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Driver of the Day

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In 2016, the FIA introduced the "Driver of the Day"-election. During every race, fans could vote on their favourite F1 pilot via the Formula 1 website[1], with the "DotD"-election initially ending at the same time as the race. Since 2020, the poll closes a lap prior to the finish. Directly after the finish, the winner's name is broadcast; since 2020, the 'DotD' is interviewed during the lap after finishing. Max Verstappen is so far racking up the most wins. In contrast, Nico Rosberg only won the election once during his 2016 world championship season.

Entries in bold are race winners.

Year AUS
Australia
BHR
Bahrain
SKH
Bahrain
CHN
China
AZE
Azerbaijan
ESP
Spain
MON
Monaco
CAN
Canada
EUR
Europe
FRA
France
AUT
Austria
STY
Austria
GBR
United Kingdom
70A
United Kingdom
GER
Germany
EIF
Germany
POR
Portugal
HUN
Hungary
BEL
Belgium
ITA
Italy
TUS
Italy
EMI
Italy
SIN
Singapore
RUS
Russia
MAL
Malaysia
JPN
Japan
USA
United States
MEX
Mexico
TUR
Turkey
BRA
Brazil
ABU
United Arab Emirates
2016[2] GRO GRO KVY VER PER VER PER VER VER 70 RIC RAI HAM ROS VET MAG VER VER VER VET VER VET
2017[3] VET VET VER STR VET VET VET BOT RIC 70 RAI HAM RIC HAM BOT VET VER VER VET HAM BOT
2018[4] ALO GAS RIC LEC HAM RIC VET VET VER HAM 70 HAM RIC VET RAI VER VER RIC VER VER VER ALO
2019[5] BOT LEC ALB LEC VER VER VET NOR VER[6] LEC 70 VER VER NOR LEC VET VET BOT ALB VER VER HAM
2020[7] GRO RUS VET ALB PER HAM VES HUL PER VES GAS GAS RIC RAI VES VET VES


Year DotD wins Last won in
Max Verstappen 28 2020
Sebastian Vettel 18 2020
Lewis Hamilton 9 2020
Daniel Ricciardo 8 2020
Charles Leclerc 5 2019
Valtteri Bottas 5 2019
Kimi Raikkonen 4 2020
Sergio Perez 4 2020
Alexander Albon 3 2020
Pierre Gasly 3 2020
Romain Grosjean 3 2020
Fernando Alonso 2 2018
Lando Norris 2 2019
Lance Stroll 1 2017
Kevin Magnussen 1 2016
Daniil Kvyat 1 2016
Nico Rosberg 1 2016
George Russell 1 2020
Nico Hulkenberg 1 2020
  1. ^ https://www.formula1.com/en/vote.html
  2. ^ "Driver of the Day 2016".
  3. ^ "Driver of the Day 2017".
  4. ^ "Driver of the Day".
  5. ^ "Driver of the Day 2019".
  6. ^ Immediately after the race, Kubica was shown on the website to have won the election ("Driver of the Day? Kubica, of course…".), but his name did not come up in the live broadcast. On the Tuesday following the race, the FIA announced there had been a 'technical error' and that Verstappen, with an exceptional 74% of the vote, was DotD instead ("Max Verstappen crowned Austrian Grand Prix Driver of the Day".).
  7. ^ "Driver of the Day 2020".