Best Driver ESPY Award

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Template:Short description Template:Use American English Script error: No such module "Unsubst". Template:Short descriptionScript error: No such module "Infobox".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". The Best Driver ESPY Award, known alternatively as the Best Auto Racing Driver ESPY Award, is an annual award honoring the achievements of an individual from the world of motorsports.[1] It was first awarded as part of the ESPY Awards in 1993.[1] The Best Driver ESPY Award trophy, designed by sculptor Lawrence Nowlan,[2] has been presented annually to the racing driver adjudged to have performed the best in a given calendar year.[1] Since 2004, the winner has been chosen by online voting through three to five choices selected by the ESPN Select Nominating Committee.[3] Before that, determination of the winners was made by an panel of experts.[4] Through the 2001 iteration of the ESPY Awards, ceremonies were conducted in February of each year to honor achievements over the previous calendar year; awards presented thereafter are conferred in July and reflect performance from the June previous.[n 1][5]

The inaugural winner of the award was British driver Nigel Mansell who finished the 1992 season with a then record-breaking nine wins and fourteen pole positions en route to winning his sole Formula One World Drivers' Championship.[6][7] Mansell moved to the Championship Auto Racing Teams the following year, and won the series title at the first attempt,[8] earning him a second ESPY Award in 1994.[6] Mansell is one of six drivers to have won the award more than once. As of 2022Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters"., multiple NASCAR Cup Series champions Jeff Gordon (1996, 1998, 1999, 2007) and his teammate Jimmie Johnson (2008, 2009, 2010, 2011) have won the most awards with four each. NASCAR drivers have won more awards than any other motorsports series, with nineteen victories, followed by Formula One with five wins. It was not awarded in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[9] The most recent winner of the award was Formula One driver Max Verstappen who won the award in 2024.

