Lewis Hamilton, two-time Formula One World Champion, has been nominated for the 2015 Laureus World Sportsman of the Year Award alongside fellow sportsmen Novak Djokovic, Rory McIlroy and Cristiano Ronaldo.
Hamilton, 30, who last season won his second F1 world title after 2008 with McLaren, won last weekend in Shanghai starting from the pole, leading the race from start to finish and marking the fastest lap, he was on the top of all the rankings.
The British pilot for Mercedes AMG Petronas, leaders now the FORMULA ONE World Championship 2015 with 68 points, and is the favorite one to win the Bahrain Grand Prix to dispute this weekend in Sakhir Circuit. He won’t be able to be on the Awards Ceremony, as he traveled to the Arabic country.
But Hamilton is not the only nominee; also Mercedes AMG Petronas is expecting to win the Laureus World Team Of The Year Award. The German tea is sharing nomination with Real Madrid Football Team, Switzerland Davis Coup Team, San Antonio Spurs, among others.
Formula One is well represented this year, as the Australian Driver for Red Bull, Daniel Ricciardo, got the nomination to the Laureus Breakthrough Of The Year Award, with the Colombian soccer player James Rodriguez, the American Alpine Skier Mikaela Shiffrin, among others. This prize was given to Lewis Hamilton in 2008.
Last year, the Laureus World Sportsman of the Year Award was for Sebastian Vettel.
The Laureus Awards, considered as the “Oscars” of sports, will be celebrated this Wednesday April 15th in Shangái, China, and presented by the British actor Benedict Cumberbatch.
See the whole nominees list below:
LAUREUS WORLD SPORTSMAN OF THE YEAR 2015 NOMINEES
NOVAK DJOKOVIC (Serbia) - Tennis
LEWIS HAMILTON (United Kingdom) - Motor Racing
RENAUD LAVILLENIE (France) - Athletics
RORY MCILROY (United Kingdom) - Golf
CRISTIANO RONALDO (Portugal) - Football
MARC MARQUEZ (Spain) - Motorcycling
LAUREUS WORLD SPORTSWOMAN OF THE YEAR 2015 NOMINEES
VALERIE ADAMS (New Zealand) - Athletics
MARIT BJØRGEN (Norway) - Nordic Skiing
GENZEBE DIBABA (Ethiopia) - Athletics
LI NA (China) - Tennis
TINA MAZE (Slovenia) - Skiing
SERENA WILLIAMS (United States) – Tennis
LAUREUS WORLD TEAM OF THE YEAR 2015 NOMINEES
EUROPEAN RYDER CUP TEAM (Europe) - Golf
GERMANY MEN'S FOOTBALL TEAM (Germany) - Football
MERCEDES AMG PETRONAS FORMULA ONE TEAM - Motor Racing
REAL MADRID FOOTBALL TEAM (Spain) - Football
SAN ANTONIO SPURS (United States) - Basketball
SWITZERLAND DAVIS CUP TEAM (Switzerland) - Tennis
LAUREUS WORLD COMEBACK OF THE YEAR 2015 NOMINEES
FRANCESCO ACERBI (Italy) - Football
SCHALK BURGER (South Africa) - Rugby
DIEGO MILITO (Argentina) - Football
JO PAVEY (United Kingdom) - Athletics
PIERRE VAULTIER (France) - Snowboarding
OLIVER WILSON (United Kingdom) - Golf
LAUREUS WORLD BREAKTHROUGH OF THE YEAR 2015 NOMINEES
MARIN ČILIĆ (Croatia) - Tennis
MARIO GÖTZE (Germany) - Football
DANIEL RICCIARDO (Australia) - Motor Racing
JAMES RODRIGUEZ - (Colombia) Football
MIKAELA SHIFFRIN (United States) - Alpine Skiing
SWITZERLAND DAVIS CUP TEAM (Switzerland) - Tennis
LAUREUS WORLD ACTION SPORTSPERSON OF THE YEAR 2015 NOMINEES
ALAN EUSTACE (United States) - Skydiving
STEPHANIE GILMORE (Australia) - Surfing
NYJAH HUSTON (United States) - Skateboarding
SAGE KOTSENBURG (United States) - Snowboarding
DANNY MACASKILL (United Kingdom) - Trials Cycling
GABRIEL MEDINA (Brazil) - Surfing
LAUREUS WORLD SPORTSPERSON OF THE YEAR 2015 WITH A DISABILITY – NOMINEES
SHELLEY GAUTIER (Canada) - Cycling
TATYANA MCFADDEN (United States) - Wheelchair Racing
OMAN PETUSHKOV (Russia) - Nordic Skiing
ANNA SCHAFFELHUBER (Germany) - Alpine Skiing
SARAH STOREY (United Kingdom) - Cycling
LEUNG YUK WING (Hong Kong SAR China) - Boccia
