The most important faces of Formula 1, which is a great source of entertainment as it is the pinnacle of motorsports, are the pilots. The success of the pilots on the track is evident by reaching millions on social media.
Today, almost all athletes somehow to social media entering, trying to increase the interactions with the fans. The great interest of athletes is reflected in the number of followers on social media.
I Motorsport.co Turkey, which has the most followers on Twitter address active Formula 1 pilots published a list. The number of pilots’ followers on Instagram, Facebook and Twitter were discussed together in the list. The results are not surprising.
Hamilton at the top
The top 10 most followed people on social media are listed as follows:
- Hamilton: 31.9 million
- Alonso: 7,6 m
- Ricciardo: 7.1 m
- Verstappen: 6.6 m
- Leclerc: 5.2 mm
- Perez: 4.2 m
- Sainz :: 3.6 m
- Norris: 3,5 m
- Bottas: 3 m
- Russell: 2.5 m
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Seven-time world champion AMG Mercedes-Petronas pilot Sir Lewis Hamiltonwas also at the top in this area. The total number of followers of official Formula 1 accounts was 26.9 million. So Hamilton has 5 million more followers than F1 itself.
Summit has not changed in Instagram
On Instagram Lewis Hamilton was the summit. The F1 official account has 12 million followers. The top 10 ranks in this area are as follows:
- Hamilton: 21.5 million
- Ricciardo: 4.1 m
- Leclerc: 4.1 m
- Verstappen: 4 m
- Alonso: 3,1 m
- Norris: 2.5 m
- Sainz: 2.2 m
- Raikkonen: 2.2 m
- Bottas: 1.9 m
- Russell: 1.6 m
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On Twitter, the ranking changed slightly. Ranking on the microblog site in that:
- Hamilton: 4.3 million
- Alonso: 2.7 m
- Perez: 2.3 m
- Ricciardo: 2 m
- Verstappen: 1,4 m
- Sainz: 896.4 thousand
- Norris: 894 thousand
- Leclerc: 870.3 thousand
- Bottas: 758 thousand
- Russell: 560 thousand
One of the important names of Formula 1 Sebastian Vettel, does not have any official social media accounts. Also, pilots who have put an end to their active racing career are not included in the list.
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