Winners and nominees

Best Driver ESPY Award winners and nominees
Year Image Driver Nationality Racing series Type of vehicle Other nominees Ref
1993 A mustached man in his late thirties is wearing blue racing overall and is looking at the camera. Script error: No such module "Sort". File:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg GBR Formula One Open wheel N/A [6]
1994 A man in his early fifties is wearing a black baseball cap and is smiling at the camera. Script error: No such module "Sort". (2) File:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg GBR CART Open wheel N/A [6]
1995 A man in his late forties smiling at the camera. Script error: No such module "Sort". File:Flag of the United States.svg USA CART Open wheel Dale Earnhardt (File:Flag of the United States.svg USA) – NASCAR
Michael Schumacher (File:Flag of Germany.svg GER) – Formula One 		[6][10]
1996 A man in his early twenties smiling at the camera. Script error: No such module "Sort". File:Flag of the United States.svg USA NASCAR Stock car Michael Schumacher (File:Flag of Germany.svg GER) – Formula One
Jacques Villeneuve (File:Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg CAN) – CART 		[11]
1997
–
Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		Script error: No such module "Sort". File:Flag of the United States.svg USA CART Open wheel Terry Labonte (File:Flag of the United States.svg USA) – NASCAR
Damon Hill (File:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg GBR) – Formula One 		[12]
1998 A man in his mid-twenties wearing sunglasses and rainbow-colored racing overalls Script error: No such module "Sort". (2) File:Flag of the United States.svg USA NASCAR Stock car N/A [13]
1999 A man his late twenties wearing rainbow colored racing overalls. He has his left hand on his left hip and his right hand leaning against a solid surface. Script error: No such module "Sort". (3) File:Flag of the United States.svg USA NASCAR Stock car Dale Earnhardt (File:Flag of the United States.svg USA) – NASCAR
Mark Martin (File:Flag of the United States.svg USA) – NASCAR 		[14][15]
2000 A mustached man in his early forties wearing sunglasses and blue and red racing overalls Script error: No such module "Sort". File:Flag of the United States.svg USA NASCAR Stock car John Force (File:Flag of the United States.svg USA) – NHRA
Juan Pablo Montoya (File:Flag of Colombia.svg COL) – CART 		[16]
2001 A man in his early forties wearing yellow racing overall and he is holding a HANS device Script error: No such module "Sort". File:Flag of the United States.svg USA NASCAR Stock car Gil de Ferran (File:Flag of Brazil.svg BRA) – CART
John Force (File:Flag of the United States.svg USA) – NHRA
Buddy Lazier (File:Flag of the United States.svg USA) – IndyCar 		[17]
2002 A man in his late thirties wearing a red T-shirt emblazoned with the Ferrari logo. Script error: No such module "Sort". File:Flag of Germany.svg GER Formula One Open wheel Hélio Castroneves (File:Flag of Brazil.svg BRA) – CART
Gil de Ferran (File:Flag of Brazil.svg BRA) – CART
John Force (File:Flag of the United States.svg USA) – NHRA
Jeff Gordon (File:Flag of the United States.svg USA) – NASCAR
Kevin Harvick (File:Flag of the United States.svg USA) – NASCAR
Sam Hornish Jr. (File:Flag of the United States.svg USA) – IndyCar 		[18]
2003 A man in his late twenties is wearing sunglasses along with orange racing overalls and is holding a trophy with both his hands. Script error: No such module "Sort". File:Flag of the United States.svg USA NASCAR Stock car John Force (File:Flag of the United States.svg USA) – NHRA
Gil de Ferran (File:Flag of Brazil.svg BRA) IndyCar
Sam Hornish Jr. (File:Flag of the United States.svg USA) – IndyCar
Michael Schumacher (File:Flag of Germany.svg GER) – Formula One 		[19]
2004 A man in his late twenties wearing sunglasses and red racing overalls Script error: No such module "Sort". File:Flag of the United States.svg USA NASCAR Stock car Scott Dixon (File:Flag of New Zealand.svg NZL) – IndyCar
Matt Kenseth (File:Flag of the United States.svg USA) – NASCAR
Tony Pedregon (File:Flag of the United States.svg USA) – NHRA
Michael Schumacher (File:Flag of Germany.svg GER) – Formula One 		[20]
2005 A man in his late thirties speaking into a microphone Script error: No such module "Sort". (2) File:Flag of Germany.svg GER Formula One Open wheel Greg Anderson (File:Flag of the United States.svg USA) – NHRA
Kurt Busch (File:Flag of the United States.svg USA) – NASCAR
Dan Wheldon (File:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg GBR) – IndyCar 		[21]
2006 A man in his mid thirties is wearing orange racing overall and his waving to the crowd with his right hand Script error: No such module "Sort". (2) File:Flag of the United States.svg USA NASCAR Stock car Jimmie Johnson (File:Flag of the United States.svg USA) – NASCAR
Sam Hornish Jr. (File:Flag of the United States.svg USA) – IndyCar
Melanie Troxel (File:Flag of the United States.svg USA) – NHRA
Dan Wheldon (File:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg GBR) – IndyCar 		[22][23]
2007 A man in his late thirties with both his arms folded Script error: No such module "Sort". (4) File:Flag of the United States.svg USA NASCAR Stock car Dario Franchitti (File:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg GBR) – IndyCar
Kevin Harvick (File:Flag of the United States.svg USA) – NASCAR
Jimmie Johnson (File:Flag of the United States.svg USA) – NASCAR
Tony Schumacher (File:Flag of the United States.svg USA) – NHRA 		[24]
2008 A man in his early thirties waving to the crowd with his right hand and is wearing white and blue racing overalls along with a similarly colored baseball cap Script error: No such module "Sort". File:Flag of the United States.svg USA NASCAR Stock car Kyle Busch (File:Flag of the United States.svg USA) – NASCAR
Scott Dixon (File:Flag of New Zealand.svg NZL) – IndyCar
Lewis Hamilton (File:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg GBR) – Formula One
Tony Schumacher (File:Flag of the United States.svg USA) – NHRA 		[25]
2009 A man in his early thirties signing his autograph for a fan. He is wearing sunglasses and a striped shirt Script error: No such module "Sort". (2) File:Flag of the United States.svg USA NASCAR Stock car Hélio Castroneves (File:Flag of Brazil.svg BRA) – IndyCar
Scott Dixon (File:Flag of New Zealand.svg NZL) – IndyCar
Lewis Hamilton (File:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg GBR) – Formula One
Tony Schumacher (File:Flag of the United States.svg USA) – NHRA 		[26]
