kimi talking about his team, especially bono, in his interview with the athletic it's kimi’s second season, so he already knows what to expect from life as an f1 driver and has gotten even closer to his immediate team and car crew. "before i jump in the car on the grid, before every race, i give a high-five to every single member of my crew. it’s a way to make everyone feel more involved, get into the zone and greet everyone from the crew, and then jump in the car." kimi and bono have this little tradition before every session: kimi takes the tear-off from his helmet visor and puts it under bono’s keyboard, and each one comes with a different nice message written by someone from kimi’s team. by the end of the race weekend, bono has a whole collection of them aww <3 kimi also talked about how he’s turned bono into a hugger 😭 "as an italian, i like to give hugs. after a great result, i like to go there and give him a hug. last year he would get very tense at times; you could see he would tense up. but this year he actually enjoys it, because he knows he’s part of myself as well. he probably won’t admit it, but he does enjoy it." kimi on his pranks in the mercedes garage: "i prank so many people from the team that it could be coming from anyone.” lmaoo 😭 [The New York Times - The Athletic]