As I noted in last week’s debut blog for The Twitter Outlook, I shall be keeping an eye on the F1 drivers and teams Twitter pages over the forthcoming months, noting the biggest increases and smallest increases, as well as a top 10 list for drivers and teams.
Drivers – The Top 10
01 – 924,908 – Jenson Button (McLaren)
02 – 786,750 – Lewis Hamilton (McLaren)
03 – 465,148 – Fernando Alonso (Ferrari)
04 – 396,429 – Bruno Senna (Williams)
05 – 320,846 – Mark Webber (Red Bull)
06 – 184,362 – Sergio Perez (Sauber)
07 – 147,418 – Nico Rosberg (Mercedes)
08 – 142,257 – Heikki Kovalainen (Caterham)
09 – 141,951 – Pastor Maldonaldo (Williams)
10 – 123,817 – Pedro de la Rosa (HRT)
Drivers – Biggest Increases
01 – 26,579 – Fernando Alonso
02 – 8,335 – Lewis Hamilton
03 – 6,561 – Jenson Button
04 – 6,431 – Bruno Senna
05 – 5,288 – Felipe Massa
Drivers – Smallest Increases
01 – 358 – Charles Pic
02 – 433 – Timo Glock
03 – 463 – Jean-Eric Vergne
04 – 734 – Heikki Kovalainen
05 – 779 – Nico Hulkenberg
The Top 10 in the Drivers chart is the same as last week, but it looks like Pastor Maldonaldo will move up into 8th past Heikki Kovalainen, the latter only recording an increase of 734 followers in the past week, the fourth lowest of the pack. Unsurprisingly, Fernando Alonso and Felipe Massa also made heavy gains, Alonso made a gain of 26 thousand, and may break the 500 thousand follower barrier this weekend with it being the Spanish Grand Prix. Bruno Senna is also set to break the 400 thousand follower barrier, becoming only the fourth F1 personality to do so.
Teams – The Top 10
01 – 260,259 – Ferrari
02 – 183,034 – McLaren
03 – 124,282 – Mercedes
04 – 107,703 – Red Bull
05 – 102,196 – Lotus
06 – 71,331 – Caterham
07 – 62,731 – Marussia
08 – 61,048 – Force India
09 – 55,177 – Williams
10 – 49,091 – Sauber
Teams – Biggest Increases
01 – 3,925 – Ferrari
02 – 1,767 – McLaren
03 – 1,671 – Red Bull
Teams – Smallest Increases
01 – 289 – Marussia
02 – 319 – Williams
03 – 420 – Toro Rosso
In the teams list, the biggest and smallest gains are exactly where you expect them to be, so no big surprises here.
Driver and Team statistics as of Monday 7th May 2012.
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