It was a packed evening at the 2006 Auto Sport awards held in London on Sunday evening, there was not
doubt who was going to win the top honour of International Driver of the Year 2006, and the winner is
Fernando Alonso of Renault F1 and now for the year 2007 the famous number one will be taken across to the
Vodafone McLaren Mercedes team, we wonder if they will be retaining it?
Along with this award Team Renault F1 also won the coveted International Racing Car of the Year 2006 their
car the R26 was without doubt a force to be reckoned with this season, so it is only natural that both driver and
the car should pick up the top awards for the season.
There was no surprise to the winner of the British Competition Driver of the Year 2006, that award goes to
Jenson Button who won his first Grand Prix ever this year and the youngster Lewis Hamilton, who is to be
Fernando Alonso’s team mate for next season at the Vodafone McLaren Mercedes team, won the Rookie of
the Year 2006 award after a stunning season in the GP2 series.