Hamilton: I don't have any problems with the engineer.
During the race in Melbourne, everyone noticed the talks between Lewis Hamilton and his racing engineer at Ferrari, Riccardo Adami, in which it seemed that the driver was unhappy with the interaction. In Shanghai, Lewis commented on this situation.
Lewis Hamilton: "You guys got it all wrong, paying too much attention to this moment. It's just a negotiation, and I politely asked you not to distract me. I didn't swear, I didn't use swear words. It's just that at that moment I was having difficulties with the car, I wanted to fully focus on some points. But gradually we begin to get to know each other.
In the past, Adami has worked with two champions, there are no problems between us. Listen to the radio conversations of other racers with their engineers – it's much worse.
The conversations that Max had with his engineer over the years, the bullying that the poor guy was subjected to – you never write about this, but you write about the minor details of my communication.
We literally just got to know each other. And I said, "Hey, brother, I don't need this information. But if you want to give it to me, it's better right now." The question of interaction is how I feel in the car at that moment, what I'm focused on. Sometimes I just don't need the information. That's the thing. There are no problems, everything is done with a smile and we move on."
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