F1 champions Verstappen, Mercedes nominated for Laureus World Sport Awards

Formula 1 champions Max Verstappen and Mercedes have received nominations for the Laureus World Sport Awards.
Race winner and World Champion Max Verstappen (NLD) Red Bull Racing celebrates on the podium.
Race winner and World Champion Max Verstappen (NLD) Red Bull Racing celebrates on the podium.
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Verstappen has🔯 been nominated for World Sportsman of the Year, while Mercedes has been nominated for World Team of the Year.

The Dutchman secured the 2021 F1 drivers’ championship in dramat𒁏ic fashion ahead of lewis Hamilton, while Mercedes secured an astonishing eighth consecutive constructors’ championship. 

Verstappen will go up against footballerꦚ Robert Lewandowski, tennis star Novak Djokovic as well as NFL💞 star Tom Brady, Caeleb Dressel and Eliud Kipchoge.

Michael Schumacher won the award in 2002 and 2004, while Sebastian V💜ettel won it in 2014.

Lewis Hamilton 🌌shareꦐd the accolade with football star Lionel Messi in 2020.

Mercedes has been nominated for an ei🅺ghth straight year having won the award in 2018.

The German manufacturer will be up against Argentina’s men’s football team, Barcelona women’s football team, China’s ꧃Olympic diving team🙈, Italy’s men’s football team and the Milwaukee Bucks.


 



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