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The best of 2016
- Updated: December 8, 2016
What do Lewis Hamilton and Haas have in common? They were the best in their respective categories for 2016.
Driver: Lewis Hamilton
The easy answer for Driver of the Year is Nico Rosberg, after all the German won the World title.
However, it is Lewis Hamilton who put in the better displays given that he was given the stage to show off his race-craft as he was forced to fight his way from the back of the grid on two occasions, China and Belgium.
He started P22 in China, received a broken front wing on the opening lap and still finished seventh. In Belgium, he had a 60-place grid penalty and recovered to the podium.
Rosberg’s biggest gain this season was second to first as he never once started a grand prix off the front row of the grid. Added to that Hamilton had one more DNF that his team-mate, and it was one that cost him 25 points with his engine blowing up in Malaysia while he was leading.
Tack those 25 points to his tally and F1 has a different World Champion for 2016.
Team: Mercedes
With a whopping 765 points on the board, 19 wins from 21 races, 33 podiums in total and 15 1-2 starts on the grid, Mercedes were the best team on the 2016 Formula 1 grid. No argument.
Red Bull impressed as they took up the mantel of ‘best of the rest’ while Force India were the team that overshot expectations but Mercedes were just sublime.
The only black mark on the team’s 2016 report card is their reliability and the …
