Sergey Sirotkin lost his job as a Formula One driver when Williams handed the seat to Poland’s Robert Kubica on Thursday but the Russian could still end the season with a triumph of sorts. The rookie, who has scored one point from 20 races to date and is last in the championship, is leading a Sky Sports F1 online vote for the driver of the season by a significant margin. As of Thursday, Sirotkin boasted a staggering 74,900 votes compared to five times world champion Lewis Hamilton, winner of 10 races this year for Mercedes, who was in second place on 42,600. Third was Red Bull’s Max Verstappen on 29,500. The figures have given rise to social media amusement and suspicion that the poll...
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