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‘Alarm bells ringing’ over Lewis Hamilton race engineer situation at Ferrari
- Hamilton races into 2026 testing without a fixed race engineer, prompting questions about Ferrari’s setup.
- Riccardo Adami moved to a new Ferrari role, leaving Hamilton without a dedicated engineer.
- Bryan Bozzi is covering the race engineer duties for both drivers during Barcelona shakedown.
- Karun Chandhok warned that not bonding with a new engineer could hurt Hamilton’s performance.
- Chandhok suggested Ferrari should have used the winter to bond Hamilton with a replacement engineer.
- Potential replacement names included Cedric Michel-Grosjean amid reports from Italy.
- Ferrari declined to comment, saying an update would come if there is a development.
- PlanetF1 lists Hamilton’s related 2026 coverage and other drivers’ engineering conversations.
- The report stresses that the driver–engineer bond is crucial for effective feedback and tuning.
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