Mercedes seldom falter but when they do they have few peers in messing up as they did at the 2021 Monaco Grand Prix, Lewis Hamilton's seventh place and Valterri Bottas' pit stop misfortune hard to stomach for team boss Toto Wolff. When it rains it pours torrentially for serial-winners Mercedes. In Monte-Carlo, on Sunday they were well beaten by their archrivals for this year's title, as Max Verstappen cantered to a commanding victory in a somewhat dull race at the Principality. And, by the time the champers bottles were binned and the 67th edition of the great race in Monte-Carlo now rendered to statistics, they show Verstappen leading the championship by four points, having arrived for in...
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