Despite 22 races, only three drivers have left the F1 podium as Grand Prix winners in 2023.

Of course, it was mainly Max Verstappen and Red Bull, with the Dutchman taking 19 wins and teammate Sergio Perez adding two more. But neither won the most popular race of the season. Carlos Sainz’s victory for Ferrari at the Singapore Grand Prix has been named the best at the annual GPfans awards.

The awards, voted for by GP fan readers, were dominated by night racing at Marina Bay in a rare weekend for the Red Bull team. Sainz held off McLaren’s Lando Norris for second, Lewis Hamilton was third in his Mercedes and team-mate George Russell finished late on the podium after a few laps for the Silver Arrows. A late chance to win.

Verstappen finished fifth and Perez eighth in Red Bull’s worst race of the season and the fans seemed to enjoy a rare sight of the podium. The Singapore Grand Prix received just over half of the votes, while Verstappen’s home race win at Zandvoort took second place with 17%.

There was fierce competition for third place in the British and Italian Grand Prix, which received 10% of the vote, and in Las Vegas there was a three-way race between Verstappen, Perez and Charles Leclerc, which collected only 5% from votes. votes. GPfans is a multi-platform, multilingual brand for Formula 1 coverage. We provide 24/7 sports coverage – from the latest news and features to the latest viral stories and clips. We believe that the next generation of exciting and open drivers will make F1 more popular than ever and we want our users to have access to as many characters as possible on and off the track. From Lewis Hamilton to Max Verstappen, Daniel Ricciardo and Sebastian Vettel, we bring you in-depth analysis of every grand prix of the season, from Australia to Abu Dhabi.