Peter Bonnington

Peter Bonnington (born 12 February 1975^[a]), often known as Bono,^[1] is a British Formula One engineer. He is currently the senior race engineer for Lewis Hamilton at the Mercedes AMG Petronas Motorsport Formula One team.^[2]

Peter Bonnington
Born	(1975-02-12) February 12, 1975 (age 47) England
Occupation	Formula One race engineer
Employer	Mercedes AMG Petronas Formula One Team
Known for	Formula One engineer
Title	Senior race engineer

Career

Bonnington started his Formula 1 career as a data engineer with Jordan Grand Prix in the early 2000s.^[quantify] During his time with the Silverstone team he worked alongside the likes of Giorgio Pantano and Timo Glock.^[3] He then joined the Honda team as an understudy to long time race engineer Andrew Shovlin and therefore became Jenson Button’s performance engineer. Bonnington remained with the team as it transitioned into Brawn GP, guiding Button to his maiden World Championship in 2009.^[4][5]

After a stint as Michael Schumacher's performance engineer at Mercedes, he became his race engineer replacing the departing Mark Slade in September 2011.^[6] After Schumacher left the Brackley team at the end of 2012, Bonnington became senior race engineer for Lewis Hamilton, a position he retains to this day.

In his current role as senior race engineer, he is responsible for all trackside communications to the driver and the set up of the Formula One car. During his time in this position, he has engineered Hamilton to six of his seven world championships and is widely regarded as being one of the most skilled race engineers in Formula One.^[7][8]

Notes

1. According to the F1 Manager 2022 game, Bonnington is 47 years old.

References

1. Galloway, James (18 November 2020). "Lewis Hamilton: Peter Bonnington exclusive on F1 champion's qualities". Sky Sports. from the original on 30 November 2020. Retrieved 30 August 2021.
2. "'It's the thing that people don't see' – Pete Bonnington on how 'rock star' Hamilton keeps improving". Formula1.com. 20 November 2020. Retrieved 17 February 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
3. "Who is Peter 'Bono' Bonnington, the Man Behind the Success of Lewis Hamilton". Essentially Sports. Retrieved 17 February 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
4. "Q & A with Jenson Button". Autosport. 16 January 2010. Retrieved 17 February 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
5. "F1: Brawn GP team swaps cars for bikes". Brits on Pole. 13 December 2009. Retrieved 17 February 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
6. . Autosport. Archived from the original on 29 September 2020. Retrieved 17 February 2021.
7. "Peter Bonnington: Lewis Hamilton's race engineer, the architect of Mercedes legend's decorated success". The Sports Rush. 20 July 2020. Retrieved 17 February 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
8. "Lewis Hamilton: Peter Bonnington exclusive on F1 champion's qualities". Sky Sports. 18 November 2020. Retrieved 17 February 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)