2023 Championship: Lewis Hamilton choice made by F1 bosses as Mercedes star upstaged by Lando Norris
Throughout the 2023 season, the managers of all 10 Formula 1 teams cast their votes for their favorite drivers, and Max Verstappen emerged victorious, but three other drivers were chosen ahead of Lewis Hamilton.
Lewis Hamilton was voted as unquestionably the fifth-best driver of the 2023 season notwithstanding completing the year as the top non-Red Bull racer.
Every one of the 10 Formula 1 team supervisors partook in votes toward the end of the season to name their top performer of the campaign. Their singular entries were consolidated to make a main 10 of racers from the season.
With victories in 19 of the season’s 22 races, Max Verstappen set a new championship record. Obviously, his accomplishments were perceived by group directors all over the pit path as the Red Bull star was casted a ballot as their driver of the year.
Sergio Perez, a teammate, finished in second place in the championship, but he was a long way off, having only won two races. His battles implied he was voted as just tenth best by the bosses.
Hamilton was next in the championships standings. To complete as the top driver of everybody not driving one of the fearsome RB19s was an incredible accomplishment, considering how distant Mercedes were from their fundamental opponents having constructed another vehicle unequipped for a title challenge.
Be that as it may, he was named as only the fifth-best driver of the year by team administrators. In addition to Verstappen, they believed that three other drivers had performed better with the equipment they had at their disposal throughout the campaign.
Fernando Alonso was the one who secured the next in line spot. Despite being the oldest driver on the grid, the 42-year-old impressed with his performances and helped Aston Martin climb the standings with eight podium finishes in his first year with the company.
Lando Norris was third behind him having driven McLaren’s mid-season renaissance after an unfortunate beginning for the group. In addition, management was of the opinion that Charles Leclerc was deserving of fourth place ahead of Lewis Hamilton because he had demonstrated his skill over one lap with five pole positions throughout the season, despite the fact that he did not win any of them.
Carlos Sainz, a teammate with Ferrari, finished sixth, sandwiching Hamilton. Furthermore, Oscar Piastri was simply underneath the Spaniard in the wake of delivering one of the most mind-blowing tenderfoot seasons F1 has seen since the seven-time title holder originally burst onto the scene himself, likewise with McLaren.
Alex Albon was voted as the eighth-best entertainer of the year because of his heavenly endeavors for Williams, without any help pushing them to seventh in the constructors’ championship. What’s more, Hamilton’s partner George Russell was named 10th best in front of Perez after a troublesome sophomore season for Mercedes.
