Bojan Vrbnjak
That the champion title train is for Valtteria Bottas already driven, it was clear already a few races. The advantage was too great Lewis Hamilton after his serial victories. To be about his seven titles the decision fell into Istanbul, there was also no surprise.
But the way it is Valtteri Bottas v Turkey wasted his last theoretical possibility - rather the transfer of Lewis' title to Bahrain -, however, was a chapter in itself. Because a Finnish racer Mercedesa the entire race, which lasted 58 laps, found no rhythm and did GP of Turkey ended with a lap lag and as many as six pirouettes on 14. placewhile Lewis again holding in his hands the trophy for the winner. He is for his performance Bottas found very harsh words: “It was a failure.“The catastrophe had its beginning in the first turn when the racer Mercedesa, who started the race as ninth, spun around and thus fell to the back of the field. “I tried to dodge the Renault spinning and also lost my rear end.”V ninth turn the first lap was followed by a second race example. Finn made a braking error and collided with Esteban Ocon, where he damaged his car. “From that moment on, the car was almost non-existent. The rudder was damaged and I had to repair it on the planes."
That he will not succeed Hamilton take away eight points and thus postpone the decision on the champion to the next race in Bahrain, was more than clear at the time. But for Bottas continued in a similar style until the end of the race. Finn he could boast of six rotations. "I wasted minutes with these spins,”He was angry. Towards the end of the race, his teammate even overtook him for a lap. “It was the toughest race of my career so far,”Was the conclusion Bottas after an orgy of spins. The only bright spot on this race was the fact that it was too Max Verstappen experienced a bad day, so it is Bottas still retained 27 points advantages in the fight for the title of runner-up of this season.
Za the rest of the season however, he announced a complete attack. “There will be no more pressure in the next races, which is why I am already looking forward to these races. I want to win some more good results and bring myself some victory.“He will have the next chance in less than two weeks in the race GP Bahrain.
