DHL Fastest Lap Award

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DHL Fastest Lap Award
Sport Motorsport
Competition Formula One
Awarded for"to recognise the driver who most consistently demonstrates pure speed, with the fastest lap at the highest number of races each season" [1]
History
First winner Kimi Räikkönen (2007)
Most wins Lewis Hamilton (6)
Most recent Max Verstappen (2023)

The DHL Fastest Lap Award is given annually by the courier, Formula One global partner and logistics provider DHL "to recognise the driver who most consistently demonstrates pure speed, with the fastest lap at the highest number of races each season", [1] and to reward the winning driver for "characteristics such as excellent performance, passion, can-do attitude, reliability and precision". [2] First awarded in 2007 by DHL, [3] the trophy's official naming patron, [4] it is presented to the driver with the highest number of fastest laps over the course of the season, [5] with one point awarded to the fastest lap holder of a Grand Prix. [6] In the event of a tie, there is a countback and the driver with the highest number of second-fastest laps earns the award. If this is also tied, third-fastest laps are considered, and so on, until a winner is found. [7] The trophy is presented to the winning driver at the final round of the season. [6] [8]

Contents

The inaugural winner was the Ferrari driver Kimi Räikkönen with six fastest laps in 2007. [9] The award has been decided on a tiebreaker on four occasions. Räikkönen and his teammate Felipe Massa tied with six fastest laps and two-second-quickest laps in 2007 with the former winning by having more third-fastest laps than the latter. [7] In 2009, Red Bull Racing's Sebastian Vettel and his teammate Mark Webber had three fastest laps at the end of the season but Vettel won with two more second-fastest laps than the latter. [10] Ferrari driver Fernando Alonso and McLaren's Lewis Hamilton each had five fastest laps in 2010 with Alonso finishing ahead with a higher number of second-best laps. [11] In 2021, both Hamilton and Red Bull's Max Verstappen set six fastest laps with Hamilton declared the winner for recording more second-fastest laps than Verstappen. [12]

British drivers have won the award six times, German drivers four times, and Finnish racers three times. Mercedes have won on seven occasions to Red Bull Racing's six and Ferrari's three. The 2023 recipient was Verstappen of the Red Bull Racing team with nine fastest laps, his second time winning the award after earning it the year before. [13] [14]

Winners

Lewis Hamilton (pictured in 2016) has won the award six times, more than any other driver Lewis Hamilton 2016 Malaysia 2.jpg
Lewis Hamilton (pictured in 2016) has won the award six times, more than any other driver
Key
*Indicates driver won the Formula One World Drivers' Championship that season
DHL Fastest Lap Award winners
YearWinnerNationalityConstructorCarRacesFastest lapsWonRef(s)
2007 Kimi Räikkönen *Flag of Finland.svg  Finnish Ferrari Ferrari F2007 176 Race 17 of 17 [9] [15]
2008 Kimi Räikkönen Flag of Finland.svg  Finnish Ferrari Ferrari F2008 1810 Race 13 of 18 [15] [16]
2009 Sebastian Vettel Flag of Germany.svg  German Red Bull Racing Red Bull RB5 173 Race 17 of 17 [10] [17]
2010 Fernando Alonso Flag of Spain.svg  Spanish Ferrari Ferrari F10 195 Race 19 of 19 [11] [18]
2011 Mark Webber Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australian Red Bull Racing Red Bull RB7 197 Race 18 of 19 [8] [19]
2012 Sebastian Vettel *Flag of Germany.svg  German Red Bull Racing Red Bull RB8 206 Race 18 of 20 [17] [20] [21]
2013 Sebastian Vettel *Flag of Germany.svg  German Red Bull Racing Red Bull RB9 197 Race 17 of 19 [17] [22] [23]
2014 Lewis Hamilton *Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  British Mercedes Mercedes F1 W05 Hybrid 197 Race 18 of 19 [24] [25] [26]
2015 Lewis Hamilton *Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  British Mercedes Mercedes F1 W06 Hybrid 198 Race 18 of 19 [24] [27] [28]
2016 Nico Rosberg *Flag of Germany.svg  German Mercedes Mercedes F1 W07 Hybrid 216 Race 20 of 21 [29] [30] [31]
2017 Lewis Hamilton *Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  British Mercedes Mercedes AMG F1 W08 EQ Power+ 207 Race 19 of 20 [24] [32] [33]
2018 Valtteri Bottas Flag of Finland.svg  Finnish Mercedes Mercedes AMG F1 W09 EQ Power+ 217 Race 20 of 21 [34] [35] [36]
2019 Lewis Hamilton *Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  British Mercedes Mercedes AMG F1 W10 EQ Power+ 216 Race 20 of 21 [1] [5] [24]
2020 Lewis Hamilton *Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  British Mercedes Mercedes-AMG F1 W11 EQ Performance 176 Race 14 of 17 [24] [37]
2021 Lewis Hamilton Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  British Mercedes Mercedes-AMG F1 W12 E Performance 226 Race 21 of 22 [24] [38]
2022 Max Verstappen *Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Dutch Red Bull Racing Red Bull Racing RB18 225 Race 21 of 22 [13] [39] [40]
2023 Max Verstappen *Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Dutch Red Bull Racing Red Bull Racing RB19 229 Race 19 of 22 [14] [40] [41]
2024 Lando Norris Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  British McLaren-Mercedes McLaren MCL38 23*6* Race 23 of 24

* Season still in progress, but Norris' total cannot be matched or surpassed

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