{"id":92950,"date":"2025-08-24T19:10:08","date_gmt":"2025-08-24T19:10:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/92950\/"},"modified":"2025-08-24T19:10:08","modified_gmt":"2025-08-24T19:10:08","slug":"lewis-hamilton-f1-reunion-prompts-calls-for-urgent-ferrari-switch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/92950\/","title":{"rendered":"Lewis Hamilton F1 reunion prompts calls for urgent Ferrari switch"},"content":{"rendered":"

F1 fans were left calling for a major change involving Lewis Hamilton<\/a> after the champion reunited with an old friend from Mercedes<\/a>. <\/p>\n

\nThe 2025 season has been a huge period of adjustment for the seven-time champion, who left his colleagues of over 10 years to start the new phase of his career at Ferrari<\/a>. <\/p>\n

\nAmongst these colleagues are race engineer and friend, Peter Bonnington<\/a>, the voice that guided Hamilton during his championship winning years at Mercedes over team radio. <\/p>\n

\nSince leaving the team, the 40-year-old has been snapped alongside his former race engineer while donning Ferrari red with one account on X<\/a> sharing a picture of Hamilton and Bono. <\/p>\n

\nFans flooded the comments section, all saying the same thing. They want Bono back by Hamilton\u2019s side. <\/p>\n

\n“Please put these two back together next season!” one fan wrote, demanding an urgent switch. <\/p>\n

\n“Staff poaching caught red handed,” another added. <\/p>\n

\n“Bono, come on my guy, just come over to Ferrari<\/a> for a couple years,” a third said. <\/p>\n

\n“Come and join me, Bono…….you know it makes sense,” a fourth user joked. <\/p>\n

\"BonoBono and Hamilton split ahead of the champion’s move to Ferrari
\nWhy didn\u2019t Bono follow Hamilton to Ferrari?<\/p>\n

\nBonnington previously worked with Hamilton since he joined Mercedes back in 2013, but the engineer opted to remain at the team for the 2025 season and instead serves as Kimi Antonelli\u2019s race engineer<\/a>. <\/p>\n

\nSpeaking about the reason Bonnington did not follow Hamilton to Ferrari, the seven-time champion told Sky Sports: “Packing up and leaving, him and his partner, it impacts both of them, so they had to do whatever is right for him. <\/p>\n

\n“I knew it would be an unlikely scenario that he would go with me because it’s such a drastic change for his life. But I’m really happy that the team have acknowledged and made changes, so he can grow more.” <\/p>\n

\nHamilton\u2019s current race engineer is Italian Riccardo Adami<\/a>, who previously served Sebastian Vettel and Carlos Sainz at Ferrari. <\/p>\n

\nHowever, Hamilton and Adami\u2019s communication has often been tense in 2025, with the champion\u2019s infamous \u2018take a tea break\u2019<\/a> comment and the Italian\u2019s long silences making headlines so far this season. <\/p>\n

\nWith the strained communication between Adami and Hamilton, it is no wonder that his fans are remembering better times and are calling for Bono\u2019s return by the 40-year-old\u2019s side. <\/p>\n

\nF1 HEADLINES: Hamilton and Vettel tipped for link-up as team set to announce NEW driver duo<\/a> <\/p>\n

\nREAD MORE: George Russell accepts Mercedes F1 reality<\/a> <\/p>\n

\nREAD MORE: F1 world champions: Full list from Farina to four-time King Verstappen<\/a> <\/p>\n

\nREAD MORE: Ford set for Red Bull\u00a0takeover<\/a><\/p>\n

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