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Max Verstappen

Driver of the Day record, 2016–2026

Max Verstappen has won Driver of the Day 56 times, the most of any driver since the fan vote began in 2016. The first came at the 2016 Spanish Grand Prix and the latest at the 2026 Singapore Grand Prix. Max Verstappen has polled in the fan vote's top five 134 times since 2019 and finished runner-up 33 times since 2018. The best published vote share is 74% at the 2019 Austrian Grand Prix.

DOTD awards
56
#1 all-time
Runner-up
33
Since 2018
Top-5 votes
134
Avg 15.9% share
Best vote share
74%
2019 Austrian 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
202617821539.61%
202524852056.69%
202424161639.59%
202322302127.12%
202222521634.15%
202121371926.73%
202017431231.83%
201921731574%
20182165–45%
2017203–––
2016218–––

Every Driver of the Day Award

#SeasonGrand PrixVote shareRunner-upMargin
562026Singapore Grand Prix30.65%Charles Leclerc19.08 pts
552026Bahrain Grand Prix25.93%Lewis Hamilton0.65 pts
542026Azerbaijan Grand Prix26.60%Isack Hadjar11.50 pts
532026Spanish Grand Prix23.48%Charles Leclerc5.18 pts
522026Hungarian Grand Prix18.85%Lando Norris1.79 pts
512026Austrian Grand Prix39.61%George Russell28.24 pts
502026Miami Grand Prix26.32%Kimi Antonelli8.03 pts
492026Australian Grand Prix30%Charles Leclerc15.77 pts
482025Abu Dhabi Grand Prix18.99%Lando Norris2.72 pts
472025Qatar Grand Prix31.24%Carlos Sainz1.25 pts
462025Las Vegas Grand Prix26.19%Kimi Antonelli9.83 pts
452025São Paulo Grand Prix56.69%Kimi Antonelli46.71 pts
442025Italian Grand Prix29.39%Lewis Hamilton12.43 pts
432025Spanish Grand Prix19.70%Oscar Piastri5.16 pts
422025Emilia Romagna Grand Prix19.03%Alexander Albon4.17 pts
412025Saudi Arabian Grand Prix23.34%Charles Leclerc7.08 pts
402024São Paulo Grand Prix39.59%Esteban Ocon28.47 pts
392023Belgian Grand Prix15.46%Charles Leclerc0.68 pts
382023Miami Grand Prix27.12%Sergio Perez14.62 pts
372023Saudi Arabian Grand Prix26.25%Sergio Perez6.44 pts
362022Dutch Grand Prix22.64%Lewis Hamilton2.52 pts
352022Belgian Grand Prix31.85%Sebastian Vettel24.26 pts
342022Hungarian Grand Prix34.15%Lewis Hamilton17.77 pts
332022Miami Grand Prix17.97%Mick Schumacher3.48 pts
322022Emilia Romagna Grand Prix14.72%Sergio Perez3.27 pts
312021Saudi Arabian Grand Prix26.73%Lewis Hamilton2.18 pts
302021United States Grand Prix22.65%Lewis Hamilton5.57 pts
292021French Grand Prix22.92%Daniel Ricciardo3.86 pts
282020Abu Dhabi Grand Prix21.88%Sebastian Vettel8.12 pts
272020Russian Grand Prix13.72%Charles Leclerc2.45 pts
26202070th Anniversary Grand Prix31.83%Nico Hulkenberg13.82 pts
252020Hungarian Grand Prix18.10%Lewis Hamilton3.20 pts
242019Brazilian Grand Prix22.24%Alexander Albon8.41 pts
232019Mexican Grand Prix20.19%Lewis Hamilton2.63 pts
222019Hungarian Grand Prix26.16%Lewis Hamilton1.37 pts
212019German Grand Prix20.94%Sebastian Vettel3.52 pts
202019Austrian Grand Prix74%Charles Leclerc63 pts
192019Monaco Grand Prix23.31%Lewis Hamilton3.41 pts
182019Spanish Grand Prix19.82%Lewis Hamilton3.35 pts
172018Braziian Grand Prix37%Daniel Ricciardo20 pts
162018Mexican Grand Prix28%Daniel Ricciardo7 pts
152018United States Grand Prix34%Kimi Räikkönen3 pts
142018Russian Grand Prix45%Charles Leclerc33 pts
132018Singapore Grand Prix19%Lewis Hamilton3 pts
122018Austrian Grand Prix27%Kimi Räikkönen11 pts
112017United States Grand Prix–––
102017Japanese Grand Prix–––
92017Chinese Grand Prix–––
82016Brazilian Grand Prix–––
72016United States Grand Prix–––
62016Japanese Grand Prix–––
52016Malaysian Grand Prix–––
42016British Grand Prix–––
32016Austrian Grand Prix–––
22016Canadian Grand Prix–––
12016Spanish Grand Prix–––

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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.