MELBOURNE - A loose wheelnut from Valtteri Bottas's car cost Sauber their first points of the season and a 5,000 euro ($5,402.50) fine at the Australian Grand Prix on Sunday after it came out of the tyre gun and rolled into the active pitlane.

The incident was the latest in a series of pitlane problems for the Swiss team who will become the Audi factory outfit from 2026.