RaceFans readers have voted Max Verstappen as their top driver of the 2021 Formula 1 season.
The Red Bull driver, who scored his first world championship victory in Abu Dhabi earlier this month, took 55% of the vote, finishing ahead of runner-up Lewis Hamilton (24%) and McLaren’s Lando Norris (7%).
This is the first time Verstappen has topped our readers’ poll. Hamilton was voted top driver in each of the previous four years.
RaceFans’ annual Driver Rankings will appear in the new year.
RaceFans F1 Driver of the Year poll winners since 2010
2021: Max Verstappen
2020: Lewis Hamilton
2019: Lewis Hamilton
2018: Lewis Hamilton
2017: Lewis Hamilton
2016: Daniel Ricciardo
2015: Sebastian Vettel
2014: Daniel Ricciardo
2013: Sebastian Vettel
2012: Fernando Alonso
2011: Sebastian Vettel
2010: Lewis Hamilton
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