Season Review Awards: 2024's best F1 moments as voted by you

The thousands of votes are in and the results have been counted: we can now reveal the winners of the 2024 Motor Sport Season Review Awards.

Lando Norris and Max Verstappen once more went head-to-head but, unlike in the championship battle, the McLaren driver ended up on top as voters chose him as the F1 driver of the year.

In a poll that at times was just as close as the competition in this year’s grands prix, McLaren made it a clean sweep amogst Motor Sport readers, as it was also named the F1 team of the year.

Former driver Jenson Button was also inducted into our Hall of Fame alongside racing’s greats, and voters have chosen a spectacular photo and a stunning pass as the image and overtake of the year.

Scroll down to see the winners.

F1 driver of the year
Lando Norris

Lando Norris began 2024 without a single grand prix win and in a McLaren that once again looked short of the pace needed to compete at F1’s sharp end. Increasingly run-close by team-mate Oscar Piastri, Norris would have been forgiven for thinking that his moment would never come.

Then came the Miami Grand Prix and McLaren’s promise of a major step forward came true. With a car worthy of his talent, Norris stormed to his maiden F1 victory after 110 starts, fending off Max Verstappen in the process.

Now with the fastest car on the grid, Norris soon became Verstappen’s closest challenger for the championship and set about closing down the reigning champion. It was a brutal lesson in the hard-headedness required of a title contender, as the pair clashed repeatedly; Norris was visibly developing his tactics from race to race.

Seven pole positions and further victories in Zandvoort and Singapore showed his talent and resilience in a closely-matched field, and aided McLaren in securing its first constructors’ title since 1998 — ending Red Bull’s two-year reign.

Norris’s year didn’t come without its mistakes, but voters were won over by his development in the harsh glare of F1’s spotlight. In contrast, Verstappen rarely made an error; it’s what he did deliberately that may well have scuppered his chances in this poll. His uncompromising tactics deployed in wheel-to-wheel battles with Norris were widely criticised and brought penalties from race stewards, blotting an otherwise sensational performance in a difficult car.

Also shortlisted: Charles Leclerc, George Russell, Max Verstappen

F1 Photo of the year
Lewis Hamilton flying at Imola
Xavi Bonilla, DPPI

An airborne Lewis Hamilton crashes across the kerbs at Imola, airborne for the split second captured in this stunning image, which secured more than half of all votes cast in this category.

Technically brilliant, and conveying the speed and intensity of F1, it also reflected the difficulties Mercedes had finding grip in slow corners, where its drivers struggled to turn the car as they wanted.

Perhaps there was also some sentimentality for an image that we now won’t see again, as Hamilton moves to Ferrari for 2025, ending a 12-season stint with Mercedes.

Also shortlisted:

Lando Norris in Miami Mark Thompson, Getty Images	Charles Leclerc in Singapore Florent Gooden, DPPI	Pierre Gasly in Brazil Xavi Bonilla, DPPI

F1 race of the year
British Grand Prix

2024 was an emotional year for Lewis Hamilton, charged by the frustrations of driving a whimpering W15 in his last season with Mercedes. But the stars aligned on home soil.

Not that it was easy. changeable weather and a closely-matched set of frontrunners brought race-long drama to Silverstone. The wet-then-not-again British Grand Prix could have been won by four different drivers.

George Russell led initially, followed by Hamilton and the battling duo of Norris and Verstappen before the rain arrived on lap 15 bringing a host of position changes and sliding on the increasingly slippery track.

Both Mercedes went off, while McLaren ran 1-2 at the front, but nothing stayed the same for long, to the delight of the packed grandstands. It was Hamilton who found the pace when it mattered: making a series of determined charges capped by a well-timed pitstop with just ten laps remaining before streaking to his ninth British GP victory.

Also shortlisted: Sao Paulo Grand Prix, Italian Grand Prix, Azerbaijan Grand Prix

F1 team of the year
McLaren

There was simply no competition in this category, as McLaren captured more than three quarters of all votes for F1 team of the year. Years of groundwork, staff reshuffles, and careful planning bore fruit in 2024; the final step being a game-changing upgrade in Miami which made McLaren the pick of the field for much of the 2024 campaign.

As the team entered the title battles, early season errors were eliminated as it sharpened its strategy and pushed Lando Norris to the forefront as the only realistic drivers’ championship challenger to Max Verstappen.

Its flexible rear wing boosted the car’s pace on high-speed tracks, pushing the boundary of the regulations in vintage F1 tradition and helping to deliver five victories, including dominant displays in Hungary and Zandvoort.

A total of 14 podium finishes saw the Woking outfit ultimately return to the very top: winning F1’s constructors’ world championship for the first time in 26 years.

Also shortlisted: Red Bull, Haas, Ferrari

F1 overtake of the year
Albon on Ricciardo and Ocon – Canadian Grand Prix

DOUBLE OVERTAKE! 😮‍💨

What an overtake from Alex Albon who produces more magic in Montreal 🪄👏 pic.twitter.com/deXiA8ZMJp

— Sky Sports F1 (@SkySportsF1) June 9, 2024

Alex Albon slid his Williams through the eye of a needle at the Canadian Grand Prix — pulling off a gutsy pass that made everyone lean forward and ask “How did he do that?!”.

Heading down the Circuit Gilles Villeneuve’s main straight, he first pulled alongside and past Daniel Ricciardo’s RB before then slotting himself down the inside of Esteban Ocon’s Alpine at the tricky final chicane.

It’s a clip that bears watching over and over again. And while it had stiff competition from Oscar Piastri’s clinical dive on Charles Leclerc in Baku, Albon’s Montreal move edged it in the vote.

Also shortlisted: Piastri on Leclerc (Azerbaijan GP), Verstappen on Piastri (Sao Paulo GP), Tsunoda on Hülkenberg (Japanese GP)

Hall of Fame entrant
Jenson Button

The fairytale story of Jenson Button and Brawn GP’s championship victory is back in the spotlight after Keanu Reeves’ documentary series on the 2009 season was released on streaming services.

It’s also brought a renewed appreciation of Button, who showed what he was capable of when his pace, tyre management skills and uncanny wet-weather talent finally had a car that they merited.

Seven more years in F1 with McLaren brought more race victories and he out-scored Hamilton during the duo’s time together as team-mates.

Also shortlisted: Nico Rosberg, Gil de Ferran, Jean-Pierre Jabouille

All Hall of Fame inductees