Overview
- Ferrari confirmed Riccardo Adami has moved to Scuderia Ferrari Driver Academy and Test Previous Cars manager, citing his trackside experience.
- Lewis Hamilton will have a different race engineer for the 2026 season, with the successor to be announced in due course.
- The reshuffle arrives just before Ferrari’s January 23 car launch and the Barcelona pre-season test scheduled for January 26–30.
- Hamilton’s 2025 campaign brought no grand prix podiums and featured tense radio exchanges with Adami, which both the driver and team publicly played down.
- Peter “Bono” Bonnington, Hamilton’s long-time Mercedes engineer, did not follow him to Ferrari and is reported to be remaining at Mercedes.