Lewis Hamilton’s race engineer during his debut season at Ferrari is someone who has plenty of experience in winning world titles.
Hamilton has taken part in his first test drive for the Formula 1 giants since his blockbuster move from Mercedes was confirmed last year.
The seven-time world champion drove a 2023 Ferrari F1 car in cold and damp conditions around their Fiorano test track on Wednesday.
Speaking after his initial preparations for the 2025 season, Hamilton described the experience as ‘one of the best feelings of my life’.
Ferrari also recalled the 40-year-old’s first day at their Maranello headquarters and revealed who will work with him in the paddock.
Following an installation lap, Hamilton returned to the pits and spoke ‘to his race engineer Riccardo Adami over the radio’.
Adami first worked in F1 in 2002 when he joined Minardi as a data analysis engineer before getting a promotion as race engineer in 2005, when they were renamed to Scuderia Toro Rosso after Red Bull’s purchase.
The Italian continued in the role for ten years, during which time he played a key role in Sebastian Vettel’s four consecutive title wins.
Vettel was crowned world champion from 2010 to 2013, with his first triumph making him the youngest ever winning driver.
Speaking in an interview in 2020, the German was full of praise for his team engineer after four straight years of success together.
“I think Riccardo will stay at Ferrari, we’ve known each other forever and he’s a friend,” he told Italian outlet Corriere della Sera.
“He’s one of those who represents the values of Ferrari, if the brand is unique it’s because there are people like that in Maranello.”
Adami worked with Vettel during his world title wins from 2010 to 2013Getty He is now in his tenth year as a race engineer at FerrariGettyAdami departed Toro Rosso for Ferrari in 2015 alongside Vettel, who spent five years with the team before moving to Aston Martin.
The former remained though and became the race engineer for Carlos Sainz from 2021 until last season.
He will now be tasked with supporting one of F1’s most successful drivers in Hamilton, whose 105 Grand Prix wins is the most ever.
Ferrari’s first race with car no.44 on the track will come at the Australian Grand Prix in March.
Hamilton will then compete in his home race at Silverstone four months later in the hopes of winning a record-breaking eighth title.
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