News Details

Mercedes explain reason for Bottas' slow stop

Valtteri Bottas suffered a slow pit-stop on Lap 31 at the Bahrain Grand Prix, and Mercedes have put it down to an error with the wheel gun. The Finn was already well behind the fierce battle at the front between Lewis Hamilton and Max Verstappen, but his chances of being in with a shout were not helped when he sat stationary in the pits for 10.9s. Compare that with Red Bull's stop of just 1.9s with Verstappen, that cost Bottas valuable time, and Mercedes technical director James Allison has explained exactly what happened. On their YouTube Race Debrief, he said: 'When the car came into the pit-stop box, Valtteri came in very neatly, positioned the car neatly and well, which is always a...
Full Story »
5y ago from PlanetF1.com 0
Share

You May Also Be Interested In...

Ticktum blames Piastri clash on rookie error and track...

After a race changing collision in the closing laps of the Formula 2...
5y ago from GrandPrix247.com

Another bad pit stop for Mercedes, Bottas loses 10...

It is almost reminiscent of last year's dramatic pit stops at the Sakhir...
5y ago from GPBlog.com

Bottas loses time after second pit stop problems

It is almost reminiscent of last year's dramatic pit stops at the Sakhir...
5y ago from GPBlog.com

Mercedes explains cause of Bottas’ botched pit stop...

Mercedes has explained the reasons for Valtteri Bottas' slow pit stop...
5y ago from Crash.net

Elsewhere On The Network

Popular On MGPToday.com

Guenther Steiner: MotoGP riders ‘need to be of a...

Tech3 KTM CEO Guenther Steiner has continued to share his admiration for...

Popular On IndyCarToday.com

Andretti confirmed to field just three cars for Indy...

Andretti Global has confirmed that the team will only run three cars in...

Toby Sowery joins AJ Foyt Racing in IndyCar reserve...

AJ Foyt Racing has appointed Toby Sowery as the team’s reserve driver...

Popular On TotalWRC.com

Thierry Neuville crashes out of Croatia lead in final...

A dramatic WRC Rally Croatia kept the biggest shock for the Wolf Power...

Popular On GunnersToday.com

'I've already felt what it's like to win there' -...

Arsenal forward Gabriel Jesus has left the door open to leaving the club.
3h ago from SportsKeeda.com

Arsenal could terminate Mikel Arteta’s contract and...

Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta and his players have come under intense...
3h ago from SportsKeeda.com

Brazil International rejects Manchester United and...

Brazil international and Atalanta midfielder Ederson has reportedly...
6h ago from SportsKeeda.com

Comments

Hottest News

Recent News


2014 GPToday.com
GPToday.com is not responsible for the news headlines and associated descriptions and images it indexes, the content of externally linked sites or the comments & postings of its users.

This website is unofficial and is not associated in any way with the Formula One group of companies. F1, FORMULA ONE, FORMULA 1, FIA FORMULA ONE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP, GRAND PRIX and related marks are trade marks of Formula One Licensing B.V.