"Ferrari have announced they are to replace Riccardo Adami as Lewis Hamilton's race engineer for the 2026 Formula One season, after the pair endured what appeared to be a fractious and testing relationship during the seven-time world champion's first season with the Scuderia. Ferrari issued a statement on Friday stating Adami would be moved to a new role with the team's driver academy as academy and test previous cars manager,"
"During his debut year with Ferrari, a trying season with the car well off the pace of the frontrunners and with Hamilton struggling to adapt to a new team, his relationship with Adami appeared to be far from easy. The pair endured several terse exchanges with Hamilton expressing frustration and confusion, notably in Monaco when he asked his engineer at the end of the race: Are you upset with me or something? To which he appeared to receive no reply."
Ferrari will replace Riccardo Adami as Lewis Hamilton's race engineer for the 2026 Formula One season and move Adami to a role as academy and test previous cars manager. Hamilton endured a difficult debut year with Ferrari, with the car far off the pace and struggles adapting to the team. Hamilton failed to claim a podium and finished sixth, behind teammate Charles Leclerc in fifth, while Ferrari placed fourth in the constructors standings, 435 points behind champions McLaren. The relationship between Hamilton and Adami appeared strained at times, with public terse exchanges and Hamilton expressing deep frustration and anger, and the team will announce a new race engineer in due course.
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