Valtteri Bottas reacts to Lewis Hamilton's title loss in Abu Dhabi

Valtteri Bottas has claimed Lewis Hamilton's defeat last Sunday in Abu Dhabi was also his own, as he feels "gutted" after the dramatic race. The Finn was outpaced all evening at Yas Marina and was unable to play a support role for his teammate for their final race together at Mercedes. Even though Mercedes secured F1's Constructors' championship for the eighth year in succession, Hamilton losing out was a painful beating for Bottas.

"I haven’t seen anyone yet but I can feel it, of course we wanted to get both titles," said Bottas.   "Getting the Constructors’ again is huge, but at the same time it hurts that Lewis didn’t get the Drivers’ because, even for me, I feel like I lost the championship because he lost it.   "I really feel gutted for him because I feel like he deserved it, he had a great start, a great race, and then things changed like this.   "But that’s the sport, we know that’s how it goes, sometimes it goes against, sometimes it goes for you, but today was not our day."

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