Driver of the Year
2011

Richie Stanaway
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Battle for 2nd at Silverstone
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Q&A

Which is the best racing driver (in your opinion) that you've raced against?
 
Michael Bilyy:
– Nick Neri
 
Myles Collins:
– Paul Di Resta
 
Cassey Watson:
– Nigel Moore
 
Simon Sikes:
– Kyle Tilley
 
Nathan Blok:
– Olivier Bonnet
 
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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.

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Pekka Saarinen Helmet photograph
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Pekka Saarinen

Date of birth:July 27, 1983 (28 y/o)
Races entered:92
Wins:25
Podiums:46
Pole positions:11
Fastest laps:16
Race win percentage:27.17%
(the above statistics are a summary of the data currently available on the Career details page.)

Racing career highlights


HRF Club Champion in Roadsport V8 2010.
Asian Formula Renault champion 2007.
Chinese Formula Renault Challenge champion 2007.
Asian Formula Renault champion 2006.
International Formula Challenge champion 2006.
German Formula Renault 2.0 champion 2005.

Karting career highlights


Second in Viking Trophy - ICA 1999.
Nordic champion in the ICA Junior class 1997.
Second in Finnish Championship Junior A 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).

2011 2 races. 0 wins. 1 podium. ? pole positions. ? fastest race laps.
2010 7 races. 1 win. 7 podiums. ? pole positions. ? fastest race laps.
2007 14 races. 9 wins. 10 podiums. 2 pole positions. 10 fastest race laps.
2006 17 races. 12 wins. 14 podiums. 7 pole positions. 6 fastest race laps.
2005 16 races. 2 wins. 10 podiums. 1 pole position. 0 fastest race laps.
2004 20 races. 1 win. 4 podiums. 1 pole position. 0 fastest race laps.
2003 16 races. 0 wins. 0 podiums. 0 pole positions. 0 fastest race laps.
2002 Karting. Race statistics not covered by Driver Database.
2001 Karting. Race statistics not covered by Driver Database.
2000 Karting. Race statistics not covered by Driver Database.
1999 Karting. Race statistics not covered by Driver Database.
1997 Karting. Race statistics not covered by Driver Database.




Pekka Saarinen's profile page has been viewed 4854 times.

This profile page was last modified 2011-10-21 18:54:20 by Jari Hämäläinen
Modification: HRF Roadsport V8 2010

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Top 2012 race winners

1.Andre Heimgartner10
2.Joe Ghanem9
3.Matthew Higham8
Warwick Mortimer8
Michael Lyons8
6.James McFadden7
7.Angus Fogg6
Matthew Griffin6
9.AJ Lauder5
10.Zac Kennedy4
Talal Al Ghaith4
Nick Cassidy4
Ryan Hellier4
Rowan Shepherd4
Lucas Foresti4
Jonathan Allard4
Andrew Waite4
Andre Cowan4
Chris Hanley4
20.Brooke Tatnell3
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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