Bonnington, Hamilton's long-time race engineer, won't move to Ferrari with the seven-time world champion next year
Lewis Hamilton's Mercedes race engineer Pete Bonnington has been promoted to head of race engineering and will stay with the Formula 1 team in 2025. Bonnington will dovetail his new role with his existing race engineering duties for Hamilton until the end of the season. A Mercedes spokesperson has confirmed the 49-year-old will then stay on with the team in 2025 as Hamilton departs to Ferrari, becoming the race engineer for one of Mercedes' two drivers next year.
Peter Bonnington, Senior Race Engineer, Mercedes-AMG F1 Team Photo by: Sam Bloxham / Motorsport Images Hamilton will still encounter familiar faces in Italy, with former Mercedes engineer Loic Serra set to join the Scuderia as Head of Chassis Performance Engineering in October. Ferrari team boss Fred Vasseur also enjoys a great relationship with the 39-year-old from their time at junior formula outfit ART Grand Prix.
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