For the first time in his Formula 1 career, after 239 races completed, Nico Hulkenberg managed to stand on the podium in the competition. As a result, the did not hesitate to decide who will be their Driver of the Day on Sunday. For a long time, Hulkenberg was the driver with the most races in Formula 1 a podium finish.
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Silverstone, he did cross the finish line in P3, which means that Adrian Sutil is again the driver with the most races without a podium. The German participated in 128 Grands Prix in F1, but never got further than fourth place.
Hulkenberg on the podium with the two McLaren drivers and Peter Prodromou
Hulkenberg is voted Driver of the Day after the British GP in Silverstone
Because Hulkenberg finished on the podium, he received the most votes during the Driver of the Day vote as well. Almost half [49 percent] of the people who cast their votes thought that the Sauber driver was the most impressive performer at the Silverstone Circuit.
Behind the German was Lewis Hamilton, who received 11.5 percent of the votes.
After winning his home Grand Prix, Lando Norris finished in third place in the voting, with 8.6 percent of the votes. Max Verstappen [5.9%] and Lance Stroll [5.8%] completed the top five.