Max Verstappen voted best driver of 2022 F1 season by peers as Lewis Hamilton gives it a miss

Max Verstappen voted best driver of 2022 F1 season by peers as Lewis Hamilton gives it a miss

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8 June, 2023
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Max Verstappen has been voted the best driver of the 2022 Formula 1 season by fellow drivers.

The two-time world champion dominated the year and barely put a foot wrong, breaking quite a few records along the way. Noticeably, the Red Bull Racing driver broke the record for the most wins in a season, winning 15 out of 22 races in 2022. This was a record previously held jointly (13 wins) by Michael Schumacher and Sebastian Vettel.

Charles Leclerc finished second, behind Verstappen, while Lewis Hamilton and George Russell were tied for third. Lando Norris completed the top 5 in the rankings, followed by Fernando Alonso, Carlos Sainz, Alex Albon, Sebastian Vettel, and Sergio Perez.

In terms of criteria, drivers were given scores based on the current F1 points system – 25 for the top driver, down to one for 10th. Those scores were then combined to create a ranking.

According to F1’s official website, the drivers that took part in the ranking process were Albon, Alonso, Valtteri Bottas, Pierre Gasly, Nicholas Latifi, Leclerc, Kevin Magnussen, Norris, Esteban Ocon, Perez, Daniel Ricciardo, Russell, Sainz, Mick Schumacher , Lance Stroll, Yuki Tsunoda, Verstappen, Vettel and Zhou Guanyu.

Hamilton did not take part in the process and no reason was shared as to why the Mercedes driver opted out.

Ranking drivers
1 Max Verstappen
2 Charles Leclerc
3 Lewis Hamilton
=3 George Russell
5 Lando Norris
6 Fernando Alonso
7 Carlos Sainz
8th Alex Albon
=8 Sebastian Vettel
=8 Sergio Perez

| These are F1’s top 10 drivers of 2022, as voted by the drivers themselves:

1st) Verstappen
2nd) Leclerc
3rd) Hamilton
=3rd) Russell
5th) Norris
6th) Alonso
7th) Sainz
8th) Albon
=8th) Vettel
=8th) Perez




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| These are F1’s top 10 drivers of 2022, as voted by the drivers themselves:1st) Verstappen2nd) Leclerc3rd) Hamilton=3rd) Russell5th) Norris6th) Alonso7th) Sainz8th) Albon=8th) Vettel =8th) Perez

Max Verstappen was selected as “Driver of the year” by F1 team principals as well

Max Verstappen is a two-time F1 world champion.quick links













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