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Kimi Antonelli & Peter Bonnington

Hamilton’s engineer of twelve seasons now guides the 2026 championship leader.

Since his 2025 debut[1]2 seasons

Kimi Antonelli’s driver profile →

Results

Together

Since his 2025 debut. Grand Prix starts only.

Starts

41

Wins

8

Podiums

17

Poles

9

Points

444

2026 season

Championship position and points include sprints.

Position

P1

Points

340

Wins

8

Podiums

14

Poles

9

Driver career

Since 2025, with every team and engineer.

Starts

41

Wins

8

Podiums

17

Poles

9

Titles

0

Up to round 17, Singapore Grand Prix (2026-10-11).[2]

Milestones together

  • Leading the 2026 championship after Singapore.[2]

On the radio

Bahrain Grand Prix (held at Sepang), 2026 · Running behind Verstappen with Ferrari behind; unaired at the time.

BonningtonOK, just remember, both Ferraris, P5, P6. They’re the cars we’re fighting.

AntonelliYeah, but I’m fighting Verstappen as well now.

BonningtonAt the moment, Kimi, he’s not in the big picture. Just don’t want to risk it. So yeah, we’re not fighting Verstappen for the championship just yet.

Transcript as published[3]

Race engineer

Peter Bonnington “Bono”

British

Head of race engineering at Mercedes and Kimi Antonelli’s senior race engineer.[4][5]

Education

Not publicly stated.

Career

  1. 2004Data engineer at Jordan, working with Giorgio Pantano and Timo Glock.[5][4]
  2. To 2009Honda, as understudy to Andrew Shovlin and Jenson Button’s performance engineer; stayed through Brawn’s 2009 title.[5]
  3. 2011–12Michael Schumacher’s performance engineer, then race engineer from September 2011.[5]
  4. 2013–24Lewis Hamilton’s race engineer for his entire Mercedes career.[5][4]
  5. 2025–Race engineer to Antonelli from his debut; named head of race engineering midway through 2024.[4][1]

Previously engineered

Michael Schumacher, Lewis Hamilton

Also

  • The only engineer to have guided two seven-time world champions; part of nine title-winning campaigns.[4]
  • Toto Wolff has credited him as a "good mentor and strong boss" in Antonelli’s 2026 title charge.[6][7]

Performance engineer

Not publicly confirmed

Mercedes has not named this engineer, and no reliable outlet has reported who it is.

Engineering lead at Mercedes

Andrew Shovlin

Trackside engineering director[8]

Sources

  1. Motorsport.com: Every race engineer in F1 2026
  2. Jolpica-F1: Ergast-compatible F1 results API
  3. Yardbarker: Kimi Antonelli's unaired radio reveals Mercedes stopped him from fighting Max Verstappen in Malaysia
  4. Motor Sport: Who is Bono in F1? Peter Bonnington, race engineer to two world champions
  5. Wikipedia: Peter BonningtonWikipedia
  6. Formula 1: Wolff explains how Bonnington has been a 'good mentor and strong boss' for Antonelli
  7. Motorsport.com: Rob Smedley explains Peter Bonnington's key role in Kimi Antonelli's F1 success
  8. Formula 1: What the teams said – Race day in Singapore (2026)

Entries marked Wikipedia are community-edited, and several of these engineer pages were only created in 2026. Where Wikipedia is the only source for a fact, treat it as less certain.