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Video: Mercedes finally removes Bottas' Monaco wheel!

The Mercedes team released a video on Thursday of its crews finally removing the recalcitrant Monaco Grand Prix wheel off Valtteri Bottas' W12. Bottas was running second in last Sunday's race and close to the Red Bull of future race winner Max Verstappen when he undertook his pitstop on lap 30. But a wheel nut machined into the Mercedes front-right axle prevented the removal of the wheel and the team was left with no other choice but to retire Bottas' car on the spot. The team's efforts to remedy the problem after the race in its garage were unsuccessful, and Mercedes eventually opted to deal with the recalcitrant wheel upon the outfit's return to its base earlier this week, which was duly...
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