Your Drivers of the Year since watching F1
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- 14th September 2016, 9:42 at 9:42 am #328339magon4Participant
Hello everybody. I am hoping quite a few of you participate in this sort of survey, since I would be very interested in the results.
Please make a list of the years you really followed the sport, and your driver of the year for each season. With that, I mean the answer to the question “Who was the best driver in that particular season?”. I started watching F1 in 1989, but have only really followed complete seasons race by race since 1994, so here goes my list:1994: Michael Schumacher
1995: Michael Schumacher
1996: Michael Schumacher
1997: Michael Schumacher
1998: Mika Hakkinen
1999: Heinz-Harald Frentzen
2000: Michael Schumacher
2001: David Coulthard
2002: Michael Schumacher
2003: Kimi Raikkonen
2004: Jenson Button
2005: Fernando Alonso
2006: Michael Schumacher
2007: Lewis Hamilton
2008: Sebastian Vettel
2009: Jenson Button
2010: Fernando Alonso
2011: Sebastian Vettel
2012: Fernando Alonso
2013: Sebastian Vettel
2014: Lewis Hamilton
2015: Sebastian Vettel
2016 (up to now): very tough call this year, so far.14th September 2016, 11:37 at 11:37 am #328340Keith CollantineKeymaster@magon4 Good question. Here’s mine from since I started writing F1 Fanatic:
2005: Fernando Alonso
2006: Fernando Alonso
2007: Lewis Hamilton
2008: Robert Kubica
2009: Jenson Button
2010: Lewis Hamilton
2011: Sebastian Vettel
2012: Fernando Alonso
2013: Sebastian Vettel
2014: Daniel Ricciardo
2015: Sebastian VettelYou can find all the rankings from the past 11 seasons here:
https://www.racefans.net/category/regular-features/driver-rankings/
I started watching F1 in 1989
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14th September 2016, 14:53 at 2:53 pm #328342RetiredParticipantI started watching F1 in ’95, and went into full-season mode as early as ’96. Here’s mine @magon4:
1996: Damon Hill
1997: Jacques Villeneuve
1998: Mika Hakkinen
1999: Mika Hakkinen
2000: Michael Schumacher
2001: Michael Schumacher
2002: Michael Schumacher
2003: Juan Pablo Montoya
2004: Michael Schumacher
2005: Kimi Raikkonen
2006: Fernando Alonso
2007: Lewis Hamilton
2008: Lewis Hamilton
2009: Jenson Button
2010: Sebastian Vettel
2011: Sebastian Vettel
2012: Fernando Alonso
2013: Sebastian Vettel
2014: Lewis Hamilton
2015: Sebastian Vettel15th September 2016, 9:39 at 9:39 am #328356James BricklesParticipant2003 was my first season of watching, so I’ll go from there.
2003: Kimi Raikkonen
2004: Michael Schumacher
2005: …too close to call between Fernando Alonso and Kimi Raikkonen
2006: Michael Schumacher
2007: Lewis Hamilton
2008: Robert Kubica
2009: Jenson Button
2010: Robert Kubica
2011: Sebastian Vettel
2012: Fernando Alonso
2013: Sebastian Vettel
2014: Daniel Ricciardo
2015: Sebastian VettelI do own F1 reviews from 1989 onwards however, so I’ll be happy enough to post those as well if it helps towards your survey @magon4 :)
1989: Ayrton Senna
1990: Alain Prost
1991: Ayrton Senna
1992: Nigel Mansell
1993: Alain Prost
1994: Michael Schumacher
1995: Michael Schumacher
1996: Jacques Villeneuve
1997: Michael Schumacher
1998: Mika Hakkinen
1999: Eddie Irvine
2000: Michael Schumacher
2001: Michael Schumacher
2002: Michael Schumacher15th September 2016, 18:58 at 6:58 pm #328466AnonymousInactiveFirst full season in 2003.
