Bottas: Sargent moved towards me under braking

Valtter Bottas was finally able to interrupt the long series of races in which Alfa Romeo could not earn anything – in Monza the Finn finished tenth, having scored another point for his team.

“We used good tactics, although the first stretch on hard rubber was perhaps a little shorter than we expected. It had to be cut when it became clear that the tires were starting to wear out,” Valtteri said of Viaplay. – But when we switched to Medium, this rubber let go quickly enough. We were also lucky that Oscar Piastri had problems, it helped us get into the top ten.”

Bottas did it last time in Canada, where he also finished in 10th place.

The TV broadcast of the Italian Grand Prix did not show an episode of his duel with Logan Sargent, so it is not entirely clear what happened when the Finnish Alfa Romeo racer overtook the American Williams. But Sargent’s incorrect actions did not go unnoticed by the stewards: he received a 5-second time penalty for provoking an incident that could have been avoided.

For example, Bottas said of the collision that happened on the 43rd lap of the race: “We entered the corner side by side, I overtook him and we braked when our cars were already completely level. But when braking, it slid sideways and hooked my car. Both my Alfa Romeo and his Williams suffered minor damage, but luckily my car was less damaged.”

Usually Valtteri, like a true Finn, is distinguished by a calm northern disposition, and intemperance of emotions is not characteristic of him, but in that episode he nevertheless allowed himself a characteristic gesture towards his opponent, which made Sargent understand everything that he had about his opponent thought. maneuvers. But only the fans in the Monza stands saw this, and there was no such footage on television.