Valtteri Bottas won the battle but Lewis Hamilton won the war, securing his sixth Formula 1 world championship on Sunday, despite finishing second to his Mercedes teammate at the United States Grand Prix. Bottas, the last man with a chance of denying Hamilton 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. The math was as simple as it was daunting for Bottas, Hamilton would secure the title by finishing eighth or better...
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