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RacingNews365 has taken a look back at some of the most iconic driver-race engineer partnerships in F1 history, after the news of Charles Leclerc splitting with Xavi Marcos Padros.
Over a Grand Prix weekend, fans often hear the voice of the driver’s race engineer before anyone else besides the driver and team principals. As team radio has become integral to F1, some race engineers have become minor celebrities due to their radio transmissions. Charles Leclerc is losing his Ferrari engineer Xavi Marcos Padros to other projects within Ferrari, with Bryan Bozzi taking over immediately. One of the most iconic driver-engineer partnerships in F1 history is Lewis Hamilton and Peter Bonnington, with 82 wins and six world championships. The future of the Hamilton-Bonnington partnership beyond 2024 may be uncertain as Hamilton moves to Ferrari next season. Max Verstappen and Gianpiero Lambiase have a successful partnership at Red Bull, with 58 wins and three world titles under Lambiase’s guidance. The iconic driver-engineer partnership of Sebastian Vettel and Guillaume Rocquelin, also known as Rocky, was the original Red Bull pair that laid the foundation for future partnerships in the sport.
