Lewis Hamilton earned the praise of F1’s team principals for his performance this year – and now he has the respect of his peers too, after the Mercedes driver came out on top in an exclusive poll of his fellow drivers…

In the second running of our Drivers’ Driver of the Year poll, we asked this year’s field to assess their rivals’ performance across the 21 Grands Prix by ranking their top 10 drivers.

Drivers were allowed to vote for themselves – though intriguingly, not all of them did – and their lists were submitted on the condition of anonymity.

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Scores were based on the current F1 points system, with the top driver on each list earning 25 points down to one point for the driver in 10th. The lists were then combined to create an overall top 10.