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Lando Norris voted F1 fans’ Rookie Of The Year
McLaren’s Lando Norris has come out on top in an F1 fan vote to determine 2019’s Rookie Of The Year, winning a landslide victory over fellow debutants Alex Albon and George Russell.
It was Albon who was crowned the FIA’s official Rookie Of The Year at the official Prize-Giving in Paris, with the Thai driver having enjoyed a sensational rise up the ranks in 2019 that saw him promoted from Toro Rosso to a Red Bull seat alongside Max Verstappen just seven months after he first drove an F1 car.
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But when we put the vote to you, the results were slightly different, with Norris the comfortable winner, ahead of Albon in second and Williams’ Russell third…
- Lando Norris 66,240 votes (76%)
- Alex Albon 13,582 votes (16%)
- George Russell 7,100 votes (8%)
Ahead of the vote, meanwhile, we asked the three drivers to provide evidence of their claim to be Rookie Of The Year – here’s what they came up with…
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ROOKIE OF THE YEAR: Albon, Norris and Russell argue their case
So, congratulations to Lando Norris – and thanks to the 86,922 of you who turned out to vote!
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