The 18-year-old Dutch sensation in F1 was Friday in Paris named personality of the year. Verstappen follows world champion Lewis Hamilton, who also now been nominated.
The Dutch driver of Toro Rosso had a select group of journalists preferred to saintly people from the motorsport world, including his F1 colleagues Hamilton, Nico Rosberg and Sebastian Vettel. Also Rally Champion Sébastien Ogier and Jose Maria Lopez, world champion in touring cars, were nominated.
Verstappen was also named rookie of the year and received an award for the best overtaking maneuver. Last year, he received the last award even when a maneuver in a Formula 3 race.
Spa-Francorchamps
The public opted this time for a beautiful overtaking Verstappen during the Grand Prix of Belgium. The driver Toro Rosso passed at high speed the Brazilian Felipe Nasr at the Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps, the outside with a bold maneuver. Self Verstappen also called his best move of the year.
“I would fall far in the prices up three times with the FIA, I did not expect, ” he said on his website Verstappen .com .
“I am very happy with this recognition for my achievements. With many points and two fourth places was for me a very good season. I want to thank Red Bull for enabling my Formula 1 debut and of course Toro Rosso, my father and everyone around me, because without them I would never have come this far ”
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