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Gary Paffett

1981 - Today

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Gary James Paffett (born 24 March 1981 in Bromley) is a British former racing driver. Having become a household name in the DTM, following fifteen years in the series and two championship wins, Paffett moved onto Formula E for the 2018/19 championship, after it was announced in 2017 that Mercedes would no longer be taking part in DTM. Paffett was also a test driver for the Williams Formula One team, having previously worked in a similar role at McLaren for a number of years, during the team's successful title winning years. Paffett progressed through the ranks of karting and junior formulae in the United Kingdom, winning the McLaren Autosport BRDC Award in 1999. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Gary Paffett has received more than 193,860 page views. His biography is available in 22 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 21 in 2019). Gary Paffett is the 904th most popular racing driver (down from 858th in 2019), the 6,610th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 6,148th in 2019) and the 163rd most popular British Racing Driver.

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  • 190k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 44.48

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 22

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 6.16

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.16

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among RACING DRIVERS

Among racing drivers, Gary Paffett ranks 904 out of 1,080. Before him are Thomas Lüthi, Alain Menu, Art Bisch, Craig Breen, Pietro Fittipaldi, and Luca Marini. After him are Sergey Sirotkin, Guanyu Zhou, François Duval, Manuel Poggiali, Kevin Cogan, and Joey Logano.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1981, Gary Paffett ranks 545. Before him are Kristin Størmer Steira, Tomasz Majewski, Shinjirō Koizumi, Yann Genty, Jay Ryan, and Julian de Guzman. After him are Fabiana Murer, Jonathan Taylor Thomas, Agustín Orión, Meagan Good, Lauren Kate, and Abdullo Tangriev.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Gary Paffett ranks 6,610 out of 8,785. Before him are Drew McIntyre (1985), Angel Coulby (1980), Jeffrey Dunn (1961), Chris Woods (1959), Nathan Baker (1991), and Jimmy Case (1954). After him are Squarepusher (1975), Michail Antonio (1990), Chris Sutton (1973), Jemima Kirke (1985), Dominic Solanke (1997), and Miles Millar (1967).

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Among RACING DRIVERS In United Kingdom

Among racing drivers born in United Kingdom, Gary Paffett ranks 163. Before him are Dave Morgan (1944), Damien Magee (1945), Andy Sutcliffe (1947), Paul di Resta (1986), Cal Crutchlow (1985), and Ken Downing (1917). After him are Kris Meeke (1979), Elfyn Evans (1988), Jolyon Palmer (1991), Max Chilton (1991), Will Stevens (1991), and James Toseland (1980).

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