Lewis Hamilton has been awarded Action of the Year 2022 for the FIA at the motorsport year-end ceremony. The Mercedes driver takes the prize for his double overtaking at Silverstone.
Despite not being present at the gala, the Briton has won an award. Specifically, the ‘Action of the Year’ in which the FIA rewards the best maneuver that has been carried out in any of its competitions. It happens like this to Fernando Alonsowho took this award in 2021 for his incredible defense of Hamilton himself at the Hungarian Grand Prix.
The seven-time champion was awarded by the double overtaking that he made in Silverstone to Sergio Pérez and Charles Leclerc while they fought for position.
In this way, he prevailed over other maneuvers such as those that happened to him in the vote. In second position was Oliver SolbergNorwegian rally driver who made a great landing saving an accident. The Spanish Javier Pardo closed the podiumwho in a gesture of fair play and skill, allowed Simone Tempestini to pass through a section of the ERC with a precipice a few centimeters away.
