“I was surprised when you look at George and George has the videos, the data and everything, and he can see where Kimi is going and everything. At some point, you need to try it, and whether you’re comfortable or not is a different story, but you at least need to stick it out there for a lap and see how you can make it work.”
Bonnington previously worked with Michael Schumacher, initially as his performance engineer at Mercedes before becoming his race engineer in September 2011.
After the German driver retired at the end of 2012, Bonnington became the senior race engineer for Lewis Hamilton. He remained with Hamilton until he left the Brackley outfit at the end of 2024, and the pair celebrated six of Hamilton’s seven drivers’ championship titles together.
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