Season review 2016: vote for your top 10!
Motorsinside invites you to create your own rankings for this past season, and choose your champion!
FIA prize-giving ceremony, Autosprint and Autosport Awards… as is customary, December is the month of awards for the key players in the premier discipline. More than a week ago in Vienna, Nico Rosberg officially received his world champion driver’s title from the hands of president Jean Todt himself.
Beyond an incredibly challenging season, particularly against Lewis Hamilton, his own teammate; the German fulfilled his dream by becoming a Formula 1 world champion.
But will the newly retired person score a double win by capturing the majority of your votes?
Faithful and diligent, the editorial team would like to take this opportunity to thank you for your participation, through your readings and reactions throughout the 21 Grand Prix.
Your 2016 podium:
1 – @nico_rosberg
2 – @LewisHamilton
3 – @danielricciardo #F1 pic.twitter.com/exD4Hhtcle— Formula 1 (@F1) 3 décembre 2016
From now on, you are the jury!
Your favorite motorsport site offers you the opportunity to establish your top 10 of the past season. A vote based on your own appreciation of the performances and overall behavior of the various participants… or on your own evaluation criteria (we promise, we won’t check!).
With one more victory than Nico Rosberg (10 to 9), will Lewis Hamilton be ahead of his former teammate this time? Winner in Spain last May during his first race with Red Bull, has Max Verstappen impressed enough to climb to the top of your votes? Or perhaps the third man of this season: Daniel Ricciardo, winner in Malaysia but especially very close to victory in Spain and Monaco?
Behind the frontrunners, in what position would you place the other drivers on the grid? It’s now or never to highlight the more “discreet” performances. Notably, let’s point out the two podiums of Sergio Pérez, the impressive start of Romain Grosjean (a sixth and a fifth place in the first two races) or, more modestly, the two discreet but valuable points of Felipe Nasr at Interlagos?
For this, the important thing is to create a top 10 list of drivers from this 2016 season. From Nico Rosberg to Rio Haryanto, the 24 competitors who participated in a Grand Prix are in contention; including Stoffel Vandoorne, who scored points in his only race of the season in Bahrain.
To refresh your memory, here below is the final drivers’ championship standings.
| Driver | Team | Points | |
| 1 | N. Rosberg | Mercedes | 385 |
| 2 | L. Hamilton | Mercedes | 380 |
| 3 | D. Ricciardo | Red Bull | 256 |
| 4 | S. Vettel | Ferrari | 212 |
| 5 | M. Verstappen | Red Bull | 204 |
| 6 | K. Räikkönen | Ferrari | 186 |
| 7 | S. Pérez | Force India | 101 |
| 8 | V. Bottas | Williams | 85 |
| 9 | N. Hülkenberg | Force India | 72 |
| 10 | F. Alonso | McLaren | 54 |
| 11 | F. Massa | Williams | 53 |
| 12 | C. Sainz | Toro Rosso | 46 |
| 13 | R. Grosjean | Haas | 29 |
| 14 | D. Kyvat | Toro Rosso | 25 |
| 15 | J. Button | McLaren | 21 |
| 16 | K. Magnussen | Renault | 7 |
| 17 | F. Nasr | Sauber | 2 |
| 18 | J. Palmer | Renault | 1 |
| 19 | P. Wehrlein | Manor | 1 |
| 20 | S. Vandoorne | McLaren | 1 |
| 21 | E. Gutiérrez | Haas | 0 |
| 22 | M. Ericsson | Sauber | 0 |
| 23 | E. Ocon | Manor | 0 |
| 24 | R. Haryanto | Manor | 0 |
And to deepen your analysis, the editorial team will offer you a daily review, team by team, starting tomorrow. As a result, we will begin this Thursday with the Manor review and finish on Christmas Day with the world champions: Mercedes!
| Date | Team | |
| 1 | Thursday, December 15 | Manor |
| 2 | Friday, December 16 | Sauber |
| 3 | Saturday, December 17 | Renault |
| 4 | Sunday, December 18 | Haas |
| 5 | Monday, December 19 | Toro Rosso |
| 6 | Tuesday, December 20 | McLaren |
| 7 | Wednesday, December 21 | Williams |
| 8 | Thursday, December 22 | Force India |
| 9 | Friday, December 23 | Ferrari |
| 10 | Saturday, December 24 | Red Bull |
| 11 | Sunday, December 25 | Mercedes |
How to do it?
For this, write down your top 10 and share it in the comments section of this article.
Feel free to justify your ranking in a few words, which will help fuel the debate among the entire community!
Until what date can one vote?
Final important detail: voting is open until Friday, December 30th, 11:59 PM.
The results will be communicated during the first week of January 2017!
So, get typing… and in advance, happy holidays to everyone!
Introducing our Festive Charades! 🎅🔊 First up, can you tell us what @DanielRicciardo is acting out? #pushtheboundaries #F1 pic.twitter.com/p2InBmMtmw — Red Bull Racing (@redbullracing) 12 décembre 2016