Super stats 2008
After some 600 laps and more than 1000 miles, this year's HiQ MSA British Touring Car Championship came to an end at Brands Hatch on Sunday but the statistics show that Champion Fabrizio Giovanardi didn't quite have it all his own way...
The Italian megastar is undoubtedly a worthy Champion - after all he led the season from start to finish, achieved five race wins and as many second place finishes again, plus six thirds. He also set seven fastest race laps.
But when it came to pole positions and laps and miles led he was not top of the charts. In fact, he wasn't first, nor even second when it came to highest number of laps led.
And there were other surprises, too. For example, who'd have thought that rookie Andrew Jordan would end the season having led more miles than former double champion Matt Neal?
Here's a breakdown of who achieved what during the 2008 season.
Statistics, 2008 BTCC season, 600 laps = 1019.39 miles:
Pole positions (achieved in Saturday qualifying):
Jason Plato 3
Darren Turner 2
Tom Onslow-Cole 2
Mat Jackson 1
Gordon Shedden 1
Stephen Jelley 1
Race wins:
Jason Plato 8
Fabrizio Giovanardi 5
Mat Jackson 5
Colin Turkington 4
Darren Turner 2
Gordon Shedden 2
Tom Onslow-Cole 2
Matt Neal 1
Tom Chilton 1
Second places:
Mat Jackson 5
Colin Turkington 4
Fabrizio Giovanardi 4
Adam Jones 3
Steven Kane 3
Matt Neal 3
Darren Turner 2
Tom Chilton 2
Robert Collard 1
Jason Plato 1
Gordon Shedden 1
Tom Onslow-Cole 1
Third places:
Tom Onslow-Cole 6
Fabrizio Giovanardi 6
Matt Neal 5
Jason Plato 3
Adam Jones 2
Robert Collard 2
Darren Turner 2
Andrew Jordan 1
Tom Chilton 1
Colin Turkington 1
Gordon Shedden 1
Fastest laps:
Fabrizio Giovanardi 8
Jason Plato 5
Mat Jackson 4
Darren Turner 4
Tom Onslow-Cole 3
Colin Turkington 2
Steven Kane 2
Gordon Shedden 1
Matt Neal 1
Bonus point for leading a race:
Jason Plato 12
Colin Turkington 7
Mat Jackson 7
Fabrizio Giovanardi 7
Gordon Shedden 5
Tom Onslow-Cole 4
Darren Turner 4
Andrew Jordan 1
Robert Collard 1
Matt Neal 1
Tom Chilton 1
Laps led (out of 600):
Jason Plato 171
Mat Jackson 102
Fabrizio Giovanardi 87
Colin Turkington 82
Darren Turner 53
Gordon Shedden 46
Tom Onslow-Cole 27
Tom Chilton 25
Andrew Jordan 3
Matt Neal 3
Robert Collard 1
Miles led (out of 1019.39):
Jason Plato 219.8093
Fabrizio Giovanardi 149.252
Colin Turkington 148.917
Mat Jackson 146.021
Gordon Shedden 98.833
Darren Turner 85.0491
Tom Onslow-Cole 54.921
Tom Chilton 29.965
Andrew Jordan 6.678
Matt Neal 5.820
Robert Collard. 2.125
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