Lewis Hamilton for Sports Personality of the Year?

Lewis Hamilton’s last minute victory at the Brazilian Grand Prix secured his place in the record books. He became the first ever Black driver to win the title as well and the youngest ever winner. It may also have been enough to secure the BBC Sports Personality of the Year award.

It’s been a great year for British sport with 47 medals being brought home from the 2008 Olympics. Chris Hoy, Bradley Wiggins and Rebecca Adlington all won multiple gold medals. This resulted in a 4th place overall for team GB and a lot of anticipation for London 2012.

Joe Calzaghe continued his undefeated run with victory over Roy Jones, Jr. on the 8th November, at Madison Square Garden. Having won the BBC prize last year however he is unlikely to win this year. Several sports men (and women) have won the award twice including Damon Hill and Henry Cooper but never two years in a row. It is not out of the question however, in fact on Bet365′s sport betting page you can get odds of 50/1 which might tempt me if it wasn’t for Hamilton’s amazing year.

It makes a change to bet on a sports awards show as it is more of a subjective matter than with football betting or horse betting where past form is taken into consideration.