Lewis Hamilton has stressed that his relationship with Mercedes team-mate Valtteri Bottas will not deteriorate, in the wake of their respective strong starts to 2019. Hamilton and Bottas have both led two Mercedes 1-2s this season respectively, with Bottas one point clear courtesy of setting the fastest lap in Australia. Hamilton’s relationship with ex-team-mate Nico Rosberg soured as the hybrid era developed – the pair coming to blows on-track – with Rosberg departing as champion at the end of 2016. Mercedes boss Toto Wolff suggested post-race in Azerbaijan that he saw glimpses of the Hamilton/Rosberg battle in the Hamilton/Bottas scrap, and when that was put to...
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