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Bottas elated after claiming first points
Williams F1 Team
Valtteri Bottas declared himself ‘very happy' after claiming his first points in Formula 1.
Bottas qualified in ninth place and made up a position at the start and briefly challenged Ferrari's Fernando Alonso for seventh, before slipping back.
He retained eighth place until the chequered flag, scoring four points for Williams, who previously had taken just a single point all year courtesy of Bottas's team-mate Pastor Maldonado.
'I'm very happy to get my first points in Formula One today,' said Bottas.
'The whole weekend has been good from setting up the car in practice through to the strategy and pitstops in the race.'
'We managed the tyres well today and I had good...
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