Lewis Hamilton experienced some teething issues with Ferrari (Image: Getty)
defended radio communications from new race engineer Riccardo Adami during the . The seven-time world champion became increasingly frustrated with the steady flow of comments from the garage as he made his debut with his new team on Sunday. Hamilton admitted after qualifying that he didn’t know the rain settings for the SF-25, making Sunday’s weather-affected Grand Prix in Melbourne a daunting debut for the 40-year-old.
Alongside learning the finer workings of his new car, Hamilton was developing his relationship with new race engineer Adami. The Brit formed an iconic partnership with Peter Bonnington at but opted for a new start in Maranello, teaming up with the man who previously worked with Sebastian Vettel and .
On Sunday, however, Hamilton and Adami had teething issues. “I think Riccardo did a really good job – I think we’re learning about each other bit by bit,” said the Brit after the chequered flag.
“After this we’ll download, we’ll go through all the comments, things I said, and vice versa. I’m generally not one that likes a lot of information in the race – unless I need it I’ll ask for it, but he did his best today and we’ll move forward.
Riccardo Adami is Hamilton’s new race engineer (Image: Getty)
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“I’m grateful I got through it and came out with a little bit of something, at least at one point. Obviously, I didn’t go off or spin today, but lacking pace for sure. I do believe the car has more performance than we were able to extract this weekend, and it was even less performance, for example, in the race, but I think it’s all settings.
“I’ve learned a huge amount this weekend; there’s a lot to take away from it. I’ve got some changes I’m going to make for next week and see how it goes, but today was a crash course in driving a in the rain.”
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’s priority heading into the Chinese Grand Prix this weekend will be unlocking more performance from the SF-25. Charles Leclerc ended the race in P8, with Hamilton two places further back in P10. This was an immensely disappointing result for the Scuderia, who had World Championship aspirations in pre-season.
Damage limitation is the name of the game for during the opening stages of the season. look primed to inflict pain on the competition after ’ commanding victory down under.