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Crane use prompted full Safety Car for Bottas' stoppage
The deployment of a crane to recover Valtteri Bottas’ stricken Mercedes Formula 1 car resulted in a full Safety Car period during the Brazilian Grand Prix. Bottas retired after suffering an engine failure on Lap 52 of Sunday’s race at Interlagos and coasted to a stop near the barriers at Turn 4. Despite parking his car in a safe place, Bottas struggled to re-fit the steering wheel and marshals were unable to engage his W10 into neutral and get it over a bump on the crest of an incline where it had come to rest. As a result, a crane was required to retrieve the car, which led from the incident being covered by double yellow flags to a full-on Safety Car. Since the crash that led to...
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