Lewis Hamilton says he and Nico Rosberg are "grown-ups" and have already moved on from the post-race controversy from the Chinese Grand Prix.
Hamilton won in China ahead of Mercedes team-mate Rosberg, but the German was unhappy that the world champion backed him into Ferrari's Sebastian Vettel while trying to conserve his tyres in the middle stint. An intense debrief followed, with Toto Wolff hinting Mercedes could adopt team orders later in the year if it fears a race result is in doubt.
However, speaking in the Bahrain press conference, Hamilton said he and Rosberg have spoken since and there is no lingering issue.
"That's something we spoke about after the race so I don't particularly see a reason to go back into it," Hamilton said. "You know what my comments were after the race and some people have spun those words in whatever way they've wanted to spin them. We're moving forwards and we will reunite as a team this weekend and try to do a great job. There's no issue between me and Nico, we saw each other this morning and everything is good. There's going to be times when people are going to be unhappy about some things but we're grown-ups and we'll move past it."
When the questioner then followed up that question by saying the winner is usually the quickest driver, Hamilton, who claimed the fastest lap in China, laughed and said: "Well, I was."
Hamilton also played down the prospect of Wolff coming good on his threat of adopting team orders.
"I'm not really aware of Toto's comments so I'm not really sweating about it. Team orders is not generally something we talk much about, it's not our approach but ultimately our job as drivers is to help the team get the best result overall, regardless of whether you're first or second it's your job to make sure you secure as many points as possible for the team."
Though the cooler temperatures of Bahrain's floodlit race will likely negate Ferrari's biggest strength, Hamilton expect the red cars to be hot on Mercedes' heels this weekend.
"With the tyres, as it was in Malaysia, it's a very rear-limited circuit so you have to assume Ferrari will be very strong again. But from our experience in Malaysia we're going to take a slightly different approach and hope that helps us combat that weakness or whatever you want to call it ... Area we can improve in. I'm quite confident that as a team we can rectify that issue that we had in Malaysia. It's still going to be tough and Ferrari have been very, very competitive the last couple of races so I anticipate they'll be very strong this weekend and our race is definitely with them."