Hamilton denies crisis with engineer Adami at Ferrari: “It’s just noise”

Hamilton Denies Problems with His Ferrari Engineer

British driver Lewis Hamilton has responded to rumors about a supposed bad relationship with his race engineer at Ferrari, Riccardo Adami, calling them “pure noise”.

Since his arrival at Ferrari, Hamilton’s radio conversations with Adami have generated great interest. An incident at the Monaco Grand Prix, where Hamilton asked on the radio “Are you upset with me or something?”, went viral.

Ferrari attributed the subsequent silence to radio problems in certain areas of the Monaco circuit. Hamilton has flatly denied any problems in his relationship with Adami.

There’s a lot of speculation. Most of it is lies. We have a great relationship. It’s been incredible working with him; he’s a great guy.

Lewis Hamilton

Hamilton added that they are both working hard and that they don’t always get it right every weekend. He acknowledged that, as in any relationship, there are disagreements, but they resolve them together.

The seven-time world champion stated that they both share the goal of winning a championship and of boosting the team. He downplayed the speculations, assuring that they do not affect his work.

Regarding the message after Monaco, Hamilton explained that there were radio problems in certain areas of the circuit and that he didn’t receive all the information he needed, but they spoke afterwards.

During his eleven years with Mercedes, Hamilton forged a close relationship with his engineer Peter Bonnington. From the outside, the dynamic with Adami seems different, although Hamilton assures that they are adapting.

Hamilton also had terse responses to Adami during the Miami Grand Prix in early May.

The seven-time world champion said they are still adapting to the new dynamic.

“Our relationship is excellent, there are no problems. We are constantly learning more and more about each other. We are constantly adapting to the way we both like to work. He has worked with many different pilots before. We have no problem at all,” he added.