(Motorsport-Total.com) – Not only 'Motorsport-Total.com' has chosen a driver of the year 2019 decided. The Formula 1 team bosses were also able to officially vote on the top 10 the driver of the year. On condition that their results remain anonymous, they awarded points according to the current Formula 1 plot.
25 The top driver received points, up to one point for the tenth place. However, one of them did not vote: Like his predecessor Maurizio Arrivabene, the Ferrari team boss was missing with Mattia Binotto. The reasons for this are not known. However, his colleagues perceived the likelihood without exception.
In the end, adding up their points resulted in a rating that unsurprisingly chose Lewis Hamilton as the winner. The Mercedes driver showed himself with eleven victories in 21 races also 2019 in impressive have and left the competition no likelihood not only on the track. With 23 points ahead he leads the field in the team boss vote casting.
Verstappen and Leclerc with Hamilton on the podium
Behind this result in comparison to the World Cup Table then shifts very well. There, Hamilton's team-mate Valtteri Bottas won the second most points and thus secured the vice world championship title, but Red Bull driver Max Verstappen made the lasting impression on the team bosses. He won second place in vote casting.
The Dutchman won 2019 three races and stood for the first time in his career twice on the pole region. Ferrari competitor Charles Leclerc even got seven poles, twice he was on the top of the podium in his first season at Scuderia. The team bosses chose him to third place in the drivers' top 10 Year.
Leclerc beat his team-mate Sebastian Vettel not only in the World Championship, but also in the driver rating. The German ranks fifth behind Mercedes driver Bottas. He only managed to jump into the top 5 by hair. Sixth-placed Alexander Albon (Red Bull) is only missing a point on Vettel.
The results of the Formula 1 team boss voting in detail:
Carlos Sainz is also only three points away after his strong debut season with McLaren. He finished seventh, followed by Daniel Ricciardo (Renault), George Russell (Williams) and Lando Norris (McLaren). We have the exact vote casting results by points here again according to the information from ' Formula1.com ' summarized:
01. Lewis Hamilton: 169 points
02. Max Verstappen: 146
03. Charles Leclerc: 124
04. Valtteri Bottas: 68
05. Sebastian Vettel: 58
06. Alexander Albon: 57
07. Carlos Sainz: 55
08. Daniel Ricciardo: 49
09. George Russell: 41
10. Lando Norris: 38
Took part in the vote (listed in alphabetical order): Cyril Abiteboul (Renault), Christian Horner (Red Bull), Andreas Seidl (McLaren), Günther Steiner (Haas), Otmar Szafnauer (Racing Level), Franz Tost (Toro Rosso), Frederic Vasseur (Alfa Romeo) , Claire Williams (Williams) and Toto Wolff (Mercedes).
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