Charles Leclerc & Sergio Perez join exclusive club | The 10 F1 drivers to beat Lewis Hamilton

With the 20♔22 F1 season drawing to an end, the drivers’ standings are slowly starting to be finalis💜ed.
168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Max Verstappen has the drivers’ championship wrapped up, while the battl𒉰e to be runner-up is between Charles Leclerc and Sergio Perez.
With Leclerc and Perez 50 points ahead of 🎐Hamilton with one race to go in Abu Dhabi (26 points on the table) they have officially beaten the seven-time champion for the 🍒first time in their careers.
Le꧃clerc and Perez become the ninth✅ and 10th drivers to out-score Hamilton across a season.
168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:George Russell could become the 11th driver to do so - he's 25 points ahead of Hamilton going into this weekend's 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:F1 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix.
If Hamilton fails to win the race then Russell would also become j🤪ust the third teammate to beat him in the standings.
Who else has done it?
1. Kimi Raikkonen (2007 & 2012)
Kimi Raikkonen outscored Hamilton by one-point during the Fiꦍnn’s dramatic title-winning campaign for Ferrari in 2007, beating both McLarens in the process.
Had it not been for McLaren’s poor strategy (or Hamilt🌞on’s mistake) in ‘07 and their poor reliabi൩lity in 2012, Hamilton was the better driver in both seasons.
2. Jenson Button (2009 & 2011)
Jenson Button outscored Hamilton in two of his best seasons in F1 - his titl𝐆e-winning campaign in ‘09 and his sꦬtrong 2011 campaign alongside the current Mercedes driver.
3. 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Sebastian Vettel (2009, 2010, 2011, 2012 & 2013)
Sebastian Vettel was unstoppable in the ear💫ly 2010s as he stormed to four consecutive drivers🅷’ titles.

4. Rubens Barrichello (2009)
Given💧 Brawn GP’s significant performance advantage over McLaren for much of 2009, beating Rubens Barrichello was always a big ask for Hamilton.
5. Mark Webber (2009, 2010, 2011, 2013)
Teammate of Sebastian Vettel, Mark Webber ou🏅t-scored Hamilton in four seasons.
6. 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Fernando Alonso (2010, 2011, 2012, 2013)
His arc🦹h rival from 2007, Fernando Alonso was able to outscore Hamilton in four consecutive seasons, often in weaker machinery.
7. Nico Rosberg (2016)
Nico Ros🦹berg 🉐beat Hamilton to the 2016 drivers’ title.
8. Max Verstappen (2021, 2022)
Max Verstappen finished ahead of Hamilton in 2021 after making the most of Michael Masi’s error in 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Abu Dhabi.
There’s ꦫnꦗothing Hamilton could have done in 2022, with Verstappen performing at the peak of his powers.

9. Charles Leclerc (2022)
10. Sergio Perez (2022)
Benefitting from superior machinery, Leclerc and Perez outscored the seven-tဣime champion in 2022.

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