Valtteri Bottas says he has no concerns about the clashes between his Mercedes side and Ferrari in recent weeks.
Bottas believes that the clashes will ultimately happen due to the two teams battling it out for the Constructors' Championship.
Ferrari's Sebastian Vettel hit Bottas three weeks ago at the French Grand Prix, and Kimi Raikkonen span Bottas' team mate Lewis Hamilton out on the first-lap of last Sunday's British Grand Prix.
Hamilton accused Ferrari of "interesting tactics" following the incident, but has since took back his comments and accepted Raikkonen's apology.
Bottas ensured Crash.net that he isn't at all concerned by recent incidents: "No. From these incidents, I can't say there are any concerns.
"I think we are always starting more or less in a similar position, so we are always going to be battling. Sometimes you get hit, and normally you tend to do so with cars that are not in the same team as you.
"We are fighting hard and this can happen. It's only a couple of incidents. Of course, it's been always pretty bad for us."
Both the spoken about incidents have led to Mercedes losing positions.
Bottas' clash with Vettel a few weeks ago saw the Finn fall down to seventh place on the grid and that's where he finished.
Hamilton dropped way down the grid, but had time to recover and produce an inspirational fightback and finish second on the day.
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