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Driver of the Year
2011

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2010 Ma5da MX5 - Round 3 - Brands Hatch
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Q&A

Which is the best racing driver (in your opinion) that you've raced against?

	Cassey Watson:
– Nigel Moore

	Raed Raffii:
– Pekka Saarinen

	Jono Lester:
– Craig Baird

	Simon Sikes:
– Kyle Tilley

	Ezra Idafar:
– Menasheh Idafar

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Most buzz

1.			Jaime Alguersuari
2.			Casey Adams
3.			Richie Stanaway
4.			Rio Haryanto
5.			Joel Miller
6.			Samuele Buttarelli
7.			Andre Heimgartner
8.			Carlos Sainz Jr.
9.			Stefan Rzadzinski
10.			Kevin Mirocha
11.			Jody Fannin
12.			Simon Sikes
13.			Nick Percat
14.			Lewis Hamilton
15.			Alice Powell
16.			James Thorp
17.			Felipe Merjech
18.			Daniel Haglöf
19.			Sami Luka
20.			Jesse Krohn
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!

Markus Niemelä

Date of birth:	March 20, 1984 (27 y/o)
Place of birth:	Rauma
Races entered:	100
Wins:	10
Podiums:	25
Pole positions:	5
Fastest laps:	3
Race win percentage:	10%
(the above statistics are a summary of the data currently available on the Career details page.)

Racing career highlights

Formula Atlantic champion 2008.
Swedish Formula Ford Zetec champion 2004.
Second in Formula Ford Zetec Nordic 2004.
Finnish Formula Ford champion 2004.

Karting career highlights

Finnish champion ICA 2002.
Finnish Cup champion in the Raket class 1998.
Second in Finnish Championship Cup Raket 1997.

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).

2012	2 races.	0 wins.	0 podiums.	0 pole positions.	0 fastest race laps.
2010	3 races.	0 wins.	0 podiums.	0 pole positions.	0 fastest race laps.
2009	12 races.	0 wins.	1 podium.	0 pole positions.	1 fastest race lap.
2008	11 races.	2 wins.	5 podiums.	1 pole position.	0 fastest race laps.
2007	17 races.	2 wins.	4 podiums.	1 pole position.	1 fastest race lap.
2006	20 races.	1 win.	3 podiums.	1 pole position.	1 fastest race lap.
2005	23 races.	1 win.	2 podiums.	1 pole position.	0 fastest race laps.
2004	12 races.	4 wins.	10 podiums.	1 pole position.	0 fastest race laps.
2003	Karting. Race statistics not covered by Driver Database.
2002	Karting. Race statistics not covered by Driver Database.
2000	Karting. Race statistics not covered by Driver Database.
1998	Karting. Race statistics not covered by Driver Database.
1997	Karting. Race statistics not covered by Driver Database.

Markus Niemelä's profile page has been viewed 3726 times.

This profile page was last modified 2012-02-06 05:08:39 by Ross Karlsson
Modification: Chili Bowl Midget Nationals 2012

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Top 2012 race winners

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

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

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Driverdb.com updates

On the updates blog you'll find info of what's been updated lately at Driver Database. Keep yourself up to date with new features and bug fixes.

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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