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Bottas' wheel gun applied at wrong angle
Mercedes chief strategist, James Vowles has revealed that the wheel nut issue that caused Valtteri Bottas' retirement in Monaco was due to the wheel gun being applied at the wrong angle. Just one lap after world champion Lewis Hamilton pitted following a strategic call that was to prove disastrously wrong, teammate Valtteri Bottas headed into the Monaco pitlane. Over the years, though never the quickest in terms of pit stops, Mercedes has been among the best, its double-stacking of its drivers at some events almost legendary. However, as Bottas waited... and waited... and waited for the all-clear it was obvious that something was wrong, very wrong with his right-front wheel. 'Sitting in...
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