George Russell spots Lewis Hamilton problem after Bono’s Mercedes promotion

George Russell thinks Lewis Hamilton will need some time to adjust working with a new race engineer after swapping Mercedes for Ferrari for the F1 2025 season.

It comes after Hamilton‘s long-serving race engineer Pete Bonnington was rewarded with a promotion by Mercedes, ending suggestions that he could follow the seven-time World Champion to Maranello.

Lewis Hamilton set for new race engineer at Ferrari in F1 2025

Hamilton announced in February that he will join Ferrari on a multi-year contract from F1 2025, ending his long and successful association with Mercedes.

The British driver has won six of his seven World Championships with Mercedes, as well as becoming the first man to surpass 100 grand prix victories and pole positions, since joining from McLaren in 2013.

PlanetF1.com revealed in the days after Hamilton’s move was announced that a ‘no-poaching’ clause in his Mercedes contract forbids him from having any direct involvement in persuading Mercedes staff to follow him to Ferrari.