Lewis Hamilton’s race engineer Peter Bonnington has been promoted at Mercedes, ruling out a transfer to hitch his present driver at Ferrari subsequent season.
Bonnington and Hamilton have shaped a formidable partnership because the latter’s swap from McLaren in 2013, successful six drivers’ championships collectively as Hamilton has gone on to grow to be essentially the most profitable driver in Method 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 recommended the partnership would proceed in Maranello.
Mercedes has now confirmed that Bonnington has been promoted to the function of head of race engineering with quick impact, a place that he’ll mix with race engineering one of many crew’s two race drivers in 2025.
Such a set-up is much like the construction at Purple Bull, the place Max Verstappen’s race engineer Gianpiero Lambiase additionally has the accountability of being head of race engineering for the crew.
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 presently engineered by Riccardo Adami.
Mercedes has but to verify who will exchange Hamilton and accomplice George Russell in 2025, with Italian teen Andrea Kimi Antonelli believed to be below critical consideration following F1 testing appearances and an more and more spectacular Method 2 season.
Antonelli turns 18 on Sunday and will make a Friday follow look for Mercedes earlier than the tip of this season, with the crew nonetheless needing to run a rookie in two FP1 classes.
