Hamilton was then instructed to ‘swap this lap’. The 40-year-old hit back by replying: ‘I’ll tell you when we can swap.’ Hamilton moved over for Leclerc moments later. The exchanges between Hamilton and Adami arrived a week after the British driver told his new race engineer to ‘leave him to it’ at the opening round in Australia.

Ferrari have broken their silence after suffering a double disqualification at the Chinese Grand Prix. The Scuderia's weekend started off brightly after Lewis Hamilton clinched victory in Saturday's sprint race ahead of Oscar Piastri and Max Verstappen. However, their joy was short-lived as Sunday turned out to be a horrible day at the office.