Hamilton 'driving blind' in Monaco? Communication breakdown revealed

From the onset the duo did not seem to gel well, with Adami failing to understand Hamilton's needs in terms of communication and clarity. In Australia, this became aparent, in Miami a bubble seemed to burst and in Monaco the Briton felt the need to ask the Italian if he was upset.

Although the question was met with deafening silence from the other end, it may be the case that Adami had already unplugged himself from the comms console, thus rendering him unable to hear and answer the seven-time world champions question.

From the exchanges between the two, Hamilton's confusion is palpable, with Adami visibly unaware that the 7-time world champion was failing to understand the pace Ferrari needed from him to maximise his race result.

“What sort of pace do you need from me? Give me some more information. Like, am I saving tyres right now or you like to close and push as hard as possible?," asked Hamilton, to which Adami replied by giving him a 15.2 target lap time.

On lap 23, Hamilton asked Adami whether his pace was good enough, to which the Italian replied citing the pace from the drivers ahead of him, failing to provide a clear answer.

Having pitted earlier than Verstappen, Hamilton was under the impression that he was catching the Dutchman. When encountering a car further up the road, he asked if it was the Red Bull driver. Adami's surprise response, "He's 9.3 seconds ahead," seemed to have come over Hamilton like a cold shower. “Oh, damn. OK. I thought he came out just ahead of me.”

Deeper confusion and frustration started to seep in, with Hamilton being more vocal regarding his lack of awareness as to how his race was panning out. “I really don’t know where I am and I’m 15 seconds behind?,” the Briton asked some 6 laps after reaching the race's equator.

“Yeah, let’s keep going with this pace. Can improve two tenths on a 14.5, would be ideal. Let’s wait and see” said Adami, prompting a near fed-up answer from Hamilton.

“It’s really not helping, mate! I’m struggling with the car, I don’t know… are all the cars ahead of me doing a 14.9?”, to which his race engineer responded: “Yes, pretty much. Norris is 14.5.”

Verstappen's red-flag dependant strategy was not to Hamilton's knowledge and when the Ferrari driver was given the Red Bull Racing driver's position and gap update, he asked, “Yeah, where is everyone else?”

Following a further update clarifying that Piastri was 10 seconds ahead, Hamilton replied angrily: “Well, why the hell you give me Verstappen’s stint, mate?”, with Adami saying: “Just to know race situation.”

After completing his two mandatory pitstops Hamilton vulnerably relayed feedback of feeling 'lost' due to the seldom information updates.

By lap 56 Hamilton was still to know what position he was in, who was ahead and who was behind.

Hamilton then was in for his last shock of the race as he figures out what the gap to the front runners is. “Have I been dead slow this whole race?,” suggesting he had more pace in the car.

This question received yet another off-topic response from Adami: “And switch red. And three more [lapped cars] ahead of Colapinto and you are in free air.”