FILE PHOTO: Nov 3, 2019; Austin, TX, USA; Mercedes AMG Petronas Motorsport designer James Allison is lifted up by Mercedes AMG Petronas Motorsport driver Lewis Hamilton (left) of Great Britain and Mercedes AMG Petronas Motorsport driver Valtteri Bottas (right) of Finland during the United States Grand Prix at Circuit of the Americas. / Jerome Miron-USA TODAY Sports/File Photo
LONDON (Reuters) - Technical director James Allison said the mood at Mercedes was "lower than a snake's belly" after Sunday's Monaco Grand Prix and the search was on to find the Formula One champions' missing speed.
Valtteri Bottas retired while in second place after the front wheel could not be removed in a pitstop that never re-started, and seven times world champion Lewis Hamilton finished seventh.
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