Lewis Hamilton has flatly denied any tension with his Ferrari race engineer Riccardo Adami, dismissing speculation around their radio communications in Monaco as “BS.”
The British driver endured a lonely race around the streets of Monaco, finishing fifth and crossing the line 51 seconds behind race winner Lando Norris.
Towards the latter stages of the Grand Prix, Hamilton enquired about the gap out front to the race leaders.
However, Adami misinterpreted the request and relayed inaccurate information, prompting Hamilton to ask again for the distance between himself and the leading four cars.
Afterwards, the Ferrari Team Principal Fred Vasseur denied any friction between the pair, despite audio emerging of the seven-time World Champion being aired over the team radio.
The driver asked his race engineer if he was upset with him, but received radio silence.
The Frenchman then clarified the incident, attributing the confusion to the tricky nature of radio communication around the tight streets of Monaco.
Ahead of the Spanish Grand Prix, Hamilton was asked about the matter and swiftly dismissed any rumours of tension.
“Our relationship is great, no problems, we’re constantly learning more and more about each other,” he told media including Motorsport Week.
“We’re constantly adapting to the way both of us like to work.
“He’s worked with lots of different drivers before, we don’t have any problems whatsoever.
“Yeah, there’s a lot of speculation, I mean, most of it is BS.
“Ultimately, we have a great relationship; he’s been amazing to work with.”
Hamilton discusses his working relationship with Ferrari engineer
The ex-Mercedes driver previously worked with Peter Bonnington – more famously known as ‘Bono’ – for 12 years.
Now at Ferrari, Hamilton collaborates closely with the Italian engineer, who has experience working with Sebastian Vettel and Carlos Sainz.
Speaking about their partnership, Hamilton added: “He’s a great guy, working so hard, we both are, and we don’t always get it right every weekend.
“We have disagreements, like everyone does in relationships, but we work through them.
“We’re both in it together, we both want to win a championship together, and we’re both working towards lifting the team up.
“So, it’s just all noise, and we don’t really pay any attention to it.
“It can continue if you want, but it doesn’t make any difference to the job that we’re trying to do.”
Hamilton later concurred with Vassuer that the radio silence at the end was down to a technical issue commonly present at Monaco.
“It was literally just [that] there was areas that we just had radio problems throughout the race,” he explained.
“I didn’t get all the information that I wanted.”
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