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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.
Mercedes, winners of the last seven constructors' and drivers'
titles, and Hamilton lost their championship leads to Red Bull
and that team's dominant winner Max Verstappen.
"We know that the only thing to do is pick yourself back up,
figure out actually why we were slow, because it's the slowness
that is the main pain, and deal with it and come back and do it
all again at the next race," said Allison.
"And hopefully again and again until we eke out the sort of lead
that can cope with a screw-up like today."
Hamilton had won three of the first four races, going wheel to
wheel with Verstappen in all of them, but the Dutch 23-year-old
was out of reach on Sunday as he won to lead the championship
for the first time.
Allison said Mercedes had struggled before on the streets of
Monaco while going on to win championships with some ease and
the circuit remained a "significant Achilles Heel" for their
car.
Hamilton struggled to get heat into the tyres all weekend and
paid a price in performance, qualifying only seventh with
Verstappen on the front row.
"We need to figure out from first principles what are we getting
wrong at this track, what is it that we are doing year on year
that is just not right for here?," asked Allison.
The next race is in Azerbaijan, around the streets of Baku, and
another one where Red Bull are expected to be strong.
(Reporting by Alan Baldwin, editing by Ken Ferris)
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