The Mercedes Formula 1 team has scooped the 2018 Laureus Award for Best Team of the Year thanks to their double title-winning exploits, beating sporting powerhouses such as Real Madrid and the Golden State Warriors of the NBA as well as favourites Team New Zealand (yachting) to one of most prestigious accolades in sport.
Mercedes have been the dominant force in Formula 1 for the past five years winning eight world titles in four consecutive seasons, with Lewis Hamilton winning his fourth title last year, his third with the Silver Arrows.
Team chief Toto Wolff, who was on hand to collect the award at a lavish function in Monaco, is always quick to point to team effort as the key to the enormous success the team have achieved in recent years.
The Laureus World Sports Awards event, considered the Oscars of the sporting world, was attended by Princess Charlene and Prince Albert of Monaco as well of a host of VIPs, dignitaries and personalities from the world of sport.
Here is the full list of this year's winners:
- Sportsman of the Year: Roger Federer
- Sportswomen of the Year: Serena Williams
- Team of the Year: Mercedes F1
- Comeback of the Year: Roger Federer
- Exceptional Achievement: Francesco Totti
- World Action Sportsperson of the Year: Armel Le Cleac'h
- Sport for Good: Active Communities Network
- World Breakthrough of the Year: Sergio Garcia
- World Sportsperson of the Year with a Disability: Marcel Hug
- Sporting Inspiration Award: J.J. Watt
- Best Sporting Moment: Chapecoense (Eternal Champions)
- Lifetime Achievement: Edwin Moses
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