2003: Kimi Räikkönen
2004: Jenson Button
2005: Fernando Alonso
2006: Fernando Alonso
2007: Lewis Hamilton
2008: Robert Kubica
2009: Lewis Hamilton
2010: Sebastian Vettel
2011: Jenson Button
2012: Fernando Alonso
2013: Sebastian Vettel
2014: Daniel Ricciardo
2015: Lewis Hamilton15th September 2016, 20:41 at 8:41 pm #328474HUHHIIParticipant1999: Mika Häkkinen
2000: Mika Häkkinen
2001: Michael Schumacher
2002: Juan Pablo Montoya
2003: Kimi Räikkönen
2004: Jenson Button
2005: Kimi Räikkönen
2006: Fernando Alonso
2007: Kimi Räikkönen
2008: Robert Kubica
2009: Jenson Button
2010: Sebastian Vettel
2011: Sebastian Vettel
2012: Lewis Hamilton
2013: Sebastian Vettel
2014: Fernando Alonso
2015: Sebastian Vettel18th September 2016, 15:09 at 3:09 pm #328819MichalParticipant2006 – Fernando Alonso
2007 – Kimi Raikkonen
2008 – Robert Kubica
2009 – Jenson Button
2010 – Alonso/Kubica/Vettel/Hamilton – can’t seperate them really!
2011 – Sebastian Vettel
2012 – Fernando Alonso
2013 – Sebastian Vettel
2014 – Daniel Ricciardo
2015 – Sebastian Vettel19th September 2016, 0:44 at 12:44 am #328886Uzair SyedParticipant2004 – Button
2005 – Raikkonen
2006 – Alonso
2007 – Hamilton
2008 – Kubica
2009 – Hamilton
2010 – Kubica
2011 – Vettel
2012 – Alonso
2013 – Vettel
2014 – Ricciardo
2015 – Vettel19th September 2016, 1:02 at 1:02 am #328887andae23ParticipantHave to say, until 2007-ish I was a young and casual fan, so I’m not entirely sure about the years before that. :P
2000 – Schumacher
2001 – Schumacher
2002 – Schumacher
2003 – Raikkonen
2004 – Schumacher
2005 – Raikkonen
2006 – Alonso
2007 – Hamilton
2008 – Kubica
2009 – Button
2010 – Alonso
2011 – Vettel
2012 – Alonso
2013 – Vettel
2014 – Ricciardo
2015 – Vettel19th September 2016, 6:32 at 6:32 am #328890BrownyParticipantI started watching Formula 1 in 2007 so here is mine. I do own F1 Season reviews till 1980 but I doubt these should really count.
2007: Lewis Hamilton
2008: Robert Kubica
2009: Jenson Button
2010: Sebastian Vettel
2011: Sebastian Vettel
2012: Fernando Alonso
2013: Nico Hulkenberg
2014: Daniel Ricciardo
2015: Lewis Hamilton
2016: Daniel Ricciardo19th September 2016, 17:50 at 5:50 pm #328941NickParticipantGoing from memory here, so favoritism is included up until about 2006.
1998: Schumacher
1999: Irvine/Frentzen
2000-2004: Schumacher
2005: Raikkonen
2006: Alonso/Raikkonen
2007: Hamilton
2008: Kubica
2009: Vettel
2010: Webber/Alonso
2011: Vettel
2012: Alonso
2013: Alonso
2014: Hamilton
2015: Hamilton27th September 2016, 17:05 at 5:05 pm #329272GeeMacParticipant1991 – Ayrton Senna
1992 – Michael Schumacher
1993 – Ayrton Senna
1994 – Damon Hill
1995 – Michael Schumacher
1996 – Damon Hill
1997 – Jaques Villeneuve
1998 – Mika Hakkinen
1999 – Mika Hakkinen
2000 – Michael Schumacher
2001 – David Coulthard
2002 – Michael Schumacher
2003 – Kimi Raikkonen
2004 – Jenson Button
2005 – Kimi Raikkonen
2006 – Fernando Alonso
2007 – Lewis Hamilton
2008 – Robert Kubica
2009 – Jenson Button
2010 – Fernando Alonso
2011 – Sebastian Vettel
2012 – Fernando Alonso
2013 – Sebastian Vettel
2014 – Daniel Ricciardo
2015 – Lewis Hamilton
2016 – So far, Daniel Ricciardo28th September 2016, 13:10 at 1:10 pm #329291Keith CampbellParticipantAlthough I’ve followed F1 to varying degrees since the mid 90s I have only watched it religiously since 2010, so I will only vote from then. I also really want to pick two for some years but you can take the first name as my actual ‘vote’.
My embarrassingly short list is:
2010: Hamilton/Alonso
2011: Vettel
2012: Alonso
2013: Vettel
2014: Alonso/Ricciardo
2015: Vettel
2016: Ricciardo (so far)Interesting that Vettel seems to do well in the odd years (in most people’s votes so far)… coincidence? Probably.
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