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Gregor Foitek

1965 - Today

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Gregor Foitek (German pronunciation: [ˈɡʁeːɡoːɐ̯ ˈfo.iːtɛk]; born 27 March 1965) is a Swiss former racing driver. He won the 1986 Swiss Formula 3 Championship. Moving up to Formula 3000 he was widely blamed for causing a race-stopping crash at Brands Hatch in 1988, the restart of which led to a second major crash on the first lap in which Johnny Herbert sustained major leg injuries. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Gregor Foitek has received more than 60,706 page views. His biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia. Gregor Foitek is the 671st most popular racing driver (down from 670th in 2019), the 671st most popular biography from Switzerland (down from 603rd in 2019) and the 20th most popular Swiss Racing Driver.

Memorability Metrics

  • 61k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 42.30

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 20

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 6.45

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.89

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Gregor Foiteks by language

Over the past year Gregor Foitek has had the most page views in the with 7,842 views, followed by German (2,795), and Japanese (2,609). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Slovenian (78.57%), Persian (78.14%), and Latvian (62.29%)

Among RACING DRIVERS

Among racing drivers, Gregor Foitek ranks 671 out of 1,080. Before him are Warwick Brown, George Russell, Sam Hanks, Domenico Schiattarella, Rudolf Schoeller, and Renato Pirocchi. After him are Bob Sweikert, Art Cross, Ron Flockhart, Jean-Christophe Boullion, Willi Heeks, and David Piper.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1965, Gregor Foitek ranks 436. Before him are Pata, Marguerite MacIntyre, Rei Sakuma, Karel Nováček, Brad Armstrong, and Wakana Yamazaki. After him are Jam Master Jay, Henrik Andersen, Terry Richardson, Keiji Inafune, Goldie, and Tyler Bates.

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In Switzerland

Among people born in Switzerland, Gregor Foitek ranks 671 out of 1,015. Before him are Walter Schneiter (1918), Ludovic Magnin (1979), Oscar Camenzind (1971), Adrian Knup (1968), Ricardo Rodríguez (1992), and Denis Oswald (1947). After him are Taulant Xhaka (1991), Max Bloesch (1908), Otto Licha (1912), Fabio Celestini (1975), Bob Lutz (1932), and Gregor Kobel (1997).

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Among RACING DRIVERS In Switzerland

Among racing drivers born in Switzerland, Gregor Foitek ranks 20. Before him are Heini Walter (1927), Loris Kessel (1950), Peter Hirt (1910), Jean-Denis Délétraz (1963), Ottorino Volonterio (1917), and Sébastien Buemi (1988). After him are Jean-Claude Rudaz (1942), Thomas Lüthi (1986), Alain Menu (1963), Marcel Fässler (1976), Dominique Aegerter (1990), and Edoardo Mortara (1987).

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