Practice 3 Drivers’ Champions

The following are the F1 Drivers’ Champions if points were awarded for FP3 rather than the race, since ‘Practice 1’ came into existence in 2004.

All points are awarded as per the system in place for the respective year (aside from points for fastest lap, obviously).

2004 | Michael Schumacher

2005 | Kimi Räikkönen

2006 | Michael Schumacher

2007 | Lewis Hamilton

2008 | Lewis Hamilton

2009 | Nico Rosberg

2010 | Sebastian Vettel

2011 | Sebastian Vettel

2012 | Sebastian Vettel

2013 | Sebastian Vettel

2014 | Lewis Hamilton

2015 | Lewis Hamilton

2016 | Nico Rosberg

2017 | Lewis Hamilton

2018 | Sebastian Vettel

2019 | Charles Leclerc

2020 | Valtteri Bottas

2021 | Max Verstappen

2022 | Max Verstappen

2023 | Max Verstappen