finished fifth)
Renault - 8
Daniel Ricciardo - 10 (finished sixth)
Nico Hülkenberg - 6 (finished ninth, lap down)
Haas - 5
Romain Grosjean - 5 (finished fifteenth, lap down)
Kevin Magnussen - 5 (finished eighteenth/DNF, three laps down/Brakes)
McLaren - 8
Carlos Sainz Jr. - 8 (finished eighth, lap down)
Lando Norris - 9 (finished seventh)
Racing Point - 6
Sergio Pérez- 8 (finished tenth, lap down)
Lance Stroll - 5 (finished thirteenth, lap down)
Alfa Romeo - 5
Kimi Räikkönen - 6 (finished eleventh, lap down)
Antonio Giovinazzi - 5 (finished fourteenth, lap down)
Toro Rosso - 6
Daniil Kvyat - 6 (finished twelfth, lap down)
Pierre Gasly - 7 (finished sixteenth/DNF, two laps down/Suspension)
Williams - 5
George Russell - 5 (finished seventeenth, two laps down)
Robert Kubica - 5 (DNF, Oil leak)
Next stop, Autódromo José Carlos Pace, Interlagos, São Paulo in two weeks time for the Brazilian Grand Prix.
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