Even before his race-ending shunt, Valtteri Bottas was already having one of the worst weekends of his Mercedes Formula 1 career at Imola.  Much of the post-race focus centred around his spectacular coming together with Williams driver George Russell that caused both drivers to violently crash out of the race at half-distance as they battled for ninth place. While the potential ramifications of the incident and argument over who was at fault for the collision were the focal point of attention in the aftermath, an equally important question lingered.  Why was Bottas in such a lowly position and fighting a Williams in the first place?  “The whole situation should have never happened,”...
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