German FAZ: “Didn’t insult him, didn’t swore” 008959

After the disappointing debut for Ferrari, Lewis Hamilton does not see any atmospheric disorders within his team – despite the word change with his racing engineer in Australia. It was “a little discussion”, “there are no problems between us,” said the record world champion in the run-up to the Grand Prize of China (Sunday, 8:00 a.m. CET in the F.A.Z.-LiveTicker for Formula 1, at Sky and RTL): “Listen to the radio traffic of other pilots with their racing engineers: Much worse, but it is not reported.” Hamilton fought with his season start in Melbourne In the end, car was only tenth and always seemed annoyed during the race in radio traffic with Riccardo Adami. “Please!” He said vigorously several times, “let it be good. Repeat not everything, leave it to me.” Even in the days after the race, a clip of this dialogue in the social media attracted a lot of attention. “I was very polite,” said Hamilton, “I did not swell, I didn’t swell. I just fought my car in these moments and needed the full concentration.” In his twelve years at Mercedes, Hamilton maintained a trusting relationship with his racing engineer Peter Bonnington, with He now works with Adami Ferrari, who has already looked after four -time world champion Sebastian Vettel in the past. “We are getting to know each other,” said Hamilton: “It is about what information I need and which.” Hamilton is now hoping for a significant increase in the entire team, and his teammate Charles Leclerc had only ranked eight in the victory of Lando Norris (McLaren). “Our energy is good, in the end we will not be defined by this one race,” said the Englishman.
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