Lewis Hamilton’s race engineer Peter Bonnington has been promoted at Mercedes, ruling out a transfer to affix his present driver at Ferrari subsequent season.
Bonnington and Hamilton have fashioned a formidable partnership for the reason that latter’s swap from McLaren in 2013, profitable six drivers’ championships collectively as Hamilton has gone on to grow to be essentially the most profitable driver in System 1 historical past. With Hamilton shifting to Ferrari on the finish of this yr, Bonnington was linked with a transfer, though neither he nor Hamilton urged the partnership would proceed in Maranello.
Mercedes has now confirmed that Bonnington has been promoted to the function of head of race engineering with fast impact, a place that he’ll mix with race engineering one of many staff’s two race drivers in 2025.
Such a set-up is much like the construction at Pink Bull, the place Max Verstappen’s race engineer Gianpiero Lambiase additionally has the accountability of being head of race engineering for the staff.
The promotion confirms Bonnington will stay with Mercedes subsequent yr and Hamilton will work with a brand new race engineer at Ferrari, the place Carlos Sainz is at the moment engineered by Riccardo Adami.
Mercedes has but to substantiate who will change Hamilton and accomplice George Russell in 2025, with Italian teenager Andrea Kimi Antonelli believed to be beneath critical consideration following F1 testing appearances and an more and more spectacular System 2 season.
Antonelli turns 18 on Sunday and will make a Friday apply look for Mercedes earlier than the top of this season, with the staff nonetheless needing to run a rookie in two FP1 classes.
