Is everything ok between Hamilton and his race engineer?

Hamilton is still getting used to his Ferrari surroundings after 12 years with Mercedes, a team with a totally different culture while also operating differently.

It is not the first time Hamilton and Adami have had awkward radio communication, but speculation went into high gear after Monaco.

During the race, Hamilton asked about his position with respect to the leaders. Adami replied: "Charles on medium [tyres] and McLarens on hard, in [Turn] 16, very close to each other fighting."

The seven-time Formula 1 champion responded: "You're not answering the question... It doesn't really matter, I guess. I was asking if I’m a minute behind or…"

The Adami said: "He’s 48 seconds [ahead]."

Hamilton finished the race in fifth place, having started from seventh due to a three-place grid penalty for impeding Max Verstappen during qualifying.

On the cool-down lap, Adami radioed: "It's a P5. Lost a lot of time in traffic. The rest we need to investigate. And pick up [spent tyre rubber] please."

Hamilton came back saying: "Yeah, big thank you to the boys, as I said, for fixing the car [after his FP3 crash]. It’s not been the easiest of weekends, but we live to fight another day, so… yeah."

But then, bizarrely, Adami remained silent, which prompted Hamilton to ask: "Are you upset with me or something?"

Hamilton did not get any reply to his question, so the media naturally asked Ferrari boss Fred Vasseur if all was well between his star driver and his engineer.

Vasseur downplayed any internal tensions; he explained: "Because when the driver is asking something between Turn 1 and Turn 3, we have to wait [until he reaches] the tunnel to reply, to avoid speaking with him during the corners.

"It's not that we are sleeping, it's not that we are having a beer on the pitwall, it's just because we have a section of the track where we agreed before to speak with him.

"And honestly, it's not a tension that the guy is asking something; he's between the walls, he's under pressure, he's fighting, he's at 300km/h between the walls.

"I'm perfectly fine, and I spoke with him [Hamilton] after the race—he was not upset at all," the Frenchman concluded. (Reporting by Agnes Carlier)