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Tyre woes cost Bottas in podium fight at COTA
Valtteri Bottas was left frustrated after tyre struggles through the closing stages of the United States Grand Prix cost him a possible podium finish, with the Mercedes Formula 1 driver eventually crossing the line fifth. Bottas spent much of the race at the Circuit of The Americas on Sunday running third, but rose to second when Sebastian Vettel made an unexpected second stop late on in order to cover off Max Verstappen. As Bottas struggled to keep his soft Pirelli tyres alive - not for the first time this season - Ferrari's Kimi Raikkonen was able to battle past before both Vettel and Verstappen also made overtakes, prompting Mercedes to bring the Finn in for a late swap to ultra-soft...
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