RACING DRIVER

Marco Simoncelli

1987 - 2011

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Marco Simoncelli (Italian pronunciation: [ˈmarko simonˈtʃɛlli]; 20 January 1987 – 23 October 2011), nicknamed Sic (Italian: [ˈsitʃ]), was an Italian professional motorcycle racer. He competed in the MotoGP World Championship for 10 years from 2002 to 2011. He started in the 125cc class before moving up to the 250cc class in 2006. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Marco Simoncelli has received more than 1,535,745 page views. His biography is available in 43 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 42 in 2019). Marco Simoncelli is the 293rd most popular racing driver (up from 326th in 2019), the 3,370th most popular biography from Italy (down from 3,261st in 2019) and the 57th most popular Italian Racing Driver.

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    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

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    Languages Editions (L)

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    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.79

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among RACING DRIVERS

Among racing drivers, Marco Simoncelli ranks 293 out of 1,080. Before him are Aguri Suzuki, Teo Fabi, Timo Mäkinen, Bruno Ruffo, Ernesto Prinoth, and Arthur Legat. After him are Heikki Kovalainen, Geoff Duke, Oscar Larrauri, Rudi Fischer, Dani Pedrosa, and John Love.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1987, Marco Simoncelli ranks 45. Before him are Luiz Gustavo, Sergio Romero, Rosie Huntington-Whiteley, José Callejón, Iago Aspas, and Afrojack. After him are Hilary Duff, Jan Vertonghen, Michael B. Jordan, Daniel Noboa, Ana Ivanovic, and Hatem Ben Arfa. Among people deceased in 2011, Marco Simoncelli ranks 256. Before him are Harry Morgan, Peter Post, John Patrick Foley, Abderrahmane Mahjoub, John Stott, and Inge Sørensen. After him are Moacyr Scliar, Gil Scott-Heron, Anna Massey, Géza Alföldy, James L. Elliot, and Alenush Terian.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Marco Simoncelli ranks 3,370 out of 5,161. Before him are Bruno Ruffo (1920), Ernesto Prinoth (1923), Francesco Alidosi (1455), Renato Zero (1950), Giulio Bizzozero (1846), and Domenico Morelli (1826). After him are Giuseppe Pitrè (1841), Annibale Frossi (1911), Unruoch III of Friuli (840), Vittorio Sella (1859), Luis Durnwalder (1941), and Enrico Maria Salerno (1926).

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Among RACING DRIVERS In Italy

Among racing drivers born in Italy, Marco Simoncelli ranks 57. Before him are Piercarlo Ghinzani (1952), Clemente Biondetti (1898), Mauro Baldi (1954), Teo Fabi (1955), Bruno Ruffo (1920), and Ernesto Prinoth (1923). After him are Consalvo Sanesi (1911), Lamberto Leoni (1953), Giovanni Lavaggi (1958), Siegfried Stohr (1952), Piero Carini (1921), and Miki Biasion (1958).

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