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Bottas raised concerns over pit stops before Monaco

Valtteri Bottas says he raised concerns about the standards of Mercedes' pit stops before a machined wheel nut forced him into retirement at the Monaco Grand Prix. Bottas holds the dubious honour of Formula One's longest pit stop after it took Mercedes 43 hours to remove the front right wheel from his car following a botched tyre change in Monaco. Editor's Picks Azerbaijan GP - U.S. TV schedule The wheel gun used by the mechanic connected at an angle with the wheel nut, meaning its socket machined the metal away from the teeth of the wheel nut rather than connecting with them. It was impossible for Mercedes to remove the wheel from the car in Monaco, and it was only released after it had...
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