Overview
- Team radio in Abu Dhabi featured fresh flashpoints, including Hamilton snapping over track-limits calls and telling Adami, “Stop confirming!!”.
- Hamilton’s end-of-season message initially drew silence for nearly a minute before Adami replied that the pit wall had been talking and thanked him.
- The race yielded a recovery from P16 to P8, sealing a podium‑free debut year at Ferrari after late‑season Q1 exits and a best grand prix finish of fourth.
- Reporters note the Abu Dhabi exchanges capped a season-long pattern of clipped, exasperated communications between Hamilton and Adami.
- Hamilton has said he will review his personal and team personnel for 2026 to improve teamwork, and any change of race engineer remains speculative.