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Driver of the Year
2012

Antonio Felix Da Costa

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Q&A

Which racing circuit is your least favourite?

	Cassey Watson:
– Silverstone National

	Ezra Idafar:
– Pembury

	Raed Raffii:
– Reem Race track

	Jono Lester:
– Hampton Downs

	Chris Vlok:
– All tracks are great!

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Most buzz

1.			Salvador Durán
2.			Lewis Hamilton
3.			Emmet O'Brien
4.			Frédéric Makowiecki
5.			António Félix da Costa
6.			Jake Hill
7.			Pierre Tonetti
8.			Alice Powell
9.			Adrian Quaife-Hobbs
10.			Jose Manuel De Los Milagros
11.			Sage Karam
12.			Richie Stanaway
13.			Sebastian Vettel
14.			Carlos Sarrea
15.			Silvester Aleksejevas
16.			Aleksi Tuukkanen
17.			Khaled Al Qubaisi
18.			Jack Gerber
19.			Brendon Cook
20.			James Peace
Most buzz shows the twenty drivers who had the most number of visits to their profile page yesterday. What's with the drivers in bold? They've got a Premier Profile!

Formula 3000 Japan (1988 - 1995)

Race wins

1	Kazuyoshi Hoshino	15
2	Ross Cheever	10
3	Toshio Suzuki	5
	Marco Apicella	5
5	Andrew Gilbert-Scott	4
	Volker Weidler	4
7	Mauro Martini	3
	Toranosuke Takagi	3
	Naoki Hattori	3
	Aguri Suzuki	3
	Eddie Irvine	3
12	Keiji Matsumoto	2
	Ukyo Katayama	2
	Takao Wada	2
15	Roland Ratzenberger	1
	Paulo Carcasci	1
	Hitoshi Ogawa	1
	Tom Kristensen	1
	Masahiro Hasemi	1
	Emanuele Pirro	1

Pole positions

1	Ross Cheever	13
2	Kazuyoshi Hoshino	8
3	Eddie Irvine	7
4	Hitoshi Ogawa	6
5	Andrew Gilbert-Scott	5
	Mauro Martini	5
7	Ukyo Katayama	3
	Naoki Hattori	3
	Akihiko Nakaya	3
	Aguri Suzuki	3
	Marco Apicella	3
12	Toranosuke Takagi	2
	Roland Ratzenberger	2
	Masanori Sekiya	2
15	Keiji Matsumoto	1
	Volker Weidler	1
	Tom Kristensen	1
	Masahiro Hasemi	1
	Takao Wada	1
	Masahiko Kageyama	1

Race starts

1	Kazuyoshi Hoshino	76
2	Ross Cheever	66
3	Mauro Martini	65
4	Kunimitsu Takahashi	63
5	Jeff Krosnoff	61
6	Toshio Suzuki	57
	Takuya Kurosawa	57
8	Masanori Sekiya	53
	Akihiko Nakaya	53
10	Naoki Hattori	50
11	Thomas Danielsson	49
12	Masahiko Kageyama	46
	Takao Wada	46
	Keiji Matsumoto	46
15	Andrew Gilbert-Scott	43
16	Marco Apicella	41
17	Katsutomo Kaneishi	36
18	Ukyo Katayama	35
	Mika Salo	35
20	Hitoshi Ogawa	34

Fastest race laps

1	Kazuyoshi Hoshino	10
2	Takao Wada	7
3	Marco Apicella	6
4	Mauro Martini	5
	Ross Cheever	5
6	Toshio Suzuki	4
7	Ukyo Katayama	3
	Andrew Gilbert-Scott	3
	Aguri Suzuki	3
	Takuya Kurosawa	3
	Hitoshi Ogawa	3
	Masahiko Kageyama	3
13	Akihiko Nakaya	2
	Eddie Irvine	2
	Jeff Krosnoff	2
	Heinz-Harald Frentzen	2
	Naoki Hattori	2
	Volker Weidler	2
19	Keiji Matsumoto	1
	Masanori Sekiya	1

Race win percentage

1	Aguri Suzuki	37.5%
2	Toranosuke Takagi	25.0%
3	Kazuyoshi Hoshino	19.7%
4	Volker Weidler	16.0%
5	Ross Cheever	15.2%
6	Marco Apicella	12.2%
7	Eddie Irvine	9.7%
8	Andrew Gilbert-Scott	9.3%
9	Toshio Suzuki	8.8%
10	Emanuele Pirro	8.3%
11	Naoki Hattori	6.0%
12	Ukyo Katayama	5.7%
13	Mauro Martini	4.6%
	Tom Kristensen	4.6%
15	Keiji Matsumoto	4.4%
	Takao Wada	4.4%
17	Roland Ratzenberger	4.0%
	Geoff Lees	4.0%
19	Paulo Carcasci	3.5%
20	Hitoshi Ogawa	2.9%

Driver Database Popularity

1	Michael Schumacher	49,042
2	Tom Kristensen	4,117
3	Jack Lemvard	4,040
4	Rickard Rydell	3,295
5	Jean Alesi	3,139
6	Emanuele Pirro	2,887
7	Heinz-Harald Frentzen	2,725
8	Akihiko Nakaya	2,086
9	Mika Salo	2,082
10	Michael Krumm	1,873
11	Jan Lammers	1,793
12	Marco Apicella	1,792
13	Johnny Herbert	1,779
14	Eje Elgh	1,669
15	Philippe Adams	1,644
16	Toranosuke Takagi	1,593
17	Masanori Sekiya	1,540
18	Christian Danner	1,486
19	Kenny Acheson	1,481
20	Enrico Bertaggia	1,472

Formula 3000 Japan champions

1995	Toshio Suzuki	Hoshino Racing
1994	Marco Apicella	Dome
1993	Kazuyoshi Hoshino	Impul
1992	Mauro Martini	Team Nova
1991	Ukyo Katayama	Cabin Racing
1990	Kazuyoshi Hoshino	Cabin Racing Team With Impul
1989	Hitoshi Ogawa	Auto Beaurex Motorsport
1988	Aguri Suzuki	Footwork Sports Racing Team

Data for the following year is not complete and is therefor not included in the above statistics. Complete statistics for a year includes the number of races, wins, pole positions, podiums and fastest laps for each driver who started races during that year.

1987

Kazuyoshi Hoshino

Hoshino Racing

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Fan poll

Who is your favourite 2013 Formula Renault 3.5 driver?


	The current top five:
1.		António Félix da Costa	319
2.		Mihai Marinescu	50
3.		Mikhail Aleshin	42
4.		Kevin Magnussen	31
5.		Zo�l Amberg	21

Top 2013 race winners

1.	Pierre Tonetti	19
2.	Andy Duffin	14
3.	Ian Hayr	13
4.	Daniel Cammish	12
	Dwayn Taylor	12
6.	Brian Pettit	11
	Donny Schatz	11
	Jonathan Allard	11
9.	Kyle Busch	10
	James Munro	10
	Ryan Hellier	10
	Kyle Larson	10
13.	Jake Eidson	9
	Steve Ross	9
	Emil Bernstorff	9
	Clemens Schmid	9
	Craig Baird	9
18.	Harry Woodhead	8
	Tony Graham	8
	Glenn Smith	8

This list also includes series that span over the new year (i.e. 2012-13 championships).

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