Lewis Hamilton has issued an update on his relationship with Ferrari race engineer Ricciardo Adami, after a frustrating start to their Formula 1 career together.

The seven-time world champion has had trouble adjusting to his new race engineer at Ferrari, with their tense team radio messages often grabbing headlines after a race weekend.

Hamilton’s P4 finish in Imola has rather perked up the Brit’s attitude however, where he hailed the team for their strategy and the communication from Adami.

Lewis Hamilton and Ferrari fight back in Imola

Ferrari stalled on orchestrating a switch between Hamilton and his team-mate Charles Leclerc during the Miami GP, which prompted the champion to grow increasingly frustrated.

However, Hamilton was all smiles after Imola, a major departure from the devastated figure he cut following qualifying, after both himself and Leclerc failed to make it into Q3.