Why Hamilton has the fi rst and last word on 2020
PREVIOUS DRIVERS OF THE YEAR
2002 Michael Schumacher
2003 Michael Schumacher
2004 Michael Schumacher
2005 Sebastien Loeb
2006 Fernando Alonso
2007 Kimi Raikkonen
2008 Robert Kubica
2009 Lewis Hamilton
2010 Sebastian Vettel
2011 Sebastian Vettel
2012 Fernando Alonso
2013 Sebastian Vettel
2014 Daniel Ricciardo
2015 Lewis Hamilton
2016 Daniel Ricciardo
2017 Lewis Hamilton
2018 Lewis Hamilton
2019 Lewis Hamilton
NO MOVE
1 Lewis Hamilton
1st in Formula 1 World Championship
For once, Mercedes was flummoxed. Its latest Formula 1 season-dominating machine was struggling severely on the low-grip surface even before it rained. In qualifying, its drivers recorded their worst grid positions of the season – sixth and ninth.
But despite all of that, one of the Black Arrows still left the 2020 Turkish Grand Prix victorious: Lewis Hamilton’s. With it came F1 history and this year’s world title.
Hamilton wrapped up his seventh championship three races before the end of F1’s shortest season since 2009 was set to conclude. He triumphed in what will surely go down as the
