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Bottas overjoyed at scoring first F1<sup>®</sup> points

Williams’ Valtteri Bottas has expressed his joy after finally scoring his first points in Formula One racing at the eighteenth time of asking. The Finn came home in eighth place in Austin to score four world championship points and climb above team mate Pastor Maldonado in the drivers’ standings.“I'm very happy to get my first points in Formula One today,” said the 24-year-old rookie. “The whole weekend has been good from setting up the car in practice through to the strategy and pitstops in the race. We managed the tyres well today and I had good feedback from my engineers on them throughout. “We did have a bit of pressure from (Mercedes’ Nico)...
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