2010 A man in his early thirties looking to the left of the camera. He is wearing a black suit. Script error: No such module "Sort". (3) File:Flag of the United States.svg USA NASCAR Stock car Kyle Busch (File:Flag of the United States.svg USA) – NASCAR
Dario Franchitti (File:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg GBR) – IndyCar
Ron Hornaday Jr. (File:Flag of the United States.svg USA) – NASCAR
Tony Schumacher (File:Flag of the United States.svg USA) – NHRA 		[27]
2011 A man in his mid thirties speaking into a microphone. He is wearing a red and white baseball cap and a red t-shirt. Script error: No such module "Sort". (4) File:Flag of the United States.svg USA NASCAR Stock car Greg Anderson (File:Flag of the United States.svg USA) – NHRA
John Force (File:Flag of the United States.svg USA) – NHRA
Dario Franchitti (File:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg GBR) – IndyCar 		[28]
2012 A man in his mid forties wearing sunglasses and black and white racing overalls Script error: No such module "Sort". (3) File:Flag of the United States.svg USA NASCAR Stock car Dario Franchitti (File:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg GBR) – IndyCar
Sebastian Vettel (File:Flag of Germany.svg GER) – Formula One
Del Worsham (File:Flag of the United States.svg USA) – NHRA 		[29]
2013 A man wearing blue and white racing overalls is signing his autograph onto a picture of his race car. Script error: No such module "Sort". File:Flag of the United States.svg USA IndyCar Series Open wheel Tony Kanaan (File:Flag of Brazil.svg BRA) – IndyCar
Brad Keselowski (File:Flag of the United States.svg USA) – NASCAR
Sebastian Vettel (File:Flag of Germany.svg GER) – Formula One 		[30]
2014 A man in his mid thirties is wearing a black baseball car with sponsors and sunglasses over his eyes. He is also wearing yellow racing overalls. Script error: No such module "Sort". (2) File:Flag of the United States.svg USA IndyCar Series Open wheel Scott Dixon (File:Flag of New Zealand.svg NZL) – IndyCar
Dale Earnhardt Jr. (File:Flag of the United States.svg USA) – NASCAR
John Force (File:Flag of the United States.svg USA) – NHRA 		[31]
2015 A man in his early forties smiling and waving to the crowd. He is wearing sunglasses along with a red baseball car and similarly colored racing overalls. Script error: No such module "Sort". File:Flag of the United States.svg USA NASCAR Stock car Erica Enders-Stevens (File:Flag of the United States.svg USA) – NHRA
Lewis Hamilton (File:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg GBR) – Formula One
Juan Pablo Montoya (File:Flag of Colombia.svg COL) – IndyCar
Will Power (File:Flag of Australia (converted).svg AUS) – IndyCar 		[32]
2016 A man in his thirties being interviewed by the media. He has a green and black baseball cap on his head and is wearing identically colored racing overalls. Script error: No such module "Sort". File:Flag of the United States.svg USA NASCAR Stock car Scott Dixon (File:Flag of New Zealand.svg NZL) – IndyCar
Erica Enders-Stevens (File:Flag of the United States.svg USA) – NHRA
Lewis Hamilton (File:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg GBR) – Formula One
Alexander Rossi (File:Flag of the United States.svg USA) – IndyCar 		[33]
2017 A man in his early thirties wearing a black baseball cap and t-shirt. He has a gold neck chain across his body. Script error: No such module "Sort". File:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg GBR Formula One Open Wheel Ron Capps (File:Flag of the United States.svg USA) – NHRA
Jimmie Johnson (File:Flag of the United States.svg USA) – NASCAR
Simon Pagenaud (File:Flag of France.svg FRA) – IndyCar
Martin Truex Jr. (File:Flag of the United States.svg USA) – NASCAR 		[34]
2018 A bearded man in his mid thirties wearing black sunglasses and a black baseball cap with the number 78 on his right-hand side Script error: No such module "Sort". File:Flag of the United States.svg USA NASCAR Stock car racing Brittany Force (File:Flag of the United States.svg USA) – NHRA
Lewis Hamilton (File:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg GBR) – Formula One
Josef Newgarden (File:Flag of the United States.svg USA) – IndyCar Series 		[35]
2019 A clean shaven man in his early thirties wearing a black suit, a white shirt and a gray tie Script error: No such module "Sort". (2) File:Flag of the United States.svg USA NASCAR Stock car racing Scott Dixon (File:Flag of New Zealand.svg NZL) – IndyCar Series
Lewis Hamilton (File:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg GBR) – Formula One
Steve Torrence – (File:Flag of the United States.svg USA) – NHRA 		[36][37]
2020 Not awarded due to the COVID-19 pandemic [9]
2021 A man in his early thirties wearing a black baseball cap and t-shirt. He has a gold neck chain across his body. Script error: No such module "Sort". (2) File:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg GBR Formula One Open Wheel Erica Enders (File:Flag of the United States.svg USA) – NHRA
Chase Elliott (File:Flag of the United States.svg USA) – NASCAR
Scott Dixon (File:Flag of New Zealand.svg NZL) – IndyCar 		[38]
2022 File:Kyle Larson Auto Club 2022.jpg Script error: No such module "Sort". File:Flag of the United States.svg USA NASCAR Stock car racing Álex Palou (File:Flag of Spain.svg ESP) – IndyCar
Steve Torrence (File:Flag of the United States.svg USA) – NHRA
Max Verstappen (File:Flag of the Netherlands.svg NLD) – Formula One 		[39][40]
2023 File:Max Verstappen 2017 Malaysia 3.jpg Script error: No such module "Sort". File:Flag of the Netherlands.svg NED Formula One Open Wheel Brittany Force (File:Flag of the United States.svg USA) - NHRA
Kyle Larson (File:Flag of the United States.svg USA) - NASCAR
Josef Newgarden (File:Flag of the United States.svg USA) - IndyCar 		[41][42]
2024 File:Max Verstappen 2017 Malaysia 3.jpg Script error: No such module "Sort". (2) File:Flag of the Netherlands.svg NED Formula One Open Wheel Ryan Blaney (File:Flag of the United States.svg USA) - NASCAR
Matt Hagan (File:Flag of the United States.svg USA) - NHRA
Álex Palou (File:Flag of Spain.svg ESP) - IndyCar 		[43][44]

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See also

Notes

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  1. ↑ Because of the rescheduling of the ESPY Awards ceremony, the award presented in 2002 was given in consideration of performance betwixt Fethbruary 2001 and June 2002.[5]

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