Hamilton calls BS on reports of friction with Ferrari engineer Adami

Terse radio exchanges between him and the Ferrari pit wall at the season-opening Australian Grand Prix, Hamilton's race debut in the Italian Formula 1 team's red overalls, raised questions at the time, and resurfaced in Monaco last Sunday.

Then the seven-time F1 world champion was heard asking Adami over the team radio "are you upset with me?" after the Italian did not respond to earlier messages. Ferrari explained that silence was due to radio and signal problems in a race that features cars speeding through a tunnel.

"It was literally just there were areas where we had radio problems through the race, and I did not get information that I wanted. We spoke afterwards," Hamilton told reporters at the Spanish Grand Prix on Thursday when asked for clarification.

"There is a lot of speculation and most of it is BS. We have a great relationship. He is amazing to work with. He is a great guy, working so hard, we both are," added the Briton, who joined from Mercedes in January.

Hamilton conceded: "We don't always get it right every weekend. Do we have disagreements? Yes, like everyone does in relationships. But we work through them. We are both in it together.

"We both want to win a world championship together and we are both working towards lifting the team up. So it is just all noise and we are not paying attention to it. It doesn't make a difference to the job we are trying to do," insisted Hamilton.

The Briton said he and Adami, who previously worked with four-time F1 world champion Sebastian Vettel and Spaniard Carlos Sainz, were learning more and more about each other and adapting the way they worked.

"He has worked with lots of different drivers before. We don't have any problems whatsoever," said Hamilton, who won a sprint race in Shanghai but is otherwise yet to stand on a podium for Ferrari. He finished fifth in Monaco, with teammate Charles Leclerc P2 in his home race.

Hamilton's radio comments also put him in the spotlight in Miami when he suggested sarcastically that the team "have a tea-break while you're at it" as he waited for a strategy call.