Lewis Hamilton warned of ‘dangerous game to play’ ahead of Bono split

Lewis Hamilton and long-time race engineer Peter ‘Bono’ Bonnington have developed a strong relationship over the course of a decade.Despite ending their almost 12-year relationship, Rob Smedley says it’s right that Pete ‘Bono’ Bonnington isn’t following Lewis Hamilton to Ferrari.After Hamilton announced at the beginning of the year that he’d be leaving Mercedes for Ferrari, it was speculated that his long-time race engineer Bono could follow him Lewis Hamilton and Bono made the right call saying goodbyeHowever, PlanetF1.com revealed Hamilton had a ‘no-poaching’ clause in the driver’s contract that prevented him from trying to persuade Bono to join him.Mercedes subsequently extended with the 49-year-old in August and promoted him to the Head of Race Engineer, which officially put an end to speculation he could be the voice in Hamilton’s ear at Ferrari.Hamilton said at the time: “I’m so happy for Bono. I really just ultimately wanted him to do whatever was best for him. Where he is in his life, he had to make the best call for what would be best for him and for his family.“That doesn’t change anything, really, between us. We don’t get to work together, next to each other, every day, which will be sad for both of us – it’s going to be emotional. But we’re always going to be in each other’s lives. Bono’s my brother