'I said just tell me it’s hammer time. That was part of our growth.' 🗣️ LewisHamilton has explained the origins of the “it’s hammer time” radio call given by his Mercedes F1 engineer, Pete Bonnington ⬇️
Hamilton has worked with Bonnington, known as Bono, since joining Mercedes in 2013, with one of the hallmarks of their time together being Bonnington’s call of “it’s hammer time” to Hamilton over the radio.
Bonnington recently gave Hamilton the call in the United States Grand Prix when he was pushing to fight Max Verstappen for victory, with Hamilton noting in Mexico that it “felt like it had been at least a year” since the last time he heard it. “But I was like, if you're trying to signify now’s the time to go all out, use everything you have, I said just tell me it’s hammer time. That was part of our growth.
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