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Driver of the Year
2012

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Q&A

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

	Jono Lester:
– Mitch Evans

	Ezra Idafar:
– Menasheh Idafar

	Myles Collins:
– Paul Di Resta

	Cassey Watson:
– Nigel Moore

	Raed Raffii:
– Pekka Saarinen

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Most buzz

1.			Adrian Quaife-Hobbs
2.			Lewis Hamilton
3.			Jose Manuel De Los Milagros
4.			Danica Patrick
5.			Carlos Munòz
6.			António Félix da Costa
7.			Nathan Blok
8.			Pippa Mann
9.			Richie Stanaway
10.			Sandy Nicholas Stuvik
11.			Martin Rump
12.			Simona De Silvestro
13.			Katherine Legge
14.			Natacha Gachnang
15.			Craig Baird
16.			Max Verstappen
17.			Jenson Button
18.			Julien Ducommun
19.			Judy Lyons
20.			Leh Keen
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 1 1980

		Teams \| Stats \| Cars \| Birthdates
1.	Alan Jones	Albilad-Williams Racing Team	67
2.	Nelson Piquet	Brabham	54
3.	Carlos Alberto Reutemann	Albilad-Williams Racing Team	42
4.	Jacques Laffite	Equipe Ligier Gitanes	34
5.	Didier Pironi	Equipe Ligier Gitanes	32
6.	René Arnoux	Equipe Renault Elf	29
7.	Elio de Angelis	Lotus	13
8.	Jean-Pierre Jabouille	Equipe Renault Elf	9
9.	Riccardo Patrese	Warsteiner Arrows Racing Team	7
10.	Keijo Rosberg	Fittipaldi	6
11.	Derek Daly	Candy Tyrrell Team	6
	John Watson	Marlboro Team McLaren	6
13.	Jean-Pierre Jarier	Tyrrell	6
14.	Gilles Villeneuve	Scuderia Ferrari SpA SEFAC	6
15.	Emerson Fittipaldi	Skol Fittipaldi Team	5
16.	Alain Prost	McLaren	5
17.	Jochen Mass	Arrows	4
18.	Bruno Giacomelli	Alfa Romeo	4
19.	Jody Scheckter	Scuderia Ferrari SpA SEFAC	2
20.	Mario Andretti	Team Essex Lotus	1
	Hector Rebaque	Parmalat Racing Team	1

	Vittorio Brambilla	Marlboro Team Alfa Romeo
	Eddie Cheever, Jr.	Osella
	Kevin Cogan	Williams
	Andrea de Cesaris	Alfa Romeo
	Patrick Depailler	Marlboro Team Alfa Romeo
	Harald Ertl	ATS
	Stefan Johansson	Shadow
	Rupert Keegan	Williams
	David Kennedy	Shadow
	Jan Lammers	ATS, Ensign
	Geoff Lees	Shadow, Ensign, Williams
	Nigel Mansell	Lotus
	Timothy Needell	Ensign
	Clay Regazzoni	Unipart Racing Team
	Stephen South	McLaren
	Marc Surer	ATS
	Mike Thackwell	Arrows, Tyrrell
	Desiré Wilson	Williams
	Manfred Winkelhock	Arrows
	Ricardo Zunino	Brabham

Age statistics:

Average age of drivers:	29 years old
Youngest driver:	Mike Thackwell, 19 years old (born: 1961-03-30)
Oldest driver:	Vittorio Brambilla, 42 years old (born: 1937-11-11)

The average age is calculated in the middle of the year (1980-07-01).

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Fan poll

Who is your favourite 2013 DTM driver?


	The current top five:
1.		Mattias Ekström	95
2.		Filipe Albuquerque	78
3.		Andy Priaulx	73
4.		Gary Paffett	69
5.		Timo Glock	66

Top 2013 race winners

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

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

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