Mercedes Has Finally Unstuck the Nut From Bottas' F1 Car

The stuck nut was a humbling blow for the dominant F1 team, but they're finally ready to move on. Formula 1 cars are sensitive machines, where even minor malfunctions—like the front wing catching a plastic bag—can ruin a race. It's rare, though, to see failure of a part as elementary as a lug nut, one of which on Valtteri Bottas's car failed Mercedes-AMG last Sunday in Monaco. After countless ugga-duggas, mechanics gave up on changing Bottas's tires, and wheeled the Finn into the garage, bringing his second-place run to an ignominious end. Unable to remove the nut on-site, Mercedes shipped its car back to the factory with a plan to cut the nut off, and after four days, it finally has the wheel free.