Following issues with wheelnuts for Bottas in Bahrain and team-mate Zhou Guanyu in Saudi Arabia, the previous withstood another prolonged drop in the Australian GP at a phase when he had a possibility to score points.
Bottas ultimately crossed the line in 14th location, and Alunni Bravi instantly got on the radio to use the Finn a public apology for the pit concern, while assuring that it would be fixed.
“It is necessary, due to the fact that in 3 races we had 3 issues with the pitstop, likewise the 2nd with Valtteri,” Alunni Bravi informed Motorsport.com when inquired about his message.
“For me, it is essential when we have an issue that we reveal to our chauffeurs that we are together, that we interact. We constantly state that we win or we lose together, however this is a lot more crucial in this scenario.
“And Valtteri did a strong race. And we desire him to be encouraged highly at all the grands prix. And I believe it was the minimum for us to state sorry.
“As I state to all the group, we require to take the obligation when things are not entering the best instructions, and to collaborate to enhance.
“I wish to state that we return with some positives this weekend. Obviously, whatever has actually been jeopardized by these concerns. We require to work truly hard, due to the fact that this was another missed out on chance.”
Valtteri Bottas, Kick Sauber C44
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Bottas confessed that a 2nd pit hold-up in 3 starts was discouraging, particularly with a leading 10 surface available.
“It’s hard,” he stated. “It’s not like points are simple to get this year. I believe we lost a chance there.
“But it simply reveals that certainly, we have not 100% repaired the problem with the stops. All I understand is that we’re dealing with it, and we simply require to discover the repair as rapidly as possible.
“We must have remained in the leading 10, specifically thinking about that there were carbon bits occasionally, and vehicles DNF’ing.”
Alunni Bravi worried that Bottas revealed excellent speed in Melbourne prior to the hold-up.
“Valtteri revealed that he has the rate to eliminate with Fernando [Alonso] at the start of the race,” he stated. “And he was with the very same race speed as [Yuki] Tsunoda.
“This is the favorable that we can secure from the race. And in regards to tire deterioration, we had an extremely strong initially stint.
“We can rule out the 2nd one, since Valtteri at that point was lapped after the pitstop, therefore the blue flags obviously impacted his consistency.
“So we understand that we have this issue, we are working to repair it. It’s really unpleasant for all the group due to the fact that both in regards to vehicle efficiency and likewise execution throughout this weekend from certifying to the race we have actually been more powerful,