With just fifteen minutes to go before the start of qualifying there is stress at Mercedes. In the garage of the world champions the car of Valtteri Bottas is being repaired. It remains to be seen whether they will finish in time.

Floor not fitted until 20 minutes before time

What exactly is going on isn't clear yet, but according to Sky Sports reporter Ted Kravitz it's mainly the area around the airbox on top of the car that is being worked on.

That the problems weren't limited to that area is shown by the fact that the floor was only placed under the car with about 20 minutes to go. If you want to keep up with the latest developments in the pits at Mercedes, follow the liveblog. The latest news is that it would be a broken sensor.

Era un problema en sensor de motor en Bottas

It Was a sensor failure on Bottas car! https://t.co/6TSfjEf8Ek

— Albert Fabrega (@AlbertFabrega) May 1, 2021