Lewis Hamilton will continue to work with Riccardo Adami next season. Following the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, Hamilton revealed that major changes were needed among his camp and at Ferrari ahead of the 2026 campaign getting underway.

“My surroundings in terms of personal personnel, team personnel, how you utilise people, whether people need to move into different positions to work better, all these different things need to be looked upon in my personal space so that we can optimise our teamwork,” he told the media.

Since then, speculation has been rife that Adami was facing the sack. The 105-time Grand Prix winner seemingly had a fraught relationship with Adami, and a number of tense moments between the pair were picked up on the team radio during races.

However, according to AutoRacer IT, following a dinner away from the track, Adami and Hamilton will continue working together in 2026. The Brit ended 2025 sixth in the Drivers’ Standings, finishing 86 points behind his teammate Charles Leclerc and without a single Grand Prix podium.

It marked the first time in his 19-year Formula 1 career that he went an entire season without standing on the podium, having previously never ended a year with fewer than five top-three finishes. After the Las Vegas Grand Prix, Hamilton admitted it had been the worst season of his career and said he was not looking forward to 2026.

However, when asked what he would say to people discussing the possibility of him retiring earlier this month, Hamilton bluntly replied: “I wouldn’t say anything to them. None of them has done what I’ve done, so they don’t know anything more than I do.”

Before he continued: “It’s a love for what you do. It’s love for racing. I’ve got amazing support from people around me, my fans.

“It’s that constant keeping an eye on the dream. I still have a dream that I hold hope in my heart for, and that’s what I work towards.”

On Hamilton’s struggles at Ferrari, rival Max Verstappen recently told Viaplay: “It hasn’t been a nice season for him at Ferrari, you notice that with everything.

“I have to say, it hurts my heart. To be honest, it hurts mine as well, it’s not nice to see. So quitting? I don’t know, he doesn’t give up, so he’ll definitely be there [next year], but it’s not nice to see.”