Lewis Hamilton has pushed back strongly against suggestions that he has fallen out with his Ferrari race engineer, calling the claims "BS".
The seven-time world champion has shown signs of frustration in recent radio exchanges with Riccardo Adami, who previously worked with Carlos Sainz and Sebastian Vettel.
Hamilton, 40, made the move from Mercedes to Ferrari this year, and tensions surfaced most noticeably during last weekend's Monaco Grand Prix.
"There were areas where we just had radio problems," Hamilton admitted in Barcelona. "I didn't get all the information I wanted.
"And that was it. There's a lot of speculation but most of it is BS."
Despite some pundits suggesting Ferrari should consider a new engineer-driver pairing, Hamilton insisted he's more than satisfied with Adami.
"We have a very good relationship," he said. "He's great to work with – he's a great guy.
"We both work so hard, and sometimes we don't get it perfect. We disagree sometimes, but that happens in every relationship. We'll get through it together.
We want to win the world championship together."
Hamilton had a famously close working relationship with long-time Mercedes engineer Peter Bonnington – known as 'Bono' – but says he's fully committed to building something similar at Ferrari.
"We're working hand in hand to build the team. All the speculation is just noise that we're not paying attention to.
"As far as I'm concerned, it doesn't affect the work we do. We're constantly getting to know each other better, and we adapt to each other's working styles. He's worked with many different drivers, and we have no problems at all."
However, Carlos Sainz Sr – whose son was replaced at Ferrari by Hamilton – weighed in with an observation about the Briton's approach so far.
"I thought Hamilton was more of a setup driver," Sainz Sr said.
"But from what I'm hearing, he's more like Charles Leclerc, who is a more intuitive driver.
Cars aren't autonomous – a driver has to drive them, and they have to have confidence. Only if you have confidence can you push the car to the limit."
