Driver of the Year 2007 - The Results

[Driverdb]

I've compiled the results of the voting now.

Here are the top fives in each category:

Driver of the Year
1. Kimi Räikkönen - Formula 1 - 54.0%
2. Lewis Hamilton - Formula 1 - 13.8%
3. Jeff Gordon - NASCAR - 13.8%
4. Sebastien Bourdais - ChampCar - 4.4%
5. Timo Glock - GP2 - 3.2%

Young Driver of the Year
1. Sebastian Vettel - Formula 1 - 40.6%
2. Romain Grosjean - Formula 3 - 15.7%
3. Marcus Ericsson - Formula BMW - 10.2%
4. Sebastien Buemi - Formula 3 - 10.2%
5. Maximo Cortes - Formula 3 - 8.2%

Open Wheel Driver of the Year
1. Kimi Räikkönen - Formula 1 - 43.5%
2. Lewis Hamilton - Formula 1 - 12.2%
3. Romain Grosjean - Formula 3 - 10.9%
4. Alvaro Parente - World Series by Renault - 8.9%
5. Sebastien Bourdais - ChampCar - 8.4%

Stock car / Sportscar / Touring car Driver of the Year
1. Mattias Ekström - DTM - 29.0%
2. Andy Priaulx - WTCC - 19.6%
3. Toni Vilander - FIA GT - 19.1%
4. Jeff Gordon - NASCAR - 11.9%
5. Jimmie Johnson - NASCAR - 7.5%

Karting Driver of the Year
1. Marco Ardigo - KF1 - 25.1%
2. Jack Harvey - KF3 - 19.0%
3. Michael K. Christensen - KF1 - 10.8%
4. Jonathan Thonon - KZ1 - 9.4%
5. Matias Laine - KF1 - 8.8%

Surprise Driver of the Year
1. Lewis Hamilton - Formula 1 - 38.3%
2. Sebastian Vettel - Formula 1 - 20.0%
3. Adrian Sutil - Formula 1 - 12.6%
4. Marcus Ericsson - Formula BMW - 6.0%
5. Brendon Hartley - Formula Renault 2.0 - 5.7%

http://www.driverdb.com/drivers-of-the-year/

[DanicaRules]

No mention of Dario Franchitti or any IRL driver in there. Im upset and suprised.:(;)

[EIR Loe.307]

Not enough US votes I guess. :rolleyes:

[Driverdb]

Not enough US votes I guess. :rolleyes:

There were quite a fair number of US voters actually (70% of the site's traffic is U.S. based). The interesting thing is that the U.S. voters didn't seem to have a long enough attention span to vote for anything other than the first category though. :lol:

[EIR Loe.307]

There were quite a fair number of US voters actually (70% of the site's traffic is U.S. based). The interesting thing is that the U.S. voters didn't seem to have a long enough attention span to vote for anything other than the first category though. :lol:
Aaaaaahhhhh hahahahahaha!!! :lol::lol: Maybe that explains the Oval track thing. Not too many turns to get lost. :lol::rolleyes:

[DanicaRules]

Aaaaaahhhhh hahahahahaha!!! :lol::lol: Maybe that explains the Oval track thing. Not too many turns to get lost. :lol::rolleyes:


Hey, I love ovals!;)

Dario may not of gotten this voting but he did win this...

2007 IndyCar Series champion Dario Franchitti was honored with a first-team award in the open-wheel category. The reigning Indinapolis 500 winner also won the Jerry Titus Award as the All-America Team's top vote-getter. It is the third time in the last four years that the IndyCar Series winner has won the Titus Award, which is AARWBA's highest honor.:thumbsup:

[EIR Loe.307]

Hey, I love ovals!;)

Ya, but you're coming around. :lol::D

[JoStream]

Interesting results, some of them were of course expected. But what surprised me is that Lewis Hamilton was not chosen as 'Surprise of the Year' by what would be considered an overwhelming majority...:wonder:

[Driverdb]

Interesting results, some of them were of course expected. But what surprised me is that Lewis Hamilton was not chosen as 'Surprise of the Year' by what would be considered an overwhelming majority...:wonder:

I agree. Perhaps people were expecting him to perform well and weren't that surprised. But I guess the real reason might be that he for some reason became highly controversial during the season and now has a large group of people who'll vote for anyone other than him....

And one reason could be that people think that he will get enough votes anyway, "let's give another driver a vote too".

[Radar]

Interesting results, some of them were of course expected. But what surprised me is that Lewis Hamilton was not chosen as 'Surprise of the Year' by what would be considered an overwhelming majority...:wonder:

Hamilton was the driver that I picked for driver of the year. I didn't expect him to perform as well as he did. I also don't think that Alonso to be as good as he was.:)

The only conclusion that I can come up with as to why more didn't pick him was that we all follow different forms of motorsport and people picked from what they watch closest.

[DanicaRules]

The only conclusion that I can come up with as to why more didn't pick him was that we all follow different forms of motorsport and people picked from what they watch closest.

That is probably a very accurate statement. I would have to agree. To be honest there were quite a few names I didnt even recognize when I voted.:o

[Driverdb]

The only conclusion that I can come up with as to why more didn't pick him was that we all follow different forms of motorsport and people picked from what they watch closest.

But in that particular category his closest rivals in votes were also F1 drivers (Vettel and Sutil).

[Radar]

But in that particular category his closest rivals in votes were also F1 drivers (Vettel and Sutil).

Point taken.:thumbsup: It would be good if those that picked Vettel and Sutil would share with us why. Don't be shy people, this site is a friendly one.

[brendonhartleyfan]

Interesting that Brendon Hartley is only in the 'surprise driver' and not 'young driver' section. i surpose for people in Europe it may have been a surprise but for us people who no him and for people who follow NZ motorsport it comes as no surprise that he has had a fantastic year

[Driverdb]

Interesting that Brendon Hartley is only in the 'surprise driver' and not 'young driver' section. i surpose for people in Europe it may have been a surprise but for us people who no him and for people who follow NZ motorsport it comes as no surprise that he has had a fantastic year

He was one of the ten nominated in that section as well, but didn't make the top five.