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Riccardo Adami, the race engineer of Lewis Hamilton at Ferrari, has been “moved to a new role” within the Scuderia ahead of this year’s Formula 1 World Championship.
Riccardo Adami, Lewis Hamilton’s race engineer at Ferrari, has been reassigned to a new role within the team for this year’s Formula 1 World Championship. Adami, who had been with Ferrari since 2015 and had previously worked with Sebastian Vettel and Carlos Sainz, was slated to work with Hamilton after his move from Mercedes. Following disappointing results, the 52-year-old has now taken on the position of Manager for Ferrari’s Driver Academy and Test Previous Cars programme. Speculation arose about tensions between Hamilton and Adami during the early part of the season, despite denials from Team Principal Fred Vasseur and Hamilton himself. Ferrari officially announced Adami’s new role, thanking him for his contribution and commitment while hinting at the upcoming announcement of a new Race Engineer for car #44. Adami’s past experience includes time with Toro Rosso and Minardi, working previously with Vettel before joining Ferrari. The new race engineer for Hamilton will likely debut during pre-season testing in January at Circuit de-Barcelona Catalunya.
