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Hamilton and Mercedes officially crowned world champions for 2019
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Lewis Hamilton has lifted the famous FIA Formula 1 World Championship Drivers’ trophy for the sixth time in his career, appearing at the 2019 FIA Prize-Giving in Paris to receive his silverware after a dominant season from the Briton.
Hamilton won over half of the 21 races in 2019, taking victory at 11 Grands Prix, and adding seventh wins at Montreal and Hungary to his list of achievements in the process.
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His final tally of 413 points in the drivers’ standings, meanwhile, was the most ever scored by a driver in a season in F1 history, while Hamilton’s career stats at the end of the year now stand at a dizzying 88 pole positions and 84 wins.
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Hamilton’s Mercedes team were also in Paris to collect their constructors’ trophy, after the team broke Ferrari’s record of double championship triumphs in 2019, claiming their sixth consecutive drivers’ and constructors’ titles.
The Silver Arrows' other driver Valtteri Bottas, meanwhile, was on hand to pick up his trophy for finishing second in the standings, with Red Bull's Max Verstappen collecting the third place trophy.
READ MORE: How Ferrari and Mercedes’ six straight constructors’ titles stack up
The other award winners
There was double success for Red Bull as Max Verstappen won in the Action of the Year category for his tussle with Ferrari's Charles Leclerc at Silverstone.
Alex Albon, meanwhile, scooped Rookie Of The Year honours.
The late Niki Lauda was also honoured, with the three-time world champion named Personality of the Year at the FIA Awards.
Lauda, a 25-time Grand Prix winner and a key cog in Mercedes’ recent domination as the team’s non-executive chairman, passed away in May aged 70.
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