What went wrong with BOTTAS’s stop at the BOXES?

Mercedes mechanics they looked at each other in disbelief during Finch's stop in the pits and marveled that nuts, which holds the wheel on the axle, can neither be screwed nor unscrewed. At the end Bottas he had no choice but to get out of the car and his anger shakes over the steering wheel, who angrily slammed him into the garage.

Finn he said, after cooling down a little: “I really don’t know exactly what happened,” Bottas shrugged, adding, “I don’t know if it was a mechanic error or a technical problem. Either way, we need to learn something from this. This was a big mistake that should not have happened to us. I think otherwise we could fight to win. ”

A disaster for Valtteri. Wheel The wheel nut machined onto the axle as we attempted the pit stop, meaning the wheel cannot be changed.
- Mercedes-AMG PETRONAS F1 Team (@ MercedesAMGF1) May 23, 2021

Former Mercedes engineer Philipp Brandle is for Servus TV thus explaining the problem it is today Valtteria Bottas cost nice rankings: “The screwing gun in Formula 1 allows the use of exceptional forces, so it must be carefully mounted on the central nut. If this is not the case, what happened today in Valtteri's case will happen. The nut does not follow the turns of the axle bolt, but skips and jams, making it almost impossible to unscrew. ”