Motor racing-Bottas raised concerns over Mercedes' pit stops before Monaco

[ASFN Admin]

Valtteri Bottas said he raised concerns about Mercedes' pit stops ahead of last month's Monaco Grand Prix which saw the Formula One champions fail to remove a wheel from his car, forcing the Finn's retirement from second place. Bottas, whose arrival in Azerbaijan for this weekend's sixth round of the season was delayed by travel disruption, told reporters on Thursday that what happened was not a complete surprise. Bottas had been second in the race, behind Red Bull's eventual winner and now overall leader Max Verstappen, when the failed pitstop happened.

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