The Future Stars

[Driverdb]

I added a new little feature today to the site: the "Future stars".

This sorts drivers by race win percentage but differs from the regular "Drivers by race win percentage"-page by the fact that the drivers need to be born 1985 or later and will only have to have a minimum of 15 races registered to be a part of it.

The list is available here:
http://www.driverdb.com/future-racing-stars.html

[JoStream]

Great new addition, I didn't know there was a promising new Swiss driver :thumbsup: . It's good to see a diversity among drivers.

I hope that they will find the sponsorships needed to make it to the top, because as well all know, it takes more than talent :(

[Driverdb]

Yeah Grosjean will probably go far as he's both talented and a Renault Development Driver. :D

Sebastien Buemi is Swiss also, I believe. Backed by Red Bull and will be in F3 Euro this year.

[Radar]

One driver that I expect to move up the ranks quickly is Nico Hulkenberg from the A1GP series. From his race on the difficult Taupo track he looked to be a level ahead of all the other drivers.:thumbsup:

[Harakimi]

That Carl Skerlong dude from states looks pretty amazing, tho his opponets maybe blind or one footed etc :p

Formula TR Pro Series FR 2000 (http://www.driverdb.com/259championship2006.html) (2006)
Championship position: 1 (963 points)
19 races. 16 wins. 16 pole positions. 19 podiums.
Car: Renault FR2000

Holy cow!

[Fahad_H]

The US Formula Renault is not competitive, Carl couldn't do well in his 4 races in the UK.
Let's wait and see how well he will do in the Atlantics next week.

[Driverdb]

I think Skerlong did pretty ok in his UK debut. He was consistently in the top half of the field on two new tracks but had a DNF in one of the four races and ended up eight as a result. Sure, he wouldn't have had 16 wins if he had raced a full season of UK Formula Renault but he probably could have picked up a fair number of good finishes when he knew the tracks.

He seems to have been pretty quick in Atlantics testing so it will be interesting to see how he fares.

[Driverdb]

I've changed the way the Future Stars ranking are presented now.

It is now sorted on:
1. Amount of wins
2. Race win percentage

So, if two drivers have the same amount of wins the are ranked by their race win percentage.

I think this does give a bit of a fairer picture. The old way benefited drivers racing in lower "easier" categories and this way benefits drivers who have climbed a bit up the ladder.

But as I witnessed in my inbox some hours after the change, not everyone might approve. :lol:

We now have the following top ten:

1. Lewis Hamilton (F1)
2. Nelson Piquet jr. (F1 tester)
3. Carl Skerlong (Champ Car Atlantic)
4. Sebastian Vettel (F1/ World Series by Renault)
5. Romain Grosjean (F3 Euroseries)
6. Phil Quaife (FIA GT3)
7. Nico Hülkenberg (F3 Euroseries)
8. Colin Braun (ALMS GT2)
9. Nico Rosberg (F1)
10. Charlie Kimball (World Series by Renault)


I'm thinking of some other ways to improve this ranking. But as it involves me and thinking it will probably take some time. :D

[Fahad_H]

Me like the new ranking, now it's fair. Thank you :)

[Harakimi]

I'm thinking of some other ways to improve this ranking. But as it involves me and thinking it will probably take some time. :D


I think also comparing to team mate (qually and race finish) would be a fair way to go up or down in rankings? :thumbsup:

[Driverdb]

I think also comparing to team mate (qually and race finish) would be a fair way to go up or down in rankings? :thumbsup:

Yup, it sure would. But that's unfortunately not possible as that comparative data isn't compiled.

Perhaps if I start a sweatshop somewhere. :lol:

[Driverdb]

There's a new guy in the top ten now. This honour goes to Will Bratt, currently fourth in the UK Formula Renault 2.0 series.

Born in 1988 Will Bratt is now in his fifth year of racing after moving up from ICA Junior karting to the British T Cars championship where he scored his first win in his first season 2003. In 2004 he became the T cars champion winning 14 of 18 races. He then moved on to single seaters in Formula Renault and took part in the UK winter championship where he ended up 11th. In 2006 he scored his first Renault 2.0 win and so far this year he's added three more wins to his CV. In 96 races he has scored 19 wins, 30 podiums and 18 pole positions.

Other things of note on the top ten is that Romain Grosjean is closing in on Sebastian Vettel after his three wins so far in the F3 Euroseries.

1. Lewis Hamilton, Great Britain, 39 wins
2. Nelson Piquet jr, Brazil, 34 wins
3. Carl Skerlong, USA, 30 wins
4. Sebastian Vettel, Germany, 29 wins
5. Romain Grosjean, France, 27 wins
6. Phil Quaife, Great Britain, 24 wins
7. Nico Hülkenberg, Germany, 20 wins
8. Will Bratt, Great Britain, 19 wins
9. Colin Braun, USA, 18 wins
10. Charlie Kimball, USA, 18 wins
10. Nico Rosberg, Germany, 18 wins

http://www.driverdb.com/future-racing-stars.html