Earlier in the week, the Daily Mail reported Bottas could be dro♒pped and replaced by Mercedes junior George Russell before the end of the season.

In Thursday’s drivers’ press conference, Bottas 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:lab♏elled the♈ rumours as “bullshit” and took a swipe at Red Bul🔯l for its treatment of drive🎶rs over the years.

Shortly after, Lewis Hamilton lept to the defence of his teammate, 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:u꧂rging critics to “give him a break”.

Speaking after Friday practice for the Spanish Grandꦓ Prix, Wolff reiterated his intentions to keep Bottas alongside Lewis Hamilton for the rest of the season.

“Absolu🐲tely, unless he gets the flu and can’t drive he’s going to be in that car,” Wolff said. “I see no r♋eason to change. It’s these guys over there that like to play musical chairs. No, no change expected.”

Wolff used an interesting a🐼nalogy to describe his current situation with Bottas, confirming his full support for the Finn as he looks to recover from his wo𝕴rst start to a season as a Mercedes driver.

“It depends on your mentality,” Wolff added. “I💝f you’re not happy with your wife and you start to already look for other ones it’s not going to improve the relationship.

“I try to work on the 💎relationship 🔯with my driver and achieve the best result for him before I am starting to flirt with somebody else.”

Mercedes 🃏dominated Friday practice at the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya, topping both sessions.

Bottas was fastest in the morning session, while Hamilton was the man to beat in 💞the afternoon.