No one asked for this, but here are some facts about Bono:
Since some people are still a bit confused, his real name is Peter Bonnington. Bono is just a nickname given to him by his colleagues
He was born on 12th February 1975
He’s British (obviously, I mean, you heard his accent, right)
The position he holds now is a senior race engineer. He started as a data scientist with Jordan GP in early 2000s
Then he joined Honda as an understudy to Andrew Shovlin and became Jenson Button’s performance engineer
At Brawn GP he guided Button to his first and only WDC
His first time as a race engineer was at Monza GP in 2010, when he replaced Mark Slade as Michael Schumacher’s engineer
In 2011 he became Michael’s race engineer
He’s been Lewis’ engineer since 2013, so from the beginning of Hamilton’s time at Merc
He was the one to invent the catchphrase “It’s Hammertime”. He came up with it when radio restrictions were still quite heavy, so he had to figure out how to suggest Lewis to push
Toto Wolff jokingly revealed that Bono sometimes takes a coffee break during the race to escape from Lewis’ complaining for a while
Bono called successful communication with the driver “a bit of an art”. He also said that he knows Lewis so well they are second-guessing each other’s thoughts now
Lewis stated he wouldn’t be able to achieve his 7 titles without Bono
This is what Peter looks like for anyone who doesn’t already know:
Trivia:
Bono’s left-handed
He really likes spicy food (but like spicy SPICY)
He has a dog <3
He prefers two wheels than four. Asked if he prefers a car or a bike, he said “bike all the way, either me pedaling or with an engine. Two wheels is my passion”
He loves Monaco, especially the mountains. He loved going out on his road bike there. He said that climbing 900 meters vertical was “a good fun”
He also likes Singapore because of different time zones. He humorously said he discovered that he had much more free time while working at night and sleeping during the day
Other places he really likes to visit are Austin and Budapest
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