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Driver of the Year
2012

Antonio Felix Da Costa

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Q&A

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

	Fahad Hizam:
– Raed Raffii

	Brendon Cook:
– David Couthard

	Cassey Watson:
– Nigel Moore

	Nathan Blok:
– Olivier Bonnet

	Jono Lester:
– Mitch Evans

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Most buzz

1.			Sebastian Vettel
2.			Sandy Nicholas Stuvik
3.			António Félix da Costa
4.			Mark Webber
5.			Matt R Bell
6.			Mitchell Evans
7.			Adrian Quaife-Hobbs
8.			Danica Patrick
9.			Michael Schumacher
10.			Kimiya Sato
11.			Lewis Hamilton
12.			Tristan Viidas
13.			Måns Grenhagen
14.			Conor Daly
15.			Max Chilton
16.			Alice Powell
17.			Nicolas Pohler
18.			Simona De Silvestro
19.			Filipe Albuquerque
20.			Timo Glock
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!

The drivers with the most number of career pole positions

Please note that the following list is for entertainment purposes only and that complete driver statistics may be lacking.

		Birthyear	Pole positions
1.	Richard Petty	1937	123
2.	David Pearson	1934	117
3.	Jeroen Bleekemolen	1981	102
4.	Mario Andretti	1940	99
5.	Juan María Traverso	1950	97
	Ayrton Senna	1960–1994	97
7.	Mark Martin	1959	90
	Omar Jose Martinez	1966	90
9.	Jeff Gordon	1971	87
10.	Soheil Ayari	1970	84
11.	Michael Schumacher	1969	79
12.	Juan Manuel Fangio	1911–1995	77
13.	Klaus Ludwig	1949	75
14.	Toni Rasmus Ruokonen	1973	74
15.	Rickard Rydell	1967	70
16.	John Bowe	1954	69
	Ryan Newman	1977	69
	Cale Yarborough	1939	69
19.	Jan Magnussen	1973	67
20.	Ronnie Peterson	1944–1978	64
	A.J. Foyt	1935	64
22.	Darrell Waltrip	1947	63
23.	Jim Clark	1936–1968	61
24.	Bobby Allison	1937	60
	Sebastian Vettel	1987	60
26.	Kyle Busch	1985	59
	Guillermo Ortelli	1973	59
	Junior Strous	1986	59
29.	Lewis Hamilton	1985	58
	Bill Elliott	1955	58
31.	Alain Prost	1955	56
	Mike Skinner	1957	56
	Robbie Watts	1967	56
	Sébastien Bourdais	1979	56
35.	João Paulo de Oliveira	1981	55
	Jim Richards	1947	55
37.	José María López	1983	54
	Geoff Brabham	1952	54
	Bobby Unser	1934	54
40.	Bernd Schneider	1964	53
41.	Tom Kendall	1966	52
	David Zollinger	1982	52
	Mika Häkkinen	1968	52
	Geoffrey Bodine	1949	52
45.	Scott Pruett	1960	51
	Juan Pablo Montoya	1975	51
	Kazuyoshi Hoshino	1947	51
	Helio Castroneves	1975	51
	Hans-Joachim Stuck	1951	51
	Peter Brock	1945–2006	51
51.	Bobby Isaac	1932–1977	49
	Nelson Piquet Jr.	1985	49
	Buddy Baker	1941	49
54.	Jonny Kane	1973	48
	Jonathan Adam	1984	48
	Alain Menu	1963	48
57.	Andy Rouse	1947	47
58.	Gary Paffett	1981	46
	Norberto Fontana	1975	46
	Jaap van Lagen	1976	46
	Junior Johnson	1931	46
	Carl Edwards	1979	46
	Buck Baker	1919–2002	46
	Carlos Bueno	1976	46
65.	Nigel Mansell	1953	45
	Ken Schrader	1955	45
	Yvan Muller	1969	45
	Allan Moffat	1939	45
	Costas Papantonis	1962	45
	Romain Grosjean	1986	45
	Will Power	1979	45
	Christophe Bouchut	1966	45
73.	John Nielsen	1956	44
74.	Michael Andretti	1962	43
	Jack Lemvard	1984	43
76.	Kevin Harvick	1975	42
	Emmanuel Collard	1971	42
	Frank Kimmel	1962	42
	Stuart Moseley	1977	42
	Gábor Wéber	1971	42
	Henry Martín	1965	42
	Juan Manuel Silva	1972	42
	Craig Baird	1970	42
	Randy Pobst	1957	42
	Anthony Beltoise	1971	42
86.	Ron Hornaday, Jr.	1958	41
	Jamie Whincup	1983	41
	Sean Rayhall	1995	41
	Jayde Kruger	1988	41
	Tom Kristensen	1967	41
91.	Alan Jones	1946	40
	Jason Plato	1967	40
	Jackie Stewart	1939	40
	Rick Mears	1951	40
	Sandor van Es	1970	40
	Eric Hélary	1966	40
	Stéphane Ortelli	1970	40
	Gabriel Ponce de León	1979	40
	Ivan Bellarosa	1975	40
	Frédéric Makowiecki	1980	40

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Fan poll

Who is your favourite 2013 GP2 Series driver?


	The current top five:
1.		Rio Haryanto	661
2.		Marcus Ericsson	612
3.		Mitchell Evans	190
4.		Adrian Quaife-Hobbs	38
5.		Sam Bird	36

Top 2013 race winners

1.	Pierre Tonetti	19
2.	James Munro	10
3.	Steve Ross	9
	Clemens Schmid	9
	Ryan Hellier	9
6.	Rowan Shepherd	8
	Tony Graham	8
	Jonathan Allard	8
9.	Kyle Larson	7
	Natasha Seatter	7
	Jason Bargwanna	7
12.	James McFadden	6
	Craig Baird	6
	Taylor Cockerton	6
	Neil Alberico	6
	Steven Lines	6
	Ian Madsen	6
	John English	6
	Ryan Farrell	6
	Timothy Reger	6

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

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