adminMONTREAL. — Two weeks after Mercedes’ pit-stop fiasco at the Monaco Grand Prix, Lewis Hamilton on Sunday dedicated his victory in the Canadian Grand Prix to his Mercedes team race engineer Peter “Bono” Bonnington and his late father.
Bonnington was central to both Hamilton’s disappointment in Monte Carlo last month, when he looked certain to win but finished third, and his flawlessly controlled triumph at the Circuit Gilles Villeneuve.
Hamilton praised him warmly after his win for his “amazing” work just days after the death of his father.
“The team did an amazing job and I am so proud to be up here. My first Grand Prix win was here back in 2007 and to be back up here again feels really historic for me,” he said from the podium.
“I’m sure I speak for the team, too, when I want to dedicate this to my engineer Bono’s father…
“I know it has been a tough weekend for him, but he has been amazing all weekend and helped me win this today. So this is really dedicated to him.” — AFP.
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