The first thing I need to note for this week’s edition of the Twitter outlook is that the counters were done yesterday morning around about 09:00. There’s no real reason for this, apart from the fact that I completely forgot to do it on Monday! Now that I’ve got that disclaimer out of the way, here is this weeks’ figures:
Drivers – The Top 10
01 – 1,031,093 – Jenson Button (McLaren)
02 – 909,135 – Lewis Hamilton (McLaren)
03 – 857,861 – Fernando Alonso (Ferrari)
04 – 450,926 – Bruno Senna (Williams)
05 – 392,526 – Mark Webber (Red Bull)
06 – 233,272 – Sergio Perez (Sauber)
07 – 230,043 – Pastor Maldonaldo (Williams)
08 – 178,778 – Nico Rosberg (Mercedes)
09 – 161,803 – Heikki Kovalainen (Caterham)
10 – 155,144 – Pedro de la Rosa (HRT)
Drivers – Biggest Increases
01 – 34,176 – Fernando Alonso
02 – 10,934 – Mark Webber
03 – 10,537 – Lewis Hamilton
04 – 8,141 – Jenson Button
05 – 4,386 – Bruno Senna
Drivers – Smallest Increases
01 – 544 – Charles Pic
02 – 588 – Jean-Eric Vergne
03 – 758 – Timo Glock
04 – 844 – Nico Hulkenberg
05 – 992 – Daniel Ricciardo
Thanks to another 10,000 follower gain, Lewis Hamilton has broken the 900,000 follower barrier, only the second current Formula 1 driver to do so, the other being Jenson Button. Elsewhere, Sergio Perez has moved further ahead of Pastor Maldonaldo, while Charles Pic moves back to top of the smallest increase chart.
Teams – The Top 10
01 – 303,762 – Ferrari
02 – 210,306 – McLaren
03 – 137,456 – Mercedes
04 – 133,789 – Red Bull
05 – 119,169 – Lotus
06 – 80,374 – Caterham
07 – 73,165 – Marussia
08 – 69,789 – Williams
09 – 69,419 – Force India
10 – 64,052 – Sauber
Teams – Biggest Increases
02 – 2,530 – Red Bull
01 – 2,389 – Ferrari
03 – 2,130 – McLaren
Teams – Smallest Increases
01 – 154 – Force India
02 – 602 – Toro Rosso
03 – 635 – HRT
The most interesting statistic this week comes down here, as Red Bull for the first time since I started tracking the outlook had the biggest increase of all the teams, with Ferrari in second place. This is the second week in a row that they have shown big gains, as last week they recorded a bigger gain than McLaren. As a team, though, they are still some way from overtaking McLaren in the main chart.
At the bottom of the chart, I have a feeling I made a mistake or a typo with Force India’s number last week, almost certainly their gain last week of 1,691 was a bit higher than what it should have been. However, if you look at the total gain for the past two weeks, the gain is still the second lowest, with only Toro Rosso recording lower.
Driver and Team statistics as of Tuesday 17th July 2012.
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