Lewis Hamilton's relations with Ferrari under scanner once again after F1 icon snubbed over radio after Monaco GP

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Lewis Hamilton's relationship with Ferrari appears to have taken another hit during Sunday's Monaco Grand Prix, where the seven-time F1 world champion finished fifth nearly a minute behind McLaren's Lando Norris, who won the race at the street circuit. read more
Ferrari's Lewis Hamilton steers his car at Circuit de Monaco during the Monaco Grand Prix on Sunday, 25 May. Reuters
Lewis Hamilton's maiden season with Ferrari has been far from smooth, with the seven-time Formula 1 world champion struggling to make an impact this year. The Briton, the joint-most successful racer in F1 history with seven world titles, the same as the legendary Michael Schumacher, is yet to stand on the podium even once eight races into the 2025 season. This is the same individual who happens to be the only driver in F1 history with 200 or more podiums (202).
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The 40-year-old's relationship with the Italian constructor appears to have taken another hit during Sunday's Monaco Grand Prix, where Hamilton finished fifth nearly a minute behind McLaren's Lando Norris, who won the race at the street circuit with a timing of 1:40:33.843.
Hamilton and Adami's radio woes continue in Monaco
Hamilton attempted to engage Ferrari engineer Riccardo Adami after Sunday's race in Monaco, but was met with silence. Tension appeared to have been brewing between Hamilton and Adami towards the end of the race with the former asking, 'Are they still ahead by a minute?'
Adami replied by stating that the drivers ahead were 'fighting', but the response appeared to have annoyed Hamilton. 'You're not answering the question. But it doesn't really matter, I'm just asking, am I a minute behind or…?' Hamilton asked again, to which the Italian engineer replied by stating that those at the front were '48 seconds ahead'.
Hamilton attempted to patch up with the Ferrari engineer while driving through Circuit de Monaco's tunnel section at the end of the race, but was met with silence, although it could not be confirmed with Adami was deliberately ignoring him or had simply left the communication.
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Sky Sports had quizzed Hamilton about his team's radio message, 'Push now, this is our race'.
'It wasn't very clear… the information wasn't that clear. I didn't really understand 'this is our race'.
'I didn't know what I was fighting for. Am I fighting for the next spot ahead? In actual fact when I look at the data I wasn't near anybody ahead. I used up my tyres a lot in that moment but I was so far away from them,' Hamilton said.
Hamilton and Adami have been making headlines for the wrong reasons more often than not in what has been a scratchy season so far for the former, with the F1 star unable to forge the kind of bond with the Italian that he had with Peter Bonnington at Mercedes.
Hamilton, however, had heaped praise on his engineer for doing a 'fantastic job with his communication' at the Emilia Romagna Grand Prix in Imola, Italy the previous weekend where he had finished fourth.
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