RACING DRIVER

Justin Wilson

1978 - 2015

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Justin Boyd Wilson (31 July 1978 – 24 August 2015) was a British professional open-wheel racing driver who competed in Formula One (F1) in 2003, the Champ Car World Series (CCWS) from 2004 to 2007 and the IndyCar Series from 2008 to 2015. He won the first Formula Palmer Audi (FPA) in 1998, the International Formula 3000 Championship (IF3000) with Nordic Racing in 2001, and co-won the 2012 24 Hours of Daytona for Michael Shank Racing. Wilson began karting at the age of eight and achieved consistent results, before progressing to car racing in the Formula Vauxhall Championship. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Justin Wilson has received more than 69,062 page views. His biography is available in 28 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 27 in 2019). Justin Wilson is the 681st most popular racing driver (down from 580th in 2019), the 5,359th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 4,676th in 2019) and the 114th most popular British Racing Driver.

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  • 69k

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  • 49.88

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 28

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.51

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.91

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among RACING DRIVERS

Among racing drivers, Justin Wilson ranks 681 out of 1,080. Before him are Jean-Christophe Boullion, Willi Heeks, David Piper, Troy Bayliss, Pat O'Connor, and Steve O'Rourke. After him are Christian Klien, Frank Armi, Stéphane Sarrazin, Lance Stroll, Pat Flaherty, and Colin Edwards.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1978, Justin Wilson ranks 259. Before him are Bebe, Benji Gregory, Yuji Nakazawa, Leandro Cufré, Emilio Palma, and Jagoba Arrasate. After him are Alesha Dixon, Marco Fu, Simone Barone, Roger Grimau, Wilfred Bouma, and Helen Tanger. Among people deceased in 2015, Justin Wilson ranks 457. Before him are Colette Marchand, Toller Cranston, Jiří Hledík, Miroslav Poljak, Kim Fowley, and Josefa Francisco. After him are Abdelhamid Abaaoud, Nek Chand, Eduardo Bonvallet, Ernie Banks, Amelia Boynton Robinson, and Marisa Del Frate.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Justin Wilson ranks 5,359 out of 8,785. Before him are Clare Higgins (1955), Shaun Evans (1980), Polly Samson (1962), Steve O'Rourke (1940), Mark Drakeford (1954), and Jan Morris (1926). After him are Alesha Dixon (1978), Sajid Javid (1969), Alan Mullery (1941), George Windsor, Earl of St Andrews (1962), Anne Reid (1935), and Mel Smith (1952).

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Among RACING DRIVERS In United Kingdom

Among racing drivers born in United Kingdom, Justin Wilson ranks 114. Before him are Eric Brandon (1920), Colin Davis (1933), George Russell (1998), Ron Flockhart (1923), David Piper (1930), and Steve O'Rourke (1940). After him are Jack Fairman (1913), Leslie Marr (1922), Alexander Albon (1996), Dick Gibson (1918), David Hobbs (1939), and John Crichton-Stuart, 7th Marquess of Bute (1958).

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