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Much has been made of the relationship between Lewis Hamilton and his new race engineer for 2025 this year, especially after last week's Monaco Grand Prix.
Lewis Hamilton has sought to end speculation about an alleged rift between himself and Ferrari race engineer Riccardo Adami, saying their relationship is "excellent".
Tense moments of communication between Hamilton and Adami during the race could be heard in the Formula 1 broadcast, and the seven-time world champion felt that he was not getting enough information about the gaps on the track during the race in Monaco.
Additionally, his question at the end of the race — "is he mad at me or something?" — remained unanswered, at least in the public broadcast. Because of this, many commentators have suggested that Hamilton and Adami have not been getting along well since they started working together at the beginning of the year.
However, Hamilton called it just a "rumor" and said that while the two are still getting used to working together, there are no real problems between them.
"Our relationship is great. There are no problems. We are constantly learning about each other," Hamilton said ahead of the Spanish Grand Prix.
"We're constantly adapting to the way we both like to work. He's worked with a lot of different drivers before. We don't have any problems."
Lewis explains his views
Hamilton explained that the discrepancies that can be heard in the transmission are a normal thing between the driver and the engineer - and that everything else is just "noise".
Adami previously worked with drivers such as Sebastian Vettel and Carlos Sainz at Ferrari, and with Vettel, Vitantoni Liuzzi, Sebastien Buemi and Daniel Ricciardo at Toro Rosso.
"Yes, there is a lot of speculation. Most of it is nonsense," the Briton added. “Basically, we have a great relationship. He’s great to work with. He’s a great guy and he works really hard. We both work hard.”
“And of course it’s not going to be perfect every weekend. Do we have disagreements? Like everyone in a relationship – but we work them out.”
“We’re in this together. We both want to win the championship. We both work to build the team.”
“It’s all just shouting and we don’t pay attention to it. It can continue if someone wants to, but it doesn’t affect the job we’re trying to do.”
Hamilton also played down the significance of the radio communication from Monaco, saying that “there were parts where we just had problems with the radio during the race. I didn’t get all the information I wanted, but we spoke afterwards.”
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