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Bottas: We knew that we're not perfect in pitstops

Mercedes F1 driver Valtteri Bottas said he raised concerns about his team's pitstops ahead of last month's Monaco Grand Prix in which the Formula 1  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. The stuck wheel was eventually removed at the factory in England some 43 hours after the race. 'It was one of my concerns already a few weeks ago, that I raised with the team. It didn't come from somewhere out of the blue,' Bottas said by video link from Finland...
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