{"id":115833,"date":"2025-05-20T01:45:10","date_gmt":"2025-05-20T01:45:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/115833\/"},"modified":"2025-05-20T01:45:10","modified_gmt":"2025-05-20T01:45:10","slug":"f1-legend-lewis-hamilton-confirms-ferrari-race-engineer-update-after-frustrated-radio-exchanges","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/115833\/","title":{"rendered":"F1 legend Lewis Hamilton confirms Ferrari race engineer update after frustrated radio exchanges"},"content":{"rendered":"

Lewis Hamilton<\/a> has issued an update on his relationship with Ferrari<\/a> race engineer Ricciardo Adami, after a frustrating start to their Formula 1 career together. <\/b><\/p>\n

\nThe dynamic between a race engineer and a driver is crucial, as the driver in the cockpit relies on their engineer to relay important information from the team such as strategy changes, or when to come into the pits. <\/p>\n

\nREAD MORE:<\/b> Italian media call for ‘DRASTIC measures’ despite Hamilton Ferrari comeback<\/a> <\/p>\n

\nF1\u2019s most successful racing drivers have all had strong relationships with their race engineers, such as Max Verstappen<\/a> with Gianpiero Lambiase and – of course – Hamilton and Peter Bonnington at Mercedes<\/a>. <\/p>\n

\nThe seven-time world champion has had trouble adjusting to his new race engineer at Ferrari<\/a><\/b>, with their tense team radio messages often grabbing headlines after a race weekend. <\/p>\n

\nHamilton\u2019s P4 finish in Imola<\/a><\/b> has rather perked up the Brit\u2019s attitude however, where he hailed the team for their strategy and the communication from Adami. <\/p>\n

\n“The team did a fantastic job with the strategy, they were faultless. We\u2019re slowly getting there. Riccardo [Adami] did a fantastic job with his communication with me,” Hamilton said to Sky Sports Italia after the race. <\/p>\n

\n“I was calm, so he was calm and the team were calm in executing the strategy and the pit stops were awesome. So overall, mega! <\/p>\n

\n“I was hoping for some extra laps otherwise we could have maybe fought for a podium.” <\/p>\n

Lewis Hamilton and Ferrari fight back in Imola<\/p>\n

\nHamilton\u2019s picture of tranquillity at Ferrari is a far cry from the exchange between the pair in Miami, where the 40-year-old\u2019s frustration emerged as sarcasm. <\/p>\n

\nFerrari stalled on orchestrating a switch between Hamilton and his team-mate Charles Leclerc during the Miami GP, which prompted the champion to grow increasingly frustrated<\/a><\/b>. <\/p>\n

\nWhen Ferrari finally switched their positions, Hamilton snapped at Adami in a frustrated team radio message, where he said: \u201chave a tea-break while you’re at it!\u201d <\/p>\n

\nHowever, Hamilton was all smiles after Imola<\/a><\/b>, a major departure from the devastated figure he cut following qualifying, after both himself and Leclerc failed to make it into Q3. <\/p>\n

\nThe Emilia-Romagna GP marked Hamilton\u2019s first race at Ferrari in front of the tifosi, and with his best result of the season coinciding with the team\u2019s upgrades, the Brit will be hoping to build on the result in Imola for the rest of the season. <\/p>\n

\nF1 HEADLINES:<\/b> Hamilton drama in Imola as F1 star hit by 20-place demotion verdict<\/a><\/p>\n

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