Riccardo Adami

Riccardo Adami
Personal information
Born (1973-11-27) 27 November 1973
Brescia, Lombardy, Italy
EducationChassis area
University of Brescia
OccupationEngineer
Years active2002–present
Sport
SportFormula One
PositionRace engineer
TeamScuderia Ferrari

Riccardo Adami (born 27 November 1973) is an Italian engineer working for Scuderia Ferrari. He is the manager of the Ferrari Driver Academy and Ferrari's Testing of Previous Cars program. Prior to this, he was the race engineer of Sebastian Vettel, Carlos Sainz Jr. and Lewis Hamilton.

Career

Adami obtained a diploma in chassis area at the University of Brescia in 2001 and worked for Minardi since 2002.[1] He worked in several positions throughout the years before ultimately being promoted as the race engineer in 2005.[2] Adami remained with the team after the team was acquired by the Austrian energy drink maker Red Bull GmbH and renamed as Scuderia Toro Rosso at the end of 2005.[3] In his time at Minardi and Toro Rosso, he was the race engineer to several drivers, including Vitantonio Liuzzi, Sebastian Vettel, Sébastien Buemi and Daniel Ricciardo.[4]

In 2015, Adami left Toro Rosso and moved to Scuderia Ferrari, working as Vettel's race engineer once again.[5] Adami was the race engineer for Carlos Sainz Jr. from 2021[6] until the driver's departure to Williams at the end of 2024. Adami became the race engineer for seven-time world champion Lewis Hamilton, who joined the team for the 2025 season. His relationship with Hamilton received scrutiny throughout the season. In 2026, Adami was replaced by Carlo Santi as Hamilton's race engineer and was reassigned as the manager of the Ferrari Driver Academy and Ferrari's Testing of Previous Cars program.[7][8][9]

References

  1. ↑ "Bios of 4 of the main engineers in the team". Minardi. 5 December 2004. Archived from the original on 16 Dec 2024. Retrieved 21 June 2020.
  2. ↑ "Doornbos happy with first day at Minardi". Crash Media Group. 23 July 2005. Archived from the original on 25 July 2021. Retrieved 21 June 2020.
  3. ↑ van Osten, Phillip (26 August 2017). "Marko frustrated with lack of return on Toro Rosso investment". f1i.com. Retrieved 21 June 2020.
  4. ↑ Alesci, Andrea. "Riccardo Adami e la Toro Rosso". issuu.com (in Italian). Archived from the original on 16 December 2024. Retrieved 21 June 2020.
  5. ↑ Garloff, Bianca; Bach, Ralf (20 November 2014). "Offiziell! Vettel wechselt zu Ferrari". Bild (in German). Retrieved 21 June 2020.
  6. ↑ "How Sainz spent his first day as a Ferrari F1 driver". The Race. 2020-12-18. Retrieved 2020-12-19.
  7. ↑ Richards, Giles (16 January 2026). "Lewis Hamilton to get new engineer as Adami replaced in Ferrari shake-up". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 17 June 2026.
  8. ↑ Chiu, Nigel (15 June 2026). "Lewis Hamilton: What's behind Ferrari driver's resurgence after win at Barcelona-Catalunya Grand Prix?". Sky Sports. Retrieved 17 June 2026.
  9. ↑ Hardy, Ed; Courbon, Téha (6 June 2026). "Lewis Hamilton found his "Italian Bono" at Ferrari in F1 2026". Motorsport.com. Retrieved 17 June 2026.


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