Lewis Hamilton hits out at ‘bulls***' speculation on relationship with Ferrari engineer after awkward F1 radio chat
HAMMER BLOW Lewis Hamilton hits out at 'bulls***' speculation on relationship with Ferrari engineer after awkward F1 radio chat
LEWIS HAMILTON has hit out at 'bulls**t' criticism of his relationship with Ferrari engineer Riccardo Adami.
The seven-time world champ was fifth at Monaco last weekend and on the cooldown lap thanked the team for repairing his car for qualifying after a crash in FP3.
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Lewis Hamilton has hit out at the criticism of his relationship with his race engineer
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Hamilton insists he has a good relationship with Riccardo Adami
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But there was radio silence from his team and Hamilton asked 'are you upset with me or something?', while there was still no response.
Hamilton had been given a three-grid place penalty for impeding Max Verstappen after he was told the wrong information by Adami in qualifying.
The British driver was informed that Verstappen was on a slow lap, so did not get out of the way when he was actually on a flying lap.
It comes after the ex-Mercedes star sarcastically told his new team to have a 'tea break' in the Miami GP, where they rowed over swapping places with Charles Leclerc.
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Hamilton said: 'There were areas that we just had radio problems.
'I didn't get all the information I wanted — and that was it.
'There's a lot of speculation. I mean, most of it's bulls**t.'
Meanwhile, Brit Lando Norris has clapped back at claims the title charge is only between him and team-mate Oscar Piastri.
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Piastri leads Norris by three points at the top, with Verstappen 25 points off the Aussie driver in third place.
But McLaren star Norris said: 'Mathematically, the whole grid can win the championship.
'If you think it's just out of me and Oscar, you're a bit silly.'
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