F1 drivers to get medals for race wins

Components One race winners will obtain a medal along with a trophy from Sunday’s season-ending Abu Dhabi Grand Prix onwards, the governing FIA stated.

Every FIA medal could have the variety of the race on it, with Sunday’s at Yas Marina the 1 079th because the championship began in 1950.

Trophies will nonetheless be handed out however they’re normally retained by the groups, who put them on show at their factories, with drivers getting solely replicas to maintain.

“This medal has been created so that every grand prix winner retains a singular private memento to commemorate their excellent achievement,” the FIA stated.