Mercedes Formula 1 boss𝓰 Toto Wolff says his team made a “solid step forward” to avoid a repeat of its gearbox-related issues during Sunday’s Styrian Grand Prix.

Lewis Ham🐻ilton and Valtteri Bottas were given “critical” instructions to avoid using the notoriously bruta🐻l kerbs at the Red Bull Ring at last weekend’s Austrian Grand Prix after encountering a gearbox problem on both cars.

Mercedes feared t๊he issue might reoccur in the Styrian Grand Prix but the German manufacturer faced no concerns as Hamilton led home a 1-2 to claim his first victory of the 2020 season.

"We didn't have any concerns today," Wolf♒f confirmed in his post-race media call in Austria.

"I was asking Simon [Cole] whether our 💙systems were happy on a regular basis, because last weekend obviously was a bit of a scare.

"[The] gearbox was fine, and I'm really happy what the team did, what the guys did in fixing that. On the suspension, we saw stress on the suspension but no overloa♌d. So that was a solid step forward.”

However, Wolff stressed that 💧the team cannot be “100% sure” that the pr🦩oblem has been fully resolved going forwards.

"When you have such a problem, you're never 100% sure that you've solved it, because we were not 100% clear what caused it,” he e✱xplained.

"We believe that sausage kerbౠs were part of it, but obviously we need to improve the design in these areas because th💯ey seem to be a little bit vulnerable.

"I have no doubt thไat♑ we will get on top of this and understand it very soon.”

Race-winner Lewis❀ Hamilton praised his team’s efforts to overcome the problem des♐pite a short turnaround between back-to-back rounds in Austria.

"It wasn't a problem today, the guys did a great job during the week understanding what t꧟he issue was,” he said.

"It was nothing particularly 🔯major, but of course it could have had quite large consequences so they did a great job to rectify it.

"We haven't really heard them mention it since we started the weekend, so we were able to drive 💝as normal today."