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Hammer and cold chisel, 20 seconds I reckon.....
Job going in that team for a wheelnut man - idiot pressed the button befor being fully engaged...Interesting to see Toto the boss man is now saying some of the blame for Bottas' wheel nut problem was due to Bottas stopping slightly out of position causing the wheel gun not to go on straight!Err, how about the mechanic didn't get it on straight - the left hand side was fine afterall!
Talk about sticking the knife in
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Video of wheel removal here.
www.crash.net
Mercedes finally removes Bottas’ wheel two days after F1 race
If there was a competition for the world's longest Formula 1 pit stop, Mercedes would have won it at the Monaco Grand Prix.
www.crash.net
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Can't see how that would have made any difference as the front left was ok and there was plenty of slack hose on the wheel gun. Perhaps the wheel gun man didn't know how to move from his designated spot! IMHO it was very wrong of Mr Wolff to even suggest it was Bottas' fault! Just image if it happened to Sir Lewis of Hamilton's wheel......................................................................................
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Maybe, but nothing as catastrophic as this one, and an ill timed and unnecessary comment when Bottas is getting a lot of negative press about his future. Of course, that's just my opinionBad pitstops have happened to Hamiltons when he's stopped off the marks and he took the rap for it too
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Am I missing something? I don't see where Bottas is "off his mark" unless we're talking by a few mm. 
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I liked the idea muted a few years ago.
If you won that year, you could not take place the following year.
So on the third year you again you had to prove you had the skill to win.
Not just luck, team orders and a better set up car.
If you won that year, you could not take place the following year.
So on the third year you again you had to prove you had the skill to win.
Not just luck, team orders and a better set up car.
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He's not that far off the mark to make the difference, and if that was the case please explain how the three other wheelmen managed ok! As you can see in the picture, there is plenty of 'slack' on the air hose and by Wolff's own admission, the front right wheelman was the fittest and best of them all. Surely then he would have been able to adjust his stance by a few mm to line his gun up correctly!Tough luck, don't want the comment, don't stop that far off your marks. What, the wheelman should take all the bad rap when he's making a few zeros a year less than Bottas 'cause Bottas is getting bad press?
Unlucky, don't want the bad press, drive faster
IMHO, it should not be about blame and correct me if I'm wrong but I don't recall blame being directed at the wheelman, but as a respected team principal and someone who should have known better, Wolff did not have to make the point about Bottas after the race, as most people that watched it had put it down to a 'pit stop incident'!
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It is odd how Mercedes who constantly state “we win as a team, and we loose as a team“ right until they loose and then the fingers start pointing.
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I suspect Bottas's days at Mercedes are numbered anyway.
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It is shame but, I do agree.
However give the drive to GR63, let him prove if he really does have the skills required.
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A few mm? the front left was ~150mm or so off to the side, he had to move to reposition relative to the car, and get the wheel on and off in 2 seconds. So yes, bottas deserves as much of the blame as the wheel gun guy, and the engineers who are hastily revising the wheelnut to stop it happening again as well.
You jumped on saying Sir Hamilton wouldn't get the same treatment (he has, did, and even held his hands up to screwing up his marks himself more than once), but we can't do that Bottas because....some sort of weird chip on shoulder about Lewis. Okay.
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Ahh, so the guys that are fixing the issue are too blame as well! Interesting theory!
Nope, not at all.
Even though three wheel gun guys were able to move the huge distance of 150mm and swap wheels perfectly, I've already said it should not be about blaming anyone. However, you seem to be fixated on playing the blame game, especially directed at Bottas ..................Lewis fan boy perhaps?
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