Valtteri Bottas Misses São Paulo GP Start as His Wheel Nut Nightmare Returns
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The 2026 F1 São Paulo Grand Prix, the 20th race of the season, was held, and Sergio Perez of the Cadillac F1 Team finished in 18th place. His teammate, Valtteri Bottas, was plagued by trouble and was unable to start the race. Perez […]
The wheel problem that prevented Cadillac's Valtteri Bottas from starting the 2026 F1 São Paulo Grand Prix continued for a long time after the race ended. The nut on the right rear wheel seized up, and it took approximately six hours to remove…
Valtteri Bottas Misses São Paulo GP Start as His Wheel Nut Nightmare Returns
Valtteri Bottas missed the start of the F1 São Paulo GP with a stuck wheel nut, echoing Monaco in 2021, while Sergio Perez lost out to another slow Cadillac pit stop. Back in the 2021 F1 season, when Bottas was…
The Cadillac team will investigate the incident in Valtteri Bottas' car, who was unable to take the race in the Brazilian Grand Prix, because a nut was stuck on the right rear wheel.
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