News Details
Bottas cites 'strange behaviour' of clutch for poor start
Despite his 0.6s advantage over teammate on Saturday afternoon, it all came to nought on Sunday when a fluffed start saw Valtteri Bottas lose out to teammate Lewis Hamilton who went on to win the race. Off the line, and on the run to Turn 1, the Finn was the meat in a sandwich which saw Hamilton hold the inside line for the first corner, and almost saw Sebastian Vettel go around the outside. However, when the German locked-up, momentarily leaving the track, and causing Bottas to have a scary wobble as he rejoined, the Finn was able to hold on to second place for the remainder of the race. 'It was pretty tight, but I lost it at the start,' he admitted in the moments after the race. 'There...
Full Story »
Full Story »
6y ago from Pitpass.com
0
You May Also Be Interested In...
Valtteri Bottas blames poor start on mystery 'clutch...
Polesitter Valtteri Bottas' race unravelled at the very start as he...
6y ago from MotorsportWeek.com
'Vibrating' Clutch Cost Bottas Shot At Spanish GP...
2019 Spanish Grand Prix runner-up Valtteri Bottas has blamed a vibrating...
6y ago from TheCheckeredFlag....
Bottas says bad start down to ‘strange' clutch...
Spanish Grand Prix – Mercedes' Valtteri Bottas says that his clutch...
6y ago from FormulaSpy.com
'Strange' clutch behaviour to blame for defeat –...
Valtteri Bottas says “strange clutch behaviour” that he has never...
6y ago from Crash.net
Elsewhere On The Network
Popular On MGPToday.com
Maverick Vinales “mentally stronger” than ever...
No description available...
17h ago from Motorsport.com
Toprak Razgatlioglu reveals ‘biggest difference’...
Toprak Razgatlioglu has revealed how “different” MotoGP is to...
1d ago from MotorsportWeek.c...
Francesco Bagnaia’s slump “all in his head” amid...
No description available...
1d ago from Motorsport.com
Supersub Pol Espargaro deserves to be full-time MotoGP...
No description available...
2d ago from Motorsport.com
Popular On IndyCarToday.com
IndyCar announces independent officiating system
The NTT IndyCar Series announced on Thursday that it will implement a new...
15h ago from MotorsportWeek.c...
IndyCar to introduce independent officiating system
No description available...
16h ago from Motorsport.com
Tony Kanaan praises FIA for revising IndyCar...
No description available...
1d ago from Motorsport.com
Popular On TotalWRC.com
FIA reveals final details of WRC 2027 regulations
No description available...
1d ago from Motorsport.com
What Adrien Fourmaux and Oliver Solberg learned from...
No description available...
1d ago from Motorsport.com
Hayden Paddon, Esapekka Lappi and Dani Sordo join...
No description available...
6d ago from Motorsport.com
Oliver Solberg steps up WRC 2026 preparations with...
No description available...
1w ago from Motorsport.com
Popular On GunnersToday.com
Favourites
Morning all, and happy Friday to you. I enjoyed Tim's column this week on...
37m ago from Arseblog.com
'I had an offer from Arsenal': Premier League winner...
Former Swiss International midfielder Gokhan Inler has now revealed that...
11h ago from CaughtOffside.com
Report: Liverpool ready to pay big-money to sign...
Liverpool continue to push for Yan Diomande, and they are now accelerating...
12h ago from CaughtOffside.com
Madueke pushing Saka as Arsenal feel benefits
Mikel Arteta described Noni Madueke's opening goal in Arsenal's Champions...
16h ago from SkySports.com
Comments
Hottest News
Audi, Alpine to test 2026 cars first – report
Dec.12 The first running of Formula 1's new-era... Read More »
17m ago from OneStopStrategy.com
F1 News Today: Red Bull questioned as Max Verstappen’s...
Red Bull have been questioned over their decision... Read More »
1h ago from GPFans.com
Mercedes puts F1 customer teams on notice with bombshell...
Mercedes boss Toto Wolff has put its three... Read More »
22h ago from MotorsportWeek.com
