Trophy Store Blog

During the Formula 1 race season each year which begins in March and finishes either in October or November, those that win, come second or third are awarded a trophy.  Plus also the constructor of the car that wins the race is also awarded a trophy.  The decision on what the trophies will look like in each country is left up to where the event is taking place. 

Some of these trophies aren’t what someone who has the honor of standing on top of the podium would want.  Whilst there are others which those are awarded are given pride of place in the driver’s cabinet at home.

There is one trophy however that all drivers who compete in the Formula 1 race season are after and that is the FIA Trophy.  Competition for this trophy has always been fierce but during the last couple of seasons (2007 and 2008) the gap between the winner and runner up was just one point.  In 2007 Kimi Raikkonen was awarded the trophy and then in 2008 the FIA Trophy was placed in to the hands of a young British driver called Lewis Hamilton.

This trophy is one that the driver will retain until commencement of the next seasons Formula 1 races.  After the winner has been announced their name is etched onto it with all the rest that have been honored with holding it.  At the commencement of the new seasons racing the trophy will then be returned to the Formula 1’s governing body.

Many of those who have been winners of this coveted trophy would like to be presented with it at the race at the end of the season.  However, they only get presented with it at a special gala event that all drivers and their teams attend.  This event normally takes place in Monaco and as well as presentation of the winner of the Formula 1events being presented with theirs the winning constructor (team) is presented with theirs.  Other awards are presented at this event also including the Hawthorn Memorial Trophy presented to any up and coming and successful British and Commonwealth drivers. 

Each year this trophy is presented to the driver by a member of Mike Hawthorn’s family who the trophy has been named after.  In 1958 he was the first British F1 Champion but unfortunately the following year was unable to retain it as he died suddenly.

As mentioned above, however, the most coveted trophy that those who participate in Formula 1 are after is the FIA world trophy.  There are many drivers who have won it but only one driver has won it a total of 7 times, and that is Michael Schumacher.  The first time he was presented with this trophy was in 1994 and then again in 1995.  Then the next time he won it was in 2000 followed by 2001, 2002, 2003 and 2004.  When he won it five times in a row he was driving for Ferrari.