Formula 1 world Champion Lewis Hamilton at the FIA gala in the Russian St. Petersburg was named ‘Personality of the Year’. Hamilton took in St. Petersburg also the kampioenschapsbokaal, Sebastian Vettel and Kimi Räikkönen received the trophy for the second and third place in the world cup final in person.

The passage of Räikkönen on the podium went not unnoticed. The Finnish F1-driver came in drunken state to the stage opgewandeld, to the great jolijt of the attendees in the room. “Kimi has very much enjoyed this evening,” said presenter Nicki Shields with the necessary irony by the microphone. Räikkönen didn’t let on to his heart and hugged on the stage, everyone in the neighborhood was. Especially Sebastian Vettel has the conscience, as the images can determine.

Charles Leclerc was for the second year in a row, was voted ‘Rookie of the Year’. The Frenchman was Betticket given the trophy for his excellent results in the finished his debut season in Formula 1. The 21-year-old Leclerc finished ten times in the points for Sauber, which last year the bottom ended up in the constructeurskampioenschap.