RACING DRIVER

Alex Yoong

1976 - Today

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Alexander Charles Yoong Loong (simplified Chinese: 熊龙; traditional Chinese: 熊龍; pinyin: Xióng Lóng; Jyutping: Hung4 Lung4; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Hîm-liông; born 20 July 1976), is a Malaysian professional racing driver of Chinese and English parentage.Yoong began his career in saloon cars before moving into the Proton one-make series. He later raced in single-seater cars where he won the Malaysian Championship in 1995. He moved into Formula Renault in 1996 with help from sponsors but finished outside the top-10. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Alex Yoong has received more than 444,844 page views. His biography is available in 28 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 26 in 2019). Alex Yoong is the 871st most popular racing driver (down from 824th in 2019), the 59th most popular biography from Malaysia (down from 48th in 2019) and the most popular Malaysian Racing Driver.

Memorability Metrics

  • 440k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 37.49

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 28

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.19

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.45

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Alex Yoongs by language

Over the past year Alex Yoong has had the most page views in the with 53,546 views, followed by Italian (3,314), and Japanese (3,011). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Catalan (104.95%), Slovenian (90.00%), and Greek (73.82%)

Among RACING DRIVERS

Among racing drivers, Alex Yoong ranks 871 out of 1,080. Before him are Larry Perkins, José María López, Max Papis, Toshi Arai, Alex Tagliani, and Danica Patrick. After him are Hiroshi Aoyama, Julien Ingrassia, Esteban Tuero, Ferdinand Zvonimir von Habsburg, Johnny Boyd, and Andy Sutcliffe.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1976, Alex Yoong ranks 498. Before him are Tatsuhiko Kubo, Robert James-Collier, Ken Liu, Cătălin Hîldan, Jacqueline Aguilera, and Hanno Möttölä. After him are Martin Helme, Alberto Entrerríos, Brett Gelman, Rory Delap, Michael Greis, and László Bodrogi.

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In Malaysia

Among people born in Malaysia, Alex Yoong ranks 59 out of 90. Before him are Tony Fernandes (1964), Mazlan Othman (1951), Subkhiddin Mohd Salleh (1966), Henry Golding (1987), Noordin Mohammad Top (1968), and Penny Wong (1968). After him are Fish Leong (1978), Angelica Lee (1976), Mario Miranda (1926), Rashid Sidek (1968), Guy Sebastian (1981), and Nisha Ayub (1979).

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Among RACING DRIVERS In Malaysia

Among racing drivers born in Malaysia, Alex Yoong ranks 1. After him are Fairuz Fauzy (1982).

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