The best rally drivers of AFRICA – ASIA – EUROPE - OCEANIA - MIDDLE EAST - NORTH AMER

[Riccardoluca]

Every continent and every nation in motorsport and rallying in particular has its champions and very often there are many, but it has always been hard to determine who is the NUMBER 1, because the rally drivers of a nation or a continent do not always compete in the same national or continental championships. It becomes impossible to establish who is the first, because the leagues are different, the standings are multiple and drawn with scores and criteria which are different and not homogeneous. From January 1st, 2010, the World Rally Ranking establishes with transparent and objective criteria the world ranking of rally drivers and codrivers. This is the ranking, obtained based on the results obtained by each individual rally driver in the international events entered in the FIA calendar. The ranking is updated at today, Wednesday September 7th 2011. The drivers who have obtained the right to enter the World Rally Ranking are currently 1,592.
AFRICA



1
RAUTENBACH CONRAD
ZIMBABWE
Pt 1120
2
WHYTE JAMES
ZIMBABWE
Pt 960
3
DETHISE ALAIN
BURUNDI
Pt 392
ASIA



1
GAURAV GILL
INDIA
Pt 896
2
FAN FAN
CHINA
Pt 740
3
UDHAYA MUHAMMAD RAFIQ
MALAYSIA
Pt 672
EUROPE



1
LOEB SEBASTIEN
FRANCE
Pt 7155
2
HIRVONEN MIKKO
FINLAND
Pt 6315
3
SOLBERG PETTER
NORWAY
Pt 5715
OCEANIA



1
PADDON HAYDEN
NEW ZELAND
Pt 1563
2
ATKINSON CHRIS
AUSTRALIA
Pt 1171
3
GREEN BRIAN
NEW ZELAND
Pt 808
MIDDLE EAST



1
AL ATTIYAH NASSER
QATAR
Pt 2950
2
AL QASSIMI KHALID
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES
Pt 2694
3
AL QASSIMI ABDULLA
SAUDI ARABIA
Pt 1909
NORTH AMERICA



1
BLOCK KEN
USA
Pt 1710
2
GUERRA BENITO
MEXICO
Pt 735
3
TRIVINO RICARDO
MEXICO
Pt 648
SOUTH AMERICA



1
VILLAGRA FEDERICO
ARGENTINA
Pt 2915
2
FUCHS NICOLAS
PERU’
Pt 1475
3
ORLANDINI RAUL
PERU’
Pt 1158
The IRDA World Rally Ranking IRDA contains all the results from January 1st, 2010 to date of all the drivers and codrivers of all nations in all the events worldwide enterd in the FIA International Sporting Calendar. To see all the standings of the world rally ranking please visit the www.worldrallyranking.com (http://www.worldrallyranking.com/) website. The official World Rally Ranking page on Facebook can be found at the address:

[N.O.T]

LOL...

No, sorry...

[dimviii]

LOL...

No, sorry...

+1

[Francis44]

I have to say that the European top is a bit funny.

[Doug Woods]

Come on, the whole thing is bogus. It is based on FIA events, not driving skill.

[Mitch555]

From January 1st, 2010, the World Rally Ranking establishes with transparent and objective criteria the world ranking of rally drivers and codrivers.
The IRDA World Rally Ranking IRDA contains all the results from January 1st, 2010 to date of all the drivers and codrivers of all nations in all the events worldwide enterd in the FIA International Sporting Calendar.

Yeah this is a very valid system... From 2010 to now? And only FIA International Calendar? That is just not even worth looking at I'm sorry, as it is by no means a decent way of ranking drivers. In order to do it properly, you need ridiculous amounts of data from national championships as well, and a mathematical formula in order to weight all these performances accordingly. From my own personal knowledge, Asia, Pacific and North America are wrong. You are partially ranking a bunch of cashed up privateers, who can afford to do every round.

I'm guessing the points system is accumulative as well, rather than taking into account performance on each rally.

No offence to some drivers, but Fan Fan, Udhaya and Brian Green are certainly not at the same speed as other drivers in their region. It's just the fact that they do most of the APRC rallies. In Asia, there is Katsu Taguchi, Toshi Arai, Rifat Sungkar, Subhan Aksa, Karamjit Singh, and the current Malaysian champion (name escapes me...). Fan Fan and Udhaya are certainly not bad by any means, yet aren't in the same bracket. In the Pacific, Brian Green is 60 to 70 years old! Yet there is no room for Cody Crocker, Simon Evans, Brendan Reeves, Nathan Quinn, Mark Tapper, Chris West, Richard Mason, Emma Gilmour, Jean Louis Leyraud... even if it is going off FIA events, Reeves, Quinn and Mason should be higher.

[Mark]

Usually if you want to advertise you pay me like everyone else.

[Daniel]

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Has anyone gone to that site? Apparently the top rallying country is..... wait for it.... Italy!!!!! Followed by the Czech Republic and followed by Finland and then France.

I wonder if the ratings system is flawed?