Valtteri Bottas started the 2020 Eifel Grand Prix like a man on a mission, setting a blistering pace in the lead with his Mercedes teammate Lewis Hamilton chasing hard but on lap 12 of the race things went awry for the Finn. The rot started on lap 12 when Valtteri locked up and went gone in too deep into Turn 1 and opened the door for Hamilton to sweep past through in the next sequence of corners. After that it was downhill before the team pulled the plug on lap 18, the championship now surely out of reach. Valtteri lamented in the team report, 'It's a frustrating way to finish a race, it was really good fun until I started to lose power during the Virtual Safety Car. The start and the...
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