Article To news overview © Mercedes Valtteri Bottas was left rueing the engine grid penalty that forced him to start the United States Grand Prix from ninth on the grid, as the Finn could only salvage a sixth-place finish for Mercedes. Bottas made little progress during the race as he went long on his first and second stints, managing to get past Carlos Sainz's Ferrari on the penultimate lap. Bottas bore the brunt of the Mercedes' misfortune once again in the US, taking a five-place grid penalty for a change of Internal Combustion Engine on Friday. As a result of him not being able to join in the lead battle while Red Bull clinched a 1-3 finish, the gap in the Constructors' Championship...
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