After wheelnut issues caused lengthy stops for Valtteri Bottas in Bahrain and Zhou Guanyu in Jeddah, the team made what it called "containment" modifications for Melbourne, with the aim of reducing the risk of further issues.
However, in Melbourne, Bottas suffered another problem on his first pitstop that cost him around 28 seconds and robbed him of a shot at scoring points, as he was running ahead of both Haas drivers at the time.
