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Lewis Hamilton

Driver of the Day record, 2016–2026

Lewis Hamilton has won Driver of the Day 21 times, ranking #3 (shared) of 39 drivers. The first came at the 2016 Belgian Grand Prix and the latest at the 2026 Barcelona-Catalunya Grand Prix. Lewis Hamilton has polled in the fan vote's top five 110 times since 2019 and finished runner-up 36 times since 2018. The best published vote share is 51.86% at the 2026 Barcelona-Catalunya Grand Prix.

DOTD awards
21
#3 all-time
Runner-up
36
Since 2018
Top-5 votes
110
Avg 14.0% share
Best vote share
51.86%
2026 Barcelona-Catalunya Grand Prix

Season by Season

DOTD awards per season, and top-5 votes from 2019

Vote Share by Race

Every published share since 2018; filled dots are wins

Season Record

SeasonRacesAwardsRunner-upTop 5Best share
202617231151.86%
202524221338.80%
202424341136.12%
202322141424.65%
202222361622.81%
202121241736.77%
202017121316.73%
201921071524.79%
20182134–33%
2017203–––
2016211–––

Every Driver of the Day Award

#SeasonGrand PrixVote shareRunner-upMargin
212026Barcelona-Catalunya Grand Prix51.86%Max Verstappen43.61 pts
202026Canadian Grand Prix27.73%Kimi Antonelli10.67 pts
192025Belgian Grand Prix38.80%Oscar Piastri28.22 pts
182025Bahrain Grand Prix29.55%Oscar Piastri15.46 pts
172024Las Vegas Grand Prix32.72%Max Verstappen19.49 pts
162024Belgian Grand Prix26.13%Oscar Piastri11.22 pts
152024British Grand Prix36.12%Lando Norris20.41 pts
142023Spanish Grand Prix24.65%Sergio Perez5.44 pts
132022São Paulo Grand Prix17.08%Fernando Alonso1.06 pts
122022Azerbaijan Grand Prix14.82%Max Verstappen1.19 pts
112022Spanish Grand Prix22.81%Sergio Perez6.52 pts
102021São Paulo Grand Prix36.77%Max Verstappen15.16 pts
92021Spanish Grand Prix22.64%Max Verstappen2.92 pts
82020British Grand Prix9.96%Max Verstappen0.27 pts
72018German Grand Prix33%Kimi Räikkönen19 pts
62018British Grand Prix28%Sebastian Vettel5 pts
52018Spanish Grand Prix15%Max Verstappen3 pts
42017Brazilian Grand Prix–––
32017Singapore Grand Prix–––
22017Belgian Grand Prix–––
12016Belgian Grand Prix–––

← Every driver's Driver of the Day record

Winners are published from 2016, the top three (whole percentages) from 2018 and the official top five from 2019, so runner-up counts start in 2018 and top-5 counts in 2019. Data: formula1.com via the open TracingInsights/DOTD dataset.