Lewis Hamilton’s race engineer Peter Bonnington determined to shock him forward of the previous’s transfer to Ferrari. Bonnington, popularly referred to as Bono, made a stunning look with Hamilton’s outfit from Tommy Hilfiger, and the seven-time world champion was shocked as soon as he noticed it.
Hamilton raced his final for Mercedes on the lately concluded Abu Dhabi Grand Prix. As he components methods with the Silver Arrows, he’s additionally chopping work ties with Bonnington, with whom he labored for nearly a decade.
Forward of Hamilton’s remaining transfer to Maranello, Bonnington donned the seven-time world champion’s Tommy Hilfiger outfit from his paddock appearances. Upon seeing ‘Bono’ within the sky-blue denim outfit, Hamilton expressed his shock.
The Mercedes driver uploaded a collection of images along with his race engineer on his Instagram deal with, with the caption :
“Two legends. Bono and Tommy.”
Hamilton is all set to maneuver to Ferrari subsequent season after the British driver signed a multi-year take care of the Prancing Horse earlier this yr. Regardless of having a one-plus-one-year contract with him, he selected to race within the Scarlet Ferraris from 2025 onwards.
Lewis Hamilton is leaving Mercedes after 12 lengthy years. He received six out of his seven F1 titles right here, making it essentially the most profitable driver-team mixture. In addition to six titles, he clinched 84 victories, took 78 pole positions, and achieved 78 podiums.
All the Mercedes AMG F1 staff, together with teammate George Russell, staff principal Toto Wolff, and race engineer Peter Bonnington despatched out farewell messages for the departing driver.
The 39-year-old will be part of his former F2 staff boss, Fred Vasseur, and Monegasque driver, Charles Leclerc. He’ll change Carlos Sainz, who moved to Williams.
Lewis Hamilton opened up about his relationship with Peter Bonnington
Forward of his Ferrari transfer, Lewis Hamilton touched upon how shut he was with Peter Bonnington, his race engineer. The duo began working collectively in 2013, and have been at it until the top of 2024.
“What a roller-coaster experience it has been with Bono, he is been considered one of my closest associates for a few years and it’s one thing I did not anticipate to have as a result of he labored with Michael Schumacher, different nice drivers,” Hamilton stated (through Sports activities Illustrated).
“However he stood by me and for an engineer to stay with somebody as irritating and as painful as it will probably generally be, he stood by me each single day with out failing,” he added.
Hamilton and Bonnington’s ‘Hammer-Time’ is a famend phrase across the paddock. It got here into existence after the British driver as soon as requested Bono to say these phrases each time he wanted to drive quicker.
Edited by Shirsh