Nico Rosberg admitted there will be "small modifications" to how he battles Lewis Hamilton after being beaten to pole position by his teammate at Silverstone.
Rosberg and Hamilton have been allowed to continue racing by Mercedes following their collision in Austria, albeit with a new set of new and publicly undefined rules of engagement. After missing out on pole for the British Grand Prix Rosberg was one again asked about the topic which has dominated the build-up to this weekend's race and revealed a slightly altered mindset.
Asked if he was clear on what Mercedes expected of him and Hamilton tomorrow, he replied simply: "Very clear."
He added: "We are still battling out there it's just the small modifications to how but that's it."
He was then asked if he could give an assurance there would not be a collision on Sunday afternoon and replied: "What do you want me to say to that? We never want to collide and never intend to collide, we're going to be battling and continuing to avoid collisions."
Rosberg also said missing FP2 on Friday afternoon had no impact on his qualifying performance and thanked the team for delivering another dominant performance.
"They have given us an incredible car today, it's just a pleasure to drive that, especially as you say through the high-speed, it's like on rails, it just feels awesome. That's like the most spectacular area for us racing drivers, these high speed corners with these F1 cars, so that felt very special out there today.
"It just wasn't the best day out there for me and congrats to Lewis who did a good job here and that's it. Still tomorrow is all to play for so definitely still pushing."