Lewis Hamilton is reportedly recruiting race engineer and best friend Peter Bonnington from Ferrari due to a no-steal clause in his existing contract with Mercedes. Instead, the Briton will partner Riccardo Adami, who has been racing with Carlos Sainz since joining the Scuderia. of McLaren.
Hamilton and Bonnington, better known as ‘Bono’, forged a legendary partnership in their time at Mercedes, with the 49-year-old guiding the British driver to six drivers’ championship titles with the Silver Arrows.
Mercedes boss Toto Wolff has raised the option of Bonnington joining the Scuderia after Hamilton’s resolution was announced. “I think this is a discussion that everyone would like to have in the next few months,” he said.
“And even though I’d spoken to Bono before, when I told him [about the move], he said, ‘Is it the first of April?It’s anything we’re going to talk about in the future. “
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However, the iconic duo will no longer exist after the end of the 2024 campaign. According to a report by Italian outlet Analisi Tecnica, the no-poaching clause in his contract with Mercedes, which he signed midway through the 2023 season, prevented Ferrari from luring Bonnington from Brackley to Maranello.
Adami found himself in that role after a similar contractual clause prevented four-time world champion Sebastian Vettel from bringing Guillaume “Rocky” Rocquelin with him from Red Bull in 2015. Since then, he has inspired Ferrari’s control with his paints along the mythical Alemán and more recently with Sainz.
While Hamilton will no doubt be thrilled when his long-standing partnership with Bonnington comes to an end after the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, the report says the 39-year-old appreciates the opportunity to work with Adami.
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There’s a lot of intrigue within the network about how a superstar of Hamilton’s stature will adapt to life as a Ferrari driver. This hypothesis is reinforced by the fact that the Briton has been racing for Mercedes for 12 seasons and any of his groups have also competed. has been founded in its local United Kingdom.
Language will also be a barrier for Britons. “In all these years I haven’t been able to learn other languages, but of course I’ll try,” he said. “I don’t forget when I used to practice karting in Italy, and I was able to find out a few lines and it will come to me soon. “