Valtteri Bottas summoned for talks by Mercedes boss Toto Wolff after George Russell battle

Hamilton’s quarantine ends today but he must first return a negative COVID-19 test before he can link up with his team.

Bottas could be the senior driver for the second week in a row and that is something he is not used to.

“It was a different feeling, I’ve never been in a team being the older guy,” Bottas said.

“But in the end as a driver, you just want to do the best job in any case for the race weekend, and it doesn’t matter who is you team-mate, you always want to beat him.

“Friday I think was not great for me, due to different reasons, broken floor in practice one, bit of a crack in the floor in practice two, so not really ideal.”