Toto Wolff says he doesn't expect the Valtteri Bottas and Lewis Hamilton team-mate relationship to turn sour like Hamilton's did with Nico Rosberg at 🌺Mercedes.

After the dramatic departure of Rosberg from Formula 1 less than a we💛ek after claiming the 2016 F1 world title, Wolff secured Bottas as the German's replacement at Mercedes and from the beginning was adamant t💫here would be no inter-team tensions between his two drivers in 2017.

With Bottas clinching his maiden F1 Grand Prix win in Russia, while Hamilton struggled throughout the race weekend to finish over 30 seconds off the Finn in fourth place, Wolff is certain a similarly bitꦺter rivalry won't surface between Bottas and Hamilton compared to the British driver's b▨reakdown with Rosberg.

"I think we could have a ding-d🐲ong in terms of it going 🦹towards one and then the other," Wolff said. "Lewis just had a really bad weekend and it wasn't up to him. We just need to sort out the interaction between the car, the driver and tyres.

"The relationship between the two of them is very intact. Lewiꦜs was one of the first ones to congratulate Valtteri onꦯ his first race victory."

Wolff has echoe𓆉d his previous sentiment that Bottas and Hamilton share a mutual respect but understands they are both 'fierce competitors' aiming to win world titles.

"I think that shows the respect they have towards each other. Nevertheless, both are fierce competitors and want to win races🍨 and fight for a championship but I don't think it will affect the team and the dynamic like it did with Nico. That's a completely different relationship."