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Mercedes explain Bottas retirement

After the loss of Valtteri Bottas during the Eifel Grand Prix , all hopes of a World Championship appear to be gone. The Finn RETIRED with a problem on his engine, which forced him to park the car in the garage. James Vowles has explained what the problem with Bottas was. "At the end of the VSC Bottas complained that he had no power. We could see on the data that the MGU-H was not working correctly. As a result, we had a lot less speed. So we tried a number of changes on the steering wheel with Valtteri, which could have brought the systems back to normal,” explained Vowles in the Mercedes debrief. Read more Vowles explains Hamilton tyre choice in Germany No penalty for...
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