Chuck's Driver Rankings & Stats

So, who's the best driver in the world anyways?

November 1st 2008 edition

In this edition :

  • Series news now appear inside each serie's page, directly from Motorsport.com RSS feeds
  • 80 new race results

Top 50 World Drivers

Pos. Driver Country Rating
1 Fernando Alonso Spain 2255
2 Lewis Hamilton United Kingdom 2190
3 Kimi Raikkonen Finland 2187
4 Felipe Massa Brazil 2176
5 Carl Edwards United States 2155
6 Jimmie Johnson United States 2147
7 Nick Heidfeld Germany 2143
8 Jeff Burton United States 2135
9 Jeff Gordon United States 2135
10 Clint Bowyer United States 2128
11 Greg Biffle United States 2125
12 Kyle Busch United States 2124
13 Kevin Harvick United States 2122
14 Tony Stewart United States 2118
15 Robert Kubica Poland 2113
16 Matt Kenseth United States 2107
17 Dale Earnhardt Jr. United States 2103
18 Denny Hamlin United States 2102
19 Mark Martin United States 2099
20 Garth Tander Australia 2095
21 Jamie Whincup Australia 2089
22 Heikki Kovalainen Finland 2082
23 Scott Dixon New Zealand 2081
24 Ron Hornaday United States 2080
25 David Ragan United States 2078
26 Hélio Castroneves Brazil 2066
27 Johnny Benson United States 2060
28 Jan Magnussen Denmark 2058
29 Fabrizio Giovanardi Italy 2047
30 Mattias Ekström Sweden 2046
31 Todd Bodine United States 2042
32 Tony Kanaan Brazil 2041
33 Mark Winterbottom Australia 2041
34 Scott Pruett United States 2039
35 Martin Truex Jr. United States 2031
36 Scott Wimmer United States 2031
37 Rick Crawford United States 2030
38 Yvan Muller France 2026
39 Frank Kimmel United States 2025
40 Kasey Kahne United States 2025
41 Bernd Schneider Germany 2024
42 Jon Fogarty United States 2024
43 Jarno Trulli Italy 2020
44 Colin Turkington United Kingdom 2016
45 Andy Pilgrim United Kingdom 2015
46 Benny Gordon United States 2015
47 Paul Edwards United States 2014
48 Patrick Laperle Canada 2012
49 Brian Vickers United States 2011
50 Ryan Newman United States 2009

Moving up this month

Pos. Driver Country Difference
1 Emmet O'Brien United Kingdom + 43
2 Koudai Tsukakoshi Japan + 39
3 Eric Curran United States + 39
4 Jules Bianchi France + 37
5 Kenny Wallace United States + 36
6 Sergio Hernandez Spain + 35
7 Patrick Kelly United States + 35
8 Jean-Karl Vernay France + 34
9 Nico Hulkenberg Germany + 33
10 Todd Bodine United States + 32
11 Dino Steiner Germany + 32
12 Dani Clos Spain + 32
13 Loïc Duval France + 32
14 Dean Canto Australia + 32
15 Tiago Monteiro Portugal + 31
16 Ryan Briscoe Australia + 30
17 Fairuz Fauzy Malaysia + 30
18 Robert Wickens Canada + 29
19 Oscar Nogues Spain + 29
20 Bob Faieta United States + 28

Moving down this month

Pos. Driver Country Difference
1 James Thompson United Kingdom-44
2 Giedo van der Garde Netherlands-37
3 Brendon Hartley New Zealand-37
4 Jon Lancaster United Kingdom-37
5 Jon Wood United States-34
6 Kazuya Oshima Japan-34
7 David Brabham Australia-29
8 Scott Sharp United States-29
9 Adam Carroll United Kingdom-28
10 Tim Slade Australia-27
11 Derek Clark United States-27
12 Albert Costa Spain-26
13 Jason Saini United States-26
14 Danny O'Quinn Jr. United States-26
15 Jeff Green United States-25
16 Walter Grubmüller Austria-25
17 Heikki Kovalainen Finland-25
18 Jens Klingmann Germany-24
19 Jason Carter United States-24
20 Sergio Perez Mexico-24

Compiled from 2572 races run by 4569 drivers representing 52 different countries on 2008-11-20 22:03:01

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