There may be one significant change in the drivers’ table, but that didn’t stop the average increase numbers hitting record lows, with an average increase of 1,956 followers for the 21 drivers active on Twitter. With just ten days to go to Belgium (phew!), here’s the Twitter numbers that you need:
Drivers – The Top 10
01 – 1,077,218 – Jenson Button (McLaren)
02 – 977,311 – Fernando Alonso (Ferrari)
03 – 976,948 – Lewis Hamilton (McLaren)
04 – 471,038 – Bruno Senna (Williams)
05 – 413,866 – Mark Webber (Red Bull)
06 – 251,310 – Sergio Perez (Sauber)
07 – 247,773 – Pastor Maldonaldo (Williams)
08 – 186,629 – Nico Rosberg (Mercedes)
09 – 168,833 – Heikki Kovalainen (Caterham)
10 – 164,671 – Pedro de la Rosa (HRT)
Drivers – Biggest Increases
01 – 9,126 – Fernando Alonso
02 – 6,445 – Lewis Hamilton
03 – 3,757 – Jenson Button
04 – 2,803 – Mark Webber
05 – 2,730 – Bruno Senna
Drivers – Smallest Increases
01 – 202 – Charles Pic
02 – 264 – Timo Glock
03 – 309 – Jean-Eric Vergne
04 – 346 – Daniel Ricciardo
05 – 439 – Nico Hulkenberg
Thanks to gaining three more thousand followers than Lewis Hamilton, Fernando Alonso is now in second place in the drivers’ table! At the beginning of July, I predicted that Alonso would overtake Hamilton in the Summer break and that is exactly what has materialised.
Teams – The Top 10
01 – 317,786 – Ferrari
02 – 219,764 – McLaren
03 – 145,182 – Red Bull
04 – 141,913 – Mercedes
05 – 127,382 – Lotus
06 – 83,147 – Caterham
07 – 76,935 – Marussia
08 – 72,961 – Force India
09 – 72,450 – Williams
10 – 68,576 – Sauber
Teams – Biggest Increases
01 – 1,625 – Red Bull
02 – 1,604 – Ferrari
03 – 1,047 – McLaren
Teams – Smallest Increases
01 – 180 – Williams
02 – 354 – Toro Rosso
03 – 385 – Sauber
Williams and Force India swap places again, something I expect to continue until the season ends. Sauber makes its first appearance in the bottom three as well. One thing that can influence the placings in the Summer break is how often the drivers and teams tweet, some may shut up shop while others may choose to continue tweeting. In the case of Sauber, they went on holiday from the 4th to the 18th August, with a tweet on the 18th wishing Chelsea good look, followed by more tweets yesterday.
Driver and Team statistics as of Monday 20th August 2012.
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