Wolff suspects drinks bottle behind Antonelli’s Singapore cockpit leak

After the Singapore Grand Prix, Mercedes boss Toto Wolff said the W17’s drinks bottle was the likely source of the liquid Kimi Antonelli felt around his legs. Wolff said Mercedes did not know what the liquid was.

During the Marina Bay race, Antonelli told engineer Peter Bonnington that he could feel something leaking around his legs in the cockpit. The issue did not seriously affect him: he finished third.

Wolff also attributed the brake pedal’s long travel to heat soak in the brakes, which he thought occurred after a pit stop. He said the pedal recovered immediately as more airflow cooled the brakes.