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Formula 1 analyst Martin Brundle has called out Lewis Hamilton for his “angsty” radio exchanges with Ferrari race engineer Riccardo Adami during the Australian Grand Prix.

The seven-time world champion appeared visibly annoyed on his debut with the Prancing Horse, ending a disappointing tenth in Melbourne. For the British F1 legend, adjusting to his new staff will take time, however indicators of friction had been obvious between him and the staff storage during the race.

Throughout Sunday’s occasion, a number of tense messages went back and forth, with Hamilton often instructing his engineer Adami to “leave it to me” as he obtained advice from the pitwall.

Additionally, Hamilton expressed dissatisfaction when Ferrari deserted their daring strategy to stay on slick tires regardless of growing rain. “I thought you said it wasn’t going to rain much?” questioned Hamilton. “Just missed a big opportunity there.”

Brundle, whereas acknowledging the pivotal nature of that call, critiqued Ferrari’s newest high-profile driver’s radio demeanor. “I don’t understand why Lewis was so angsty with his engineer Riccardo Adami, who I felt was simply trying to pass over relevant and helpful information,” Brundle stated in his Sky Sports column.

“It all really fell apart for Ferrari when they rolled the dice on dry tyres on a wet track and lost out heavily on track position for both drivers, and they left Australia seventh in the championship.”

Brundle added: “Hamilton had a disappointing start to his Ferrari career by any metric. Eighth on the grid behind his team-mate Leclerc, losing out a little in the first corner and following Alex Albon’s Williams for what seemed like an age, and then being passed around the outside of the fast turn nine by a spectacularly recovering Piastri on the final lap – consigning Lewis to one point in 10th place – was not where he should be.”

Reflecting on his efficiency and that of the staff after the race, the 40-year-old Hamilton pointed out Ferrari’s misjudgment relating to the climate. He stated: “I hung out for as long as I could and got the lead at one point, but the guidance just in terms of how much more rain was coming was missing there. So I think we missed out.

“The info that I acquired was simply that it was a short bathe, fast, and on the time it was solely within the final nook. So for me, I used to be like, ‘Well, if the remainder of the monitor is dry then I can keep this on monitor if that is coming.’ But then more got here.”