'look at me...'

- earned his first EVER pole position (and 6 poles total)

- more than doubled his total career points

- more than quadrupled his win total and equaled the win total of his mentor mark webber

- earned two hat tricks and one grand slam

- DRASTICALLY improved his qualifying, bringing his h2h to a nearly 1:1 ratio compared to the 5:1 ratio in his teammate’s favor last year

- has the second highest pole to win ratio in the history of the sport

- held a race-finishing streak that lasted three seasons (44, the second longest in the sport’s history)

- got 8 consecutive podiums (one of only three mclaren drivers to do so alongside aryton senna and lewis hamilton)

- lead the championship for 15 rounds and stayed in contention until the very last race

- forced his way into the championship conversation despite not being a considered a real threat at the start of the season

- has shown tremendous improvements equal to those between his first and second seasons that he will continue to build on going forward