Lewis Hamilton has hit again at criticism of his relationship with Ferrari engineer Riccardo Adami after a irritating weekend in Monaco.
Hamilton completed fifth and on the cooldown lap, he thanked the workforce for repairing his automobile for qualifying after crashing in closing apply however afterward the lap, he requested: “are you upset with me or something?” and there was no response.
It got here after Hamilton was given a three-grid place penalty for impeding Max Verstappen, which was attributable to incorrect info from his engineer Adami.
On the silence on the radio post-race in Monaco, Hamilton mentioned: “It was literally just, there were areas that we just had radio problems through the race.
“I did not get all the data that I wished, and that was it.”
After a number of consideration on Hamilton and Adami’s radio exchanges on the season-opening Australian Grand Prix, the Ferrari driver acknowledged the conversations had been “over-egged”.
Hamilton says there are “no problems” between him and Adami, who has beforehand been a race engineer to Sebastian Vettel and Carlos Sainz at Ferrari.
“There’s a lot of speculation. I mean most of it’s b******t. Ultimately, we have a great relationship,” he mentioned.
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Eavesdrop on the radio messages from Lewis Hamilton’s first race with Ferrari all through the Australian Grand Prix
“He’s been amazing to work with. He’s a great guy. We’re working so hard. We both are and we don’t always get it right every weekend.
“We now have disagreements, like everybody does in relationships, however we work by way of them. We’re each in it collectively, each wish to win a championship collectively and in the direction of lifting the workforce 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.”
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Confusion on the Ferrari workforce radio causes Lewis Hamilton to impede Max Verstappen throughout Q1 on the Monaco GP
Hamilton not fully ruling out 2025 title
Hamilton is 98 factors behind championship chief Oscar Piastri after eight rounds, with two-thirds of the season remaining.
He’s but to face on the rostrum as a Ferrari driver however has not dominated out being within the title combat this yr.
“I think we are working on next year’s car, whether or not we are 100 per cent, I can’t comment on,” he mentioned.
“Next year is the championship that’s currently open. This one will be a lot harder to win but it’s not closed and it will be interesting to see what happens this weekend.”
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Drivers have their say on how impacted groups might be with the brand new flexi-wing clampdown coming to the Spanish Grand Prix
Hamilton is probably hoping that adjustments to the technical rules about flexi-wings, which may change the pecking order, will convey Ferrari nearer to the entrance.
Mercedes workforce principal Toto Wolff thinks Ferrari have essentially the most to achieve however Hamilton says: “I don’t know what gives him that impression but I hope he’s right”.
He added: “We have taken a bit of a step. I can’t say just from one race that we’ve fixed anything, but I’m hoping this weekend we can continue with the progress we have made in the last two races, particularly the last race with qualifying.
“If we are able to produce that once more this weekend, it might be nice.”
Sky Sports activities F1’s Spanish GP schedule
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Forward of this weekend’s Spanish Grand Prix we have a look again at among the most dramatic moments from earlier races on the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya
Friday Could 30
8.50am: F3 Apply
10am: F2 Apply
12pm: Spanish GP Apply One (session begins at 12.30pm)
1.55pm: F3 Qualifying
2.50pm: F2 Qualifying
3.35pm: Spanish GP Apply Two (session begins at 4pm)
5.15pm: The F1 Present
Saturday Could 31
9am: F3 Dash
11.15am: Spanish GP Apply Three (session begins at 11.30am)
1.10pm: F2 Dash
2.10pm: Spanish GP Qualifying build-up*
3pm: SPANISH GP QUALIFYING*
Sunday June 1
7.25am: F3 Characteristic Race
8.55am: F2 Characteristic Race
12.30pm: Grand Prix Sunday: Spanish GP build-up*
2pm: The SPANISH GRAND PRIX*
4pm: Chequered Flag: Spanish GP response
*additionally reside on Sky Sports activities Major Occasion
F1’s European triple header concludes with the Spanish Grand Prix in Barcelona this weekend, with reside protection ranging from Friday on Sky Sports activities F1. Stream Sky Sports activities with NOW – no contract, cancel anytime
