Hamilton’s new race engineer
Lewis Hamilton has a new race engineer for F1 2026 after the decision to split with Riccardo Adami, who worked with the world champion during his debut year at Ferrari.
The Briton was asked about the topic in Bahrain, saying: “It was obviously a very difficult decision to make. I’m really grateful for all the effort he put in last year, and his patience, and, you know, it was a difficult year for us all.”
Serving him from Bahrain will be Carlos Santi, previously Raikkonen’s race engineer at the Scuderia, but whether he completes the season is still undecided.
“Early on into the season, it’s going to be switching up again, working with someone new, that’s what you need to look forward to,” Hamilton said.
“It would be ideal to start the season with people with whom you have done multiple seasons and that have been through thick and thin. But at the moment this is the situation we have.
“It is a situation that affects me as well, trying to do the best I can – we are trying to do the best we can.”
Lewis Hamilton, Ferrari
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