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Driver of the Year
2012

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Q&A

Which racing circuit is your favourite?

	James Peace:
– Thruxton

	Philippe Layac:
– Oulton park, Donington, Spa

	Richie Stanaway:
– Nürburgring, Germany

	Cassey Watson:
– Cadwell Park

	Cyrus Engineer:
– Al Ain Raceway

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Most buzz

1.			Alex Hamilton
2.			James Peace
3.			Prince Carl Philip Bernadotte
4.			Danica Patrick
5.			Ezequiel Abbadie
6.			Fernando Etchegorry
7.			Nathan Blok
8.			Lewis Hamilton
9.			António Félix da Costa
10.			Raed Raffii
11.			Alice Powell
12.			Sebastian Vettel
13.			Bernhard Wagner
14.			Mika Vähämäki
15.			Jose Manuel De Los Milagros
16.			Pippa Mann
17.			Sage Karam
18.			Richie Stanaway
19.			Robert Lukas
20.			Sergey Zlobin
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!

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Gabriel “Gabby” Cháves

Date of birth:	July 7, 1993 (19 y/o)
Place of birth:	Bogota, Colombia
Races entered:	130
Wins:	31
Podiums:	61
Pole positions:	15
Fastest laps:	12
Race win percentage:	23.85%
(the above statistics are a summary of the data currently available on the Career details page.)

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Biography

2010.

2010 Italian F3 Rookie Champion

» Read the complete biography of Gabriel Cháves

Racing career highlights

Second in Star Mazda 2012.
Formula BMW Americas champion 2009.
Skip Barber Southern Regional Series champion 2007-08.
Second in Skip Barber Eastern Regional Series 2007.

Karting career highlights

Winner of the SKUSA SuperNationals in the TaG Senior class 2012.
Florida Winter Tour champion in the Rotax Mini Max class 2006.
Stars of Karting East champion in the Cadet class 2006.
Second in Rotax Grand Nationals U.S.A. Minimax 2006.
Rotax Max Challenge U.S.A. East champion in the Minimax class 2006.
Winner of the Easykart Grand Nationals in the 60 cc class 2005.
Florida Rotax Max Challenge champion in the Minimax class 2005.
Homestead Karting Summer champion in the Easykart 60cc class 2005.

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).

2013	4 races.	0 wins.	3 podiums.	0 pole positions.	0 fastest race laps.
2012	20 races.	4 wins.	12 podiums.	3 pole positions.	4 fastest race laps.
2011	16 races.	0 wins.	0 podiums.	0 pole positions.	0 fastest race laps.
2010	16 races.	0 wins.	0 podiums.	1 pole position.	0 fastest race laps.
2009	16 races.	5 wins.	16 podiums.	3 pole positions.	2 fastest race laps.
2008	37 races.	15 wins.	19 podiums.	5 pole positions.	4 fastest race laps.
2007	16 races.	7 wins.	11 podiums.	3 pole positions.	2 fastest race laps.
2006	5 races.	0 wins.	0 podiums.	0 pole positions.	0 fastest race laps.
2005	Karting. Race statistics not covered by Driver Database.
2004	Karting. Race statistics not covered by Driver Database.

Gabriel Cháves's profile page has been viewed 10430 times.

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Modification: Indy Lights 2013

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Fan poll

Who is your favourite 2013 GP2 Series driver?


	The current top five:
1.		Rio Haryanto	663
2.		Marcus Ericsson	615
3.		Mitchell Evans	227
4.		Alexander Rossi	53
5.		Adrian Quaife-Hobbs	43

Top 2013 race winners

1.	Pierre Tonetti	19
2.	Andy Duffin	14
3.	Ian Hayr	13
4.	Jonathan Allard	11
	Dwayn Taylor	11
6.	James Munro	10
	Ryan Hellier	10
8.	Craig Baird	9
	Daniel Cammish	9
	Steve Ross	9
	Clemens Schmid	9
12.	Kyle Busch	8
	Tony Graham	8
	Jason Bargwanna	8
	Glenn Smith	8
	Donny Schatz	8
	Emil Bernstorff	8
	Kyle Larson	8
	Rowan Shepherd	8
20.	Sean Huyton	7

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

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