Valtteri Bottas ground to a halt in Hungary, Alfa Romeo confirming that a “fuel system issue” was to blame.

On Lap 68 of 70 at the Hungarian Grand Prix, Bottas brought his Alfa Romeo C42 to a stop, triggering the Virtual Safety Car.

Heading over to the media pen after that disappointing conclusion to the race, Bottas cited a “technical issue” as the reason for his retirement, but Alfa Romeo team boss Frederic Vasseur would shed some extra light on what went wrong.

LAP 68/70

Bottas has “no power” and parks up at the side of the track

⚠️ Virtual Safety Car ⚠️#HungarianGP#F1pic.twitter.com/Ln8P4vYRdk

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