Valtteri Bottas says his own race hadn't been sacrificed by the need to act as Lewis Hamilton's loyal 'wingman' in the Italian Grand Prix at the Autodromo Nazionale Monza on Sunday. Bottas started from fourth place on the grid but lost a position at the start to Red Bull's Max Verstappen, which proved the start of a race-long feud between the two drivers. The Finn stayed out longer than the other leaders, and he was then used to help bottle up Kimi Raikkonen in a bid to help his team mate Lewis Hamilton. “First my mission was to hold up Kimi for a while, but then to end up on the podium," he said after the race. "I was really trying to do everything I can to get to the podium....
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