Wolff: Kimi conveys the calm demeanor of his engineer.

      Kimi Antonelli leads the personal standings of the World Championship after 11 stages of the season with a 50-point advantage and remains the main contender for the title. Toto Wolff, the head of the Mercedes team, believes that this is largely facilitated by Peter Bonnington (or "Bono," as everyone calls him in the paddock), a specialist with over 20 years of experience in Formula 1, the race engineer of the young Italian.

      "Bono is the engineer who works most closely with Kimi, responsible for all the preparation, and all meetings involve him," Wolff told RacingNews365. "Peter is a very calm and balanced engineer, and his demeanor is certainly passed on to Kimi. Neither of them gets particularly anxious. When things are going poorly, they don't panic, but when everything is good, they don't express excessive enthusiasm.

      Bono has that character, and it can definitely be considered an advantage. He has worked with the best drivers, with Michael Schumacher and Lewis Hamilton, and has learned a lot... However, Kimi has also become a different person compared to last year; he absorbs and processes information more effectively and applies it in practice."