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Romain is 'Driver of the Day'

Frenchman Romain Grosjean has won Formula One's first Driver of the Day award, after finishing sixth for the new US-owned Haas team, in Sunday's season-opening Australian Grand Prix in Melbourne.

Agencies Published 22.03.16, 12:00 AM

Melbourne: Frenchman Romain Grosjean has won Formula One's first Driver of the Day award, after finishing sixth for the new US-owned Haas team, in Sunday's season-opening Australian Grand Prix in Melbourne.

The official formula1.com website announced the result on Monday after fans were invited to vote online after the race.

It did not say how many votes were cast for each driver, but noted "in the interests of fairness multiple votes identified as originating from the same source were not counted."

Formula One introduced the Driver of the Day award, the equivalent to soccer's Man of the Match, this year with the aim of increasing fan engagement in the sport.

Formula One media and other insiders had expressed fears that voting would reflect drivers' popularity on social media more than race-day performances.

Lewis Hamilton has over 3.2 million followers on Twitter.

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