Toto Wolff has described the atmosphere at a dinner attended by all 20 F1 team principals at Imola.

The Emilia-Romagna Grand Prix weekend featured the bꦅosses of each team sit♌ting down together, with F1 CEO Stefano Domenicali.

Thꦉe inevitably tense relationships that exist at the table swiftly (and temporarily) vanished, Wolff confirme🍌d.

“It was surprisingly fun,” the�𒐪� Mercedes boss told Sky Sports.

“A bit tense at the beginning…”

Wolff’s old nemesis Christian Horner of Red Bull was ꦉthree seats 🌺away.

Ferrari’s Fred Vasseur - a close friend of Wolff’s - was also nearby, at a time♊ when🍨 the Italian team and Mercedes are seeing multiple high-profile employees traded between them.

“I wasn’t pl💜anning to talk 🥀to everyone,” Wolff said.

“But, at the end, we were talking to each other.

“And the knives were back in the pockets.

“Stefano said a good thing: ‘How lucky are we to play tꦕhis sport, and to be involved?’

“We had a good time. It was really nice to see.”

'We are creeping forwards'

Mercedes’ George Russell qualified in sixth for the E﷽milia-Romagna Grand Prix, with Lewis Hamilton eighth.

“When you look at the gap 💎to the front, it is progress,” Wolff said.

“We’ve beeꦛn saying this for a while but it’s the harsh truth - four tenths off, we need🤡 to do better.”

Wolff said about Hamilton on Satur꧟day: 🧔“He has not been happy with the car. He’s not feeling the grip.”

Mercedes brought upgrades to Imoﷺla, but Ferrari, Red Bull and Aston Martin also brought notable new parts for the beginning of the European leg of the season.

“The updates that w𝔍e have are updates that are going in a balanced direction,” Wolff said.

“Not in massive points, in downforce.

“It’s something we knew we were going to have.

“It’s all pointing in the right directꩵion even though s🍎ixth is not good enough, four tenths off is not good enough.

“We are creeping forwards.”