Where's 'Bono'? 🤔 Lewis Hamilton is without his long-term Mercedes F1 race engineer Peter Bonnington at this weekend’s AustrianGP More ⤵️
Hamilton has worked with Bonnington, known as ‘Bono’ within the team, since he joined Mercedes in 2013 and the pair have formed one of the strongest driver-engineer bonds in F1, winning six world championships together.
But Bonnington, who has been an integral member of the Mercedes team since the German manufacturer returned to the sport in 2010, is a noticeable absentee from the garage this weekend in Austria.Never miss a video fromRather than being on site at theHamilton’s regular performance engineer, Marcus Dudley, was heard speaking to the seven-time world champion during Friday’s action and will lead on the radio communications for Hamilton for the rest of the weekend.
Mercedes have not disclosed the exact reason as to why Bonnington is staying in the United Kingdom, and did not say when approached for comment byMercedes boss Toto Wolff stressed that Bonnington remains in constant communication with the team throughout the weekend, despite his physical absence.“Bono is not here and that’s always bad,” Wolff told Sky after Friday qualifying.
"It’s always bad for us as a team because he’s an integral part. Since 10 years, he’s standing to the right of me and I keep watching him. “But he’s at home, he’s connected to the intercom. We’re speaking with him all the time and Marcus and Tom are going to do a great job.”While it is rare not to see Hamilton working with Bonnington in the Mercedes garage, it is not the first time ‘Bono’ has missed a race weekend.
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