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Driver of the Year
2011

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Q&A

Which has been your best moment in your motorsport career so far?

	Raed Raffii:
– Winning the formula ford Championship

	Richie Stanaway:
– GP3 Race win on first weekend

	Becky-Beth Cox:
– Being on CNN

	Ezra Idafar:
– 1st win after my worst moment in my career so far

	James Peace:
– Winning 2010 Super1 Karting Championship

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Most buzz

1.			Joe Ghanem
2.			Lewis Hamilton
3.			Oscar Wilkens
4.			Andre Heimgartner
5.			Richie Stanaway
6.			Sebastian Vettel
7.			Mattias Lindberg
8.			Rio Haryanto
9.			Felipe Merjech
10.			Alice Powell
11.			Jukka Honkavuori
12.			Daniel Haglöf
13.			Jose Manuel De Los Milagros
14.			Fazio Franssen
15.			Daniel Juncadella
16.			Mitchell Evans
17.			Nick Cassidy
18.			Scott Malvern
19.			Craig Suester
20.			Luke Cooper
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Dan Wheldon

Date of birth:	June 22, 1978
Place of birth:	Emberton
Died:	October 16, 2011
Place of death:	Las Vegas, U.S.A.
Races entered:	174
Wins:	29
Podiums:	75
Pole positions:	14
Fastest laps:	15
Race win percentage:	14.94%
(the above statistics are a summary of the data currently available on the Career details page.)

Died from injuries after a 15-car collision during the eleventh lap of the IndyCar finale at Las Vegas Motor Speedway.

Racing career highlights

Second in IRL IndyCar Series 2006.
IndyCar Series champion 2005.
Second in IRL IndyCar Series 2004.
Second in Indy Lights 2001.
Second in Formula Atlantic Championship 2000.
USF2000 champion 1999.
Second in Formula Ford Festival 1998.
Third in Formula Ford Great Britain 1998.
Third in European Formula Ford Championship 1998.
Second in Formula Vauxhall Junior 1996.
Second in Formula Vauxhall 1996.

Karting career highlights

Second in 500 Milhas de Granja Viana 2006.
Winner of the 500 Milhas de Granja Viana 2005.
Winner of the 500 Milhas de Granja Viana 2004.
World Cup Formula A champion 1995.
RAC British Champion in the Cadet class 1990.
RAC British Champion in the Cadet class 1989.
RAC British Champion in the Cadet class 1988.

Racing career summary

The following numbers are a summary of the more detailed information available in the Career details. Seasons spanning over two years (for example 2009-10 championships) have their race results accounted for in the year the championship ends (2010 in the previous example).

2011	2 races.	1 win.	1 podium.	0 pole positions.	0 fastest race laps.
2010	17 races.	0 wins.	3 podiums.	0 pole positions.	0 fastest race laps.
2009	17 races.	0 wins.	1 podium.	0 pole positions.	0 fastest race laps.
2008	19 races.	2 wins.	4 podiums.	0 pole positions.	1 fastest race lap.
2007	18 races.	2 wins.	6 podiums.	1 pole position.	6 fastest race laps.
2006	14 races.	2 wins.	7 podiums.	2 pole positions.	2 fastest race laps.
2005	17 races.	6 wins.	9 podiums.	0 pole positions.	2 fastest race laps.
2004	15 races.	3 wins.	10 podiums.	2 pole positions.	2 fastest race laps.
2003	14 races.	0 wins.	1 podium.	0 pole positions.	0 fastest race laps.
2002	2 races.	0 wins.	0 podiums.	0 pole positions.	0 fastest race laps.
2001	12 races.	2 wins.	7 podiums.	0 pole positions.	1 fastest race lap.
2000	12 races.	2 wins.	7 podiums.	4 pole positions.	1 fastest race lap.
1999	14 races.	6 wins.	11 podiums.	5 pole positions.	0 fastest race laps.
1998	1 race.	0 wins.	1 podium.	0 pole positions.	? fastest race laps.
1997	? races.	? wins.	? podiums.	? pole positions.	? fastest race laps.
1996	? races.	3 wins.	7 podiums.	? pole positions.	? fastest race laps.
1995	Karting. Race statistics not covered by Driver Database.
1993	Karting. Race statistics not covered by Driver Database.
1990	Karting. Race statistics not covered by Driver Database.
1989	Karting. Race statistics not covered by Driver Database.
1988	Karting. Race statistics not covered by Driver Database.

Dan Wheldon's profile page has been viewed 4996 times.

This profile page was last modified 2012-01-30 19:29:33 by Andreas Åberg
Modification: Driver data

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Top 2012 race winners

1.	Andre Heimgartner	10
2.	Joe Ghanem	9
3.	Matthew Higham	8
	Warwick Mortimer	8
	Michael Lyons	8
6.	James McFadden	7
7.	Matthew Griffin	6
	Angus Fogg	6
9.	AJ Lauder	5
10.	Chris Hanley	4
	Zac Kennedy	4
	Talal Al Ghaith	4
	Nick Cassidy	4
	Ryan Hellier	4
	Rowan Shepherd	4
	Lucas Foresti	4
	Jonathan Allard	4
	Andrew Waite	4
19.	Robbie Farr	3
	Chris Vlok	3

This list also includes series that span over the new year (i.e. 2011-12 championships).

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Driverdb.com updates

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Small but important fix to the biographies
Written by Andreas, Friday, December 2 2011

As some of you have noticed there were parts of the site that startedbehaving a bit strange when we moved to the new server. I’ve hunted down and fixed a lot of issues as I’ve come across them and I have now fixed an issue with the Premier Profiles where some entries sent into the Biography section

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