A year is a long time to fight for something. But to stand on the top of that podium as the best in your motorsport discipline is a fight which results in the champagne tasting so much sweeter than it ever has. It's time to choose which one of these champions is the best of them all.
Formula One World Championship: Sebastian Vettel
World Rally Championship: Sebastien Loeb
FIA GT1 World Championship: Andrea Bertolini / Michael Bartels
World Touring Car Championship: Yvan Muller
NASCAR Sprint Cup: Jimmie Johnson
DTM: Paul De Resta
Dakar Rally: Carlos Sainz / Lucas Cruz
24 Hours of Nürburgring: Jörg Müller / Augusto Farfus / Uwe Alzen / Pedro Lamy
Formula Drift: Vaughn Gittin Jr.
D1GP: Youichi Imamura
24 Hours of Le Mans LMP1: Mike Rockenfeller / Timo Bernhard / Romain Dumas
Race of Champions: Filipe Albuquerque
World Time Attack Challenge: Eiji "Tarzan" Yamada
Tsukuba Super Lap Battle: Kikuchi Yasushi
Time Attack Series Pro Champion: Gareth Lloyd
NHRA Top Fuel: Larry Dixon
NHRA Funny Car: John Force
NHRA Pro Stock: Gred Anderson
NHRA Pro Mod: Von Smith
JDM All Stars: Luke Fink
FIA European GT3 Championship: Marco Holzer / Paul van Splunteren
24 Hours of Daytona: João Barbosa / Terry Borcheller / Ryan Dalziel / Mike Rockenfeller
Le Mans Series: Stéphane Sarrazin
American Le Mans Series LMP: Simone Pagenaud / David Brabham
American Le Mans Series GT2: Patrick Long / Jörg Bergmeister
IndyCar Series: Dario Franchitti
British Touring Car Championship: Jason Plato
Australian Supercar V8 Championship: James Courtney
Super GT GT-500: Takashi Kogure / Loïc Duval
Super GT GT-300: Kazuki Hoshino / Masataka Yanagida
NASCAR Nationwide: Brad Keselowski
GP2: Pastor Maldonado
Formula Nippon: João Paulo de Oliveira
Redline Time Attack Super Modified AWD: Jeff Westphal
Stock Car Brasil: Max Wilson
Superlap Battle: David Empringham
Pro Drift Ireland: James Deane
X Games: Tanner Foust
IRC: Juho Hänninen / Mikko Markkula
Rally America: Antoine L'Estage
TC2000: Norberto Fontana
So who is the best of the best then? Leave a comment with your choice.
OFFICIAL SPEEDHUNTERS SUPPLIERS
Formula One World Championship: Sebastian Vettel
Vettel hands down. the guy deserved it.
Tarzan Yamada
Tarzan for sure
Haters gonna hate, but... Sebatian Vettel. I feel he's had the roughest year with many ups and downs so he deserves it.
gonna vote for our local star shouldnt we? so JAMES COURTNEY please...
Sebastian Vettel!
Sebastian Loeb
Fink
The RB6 was too much better than everyone else to give Vettel this award. He's a victim of his own teams success. His own teammate had an equal number of wins. Vaughn Gitten Jr. had a field of MF'n beasts to beat to get his title.
Kikuchi Yasushi
Sebastian Vettel
Sebastian Vettel
24 Hours of Le Mans LMP1: Mike Rockenfeller / Timo Bernhard / Romain Dumas. They won a race they never had a shot at.
PS: Vettel will never be my champion of the year; in order to become that he would have had to annihalate the field with that car. By far the best car, but he was unable to lose his teammate and to build up a solid lead. A worthy champion? Yes. Champion of the Year? No f-in way.
I'll say it. Vaughn Gittin Jr.
Dude came out hungry and took em all by storm. New Sponsors, Championship win, tons of face time from Ford, this was his year.
Tarzan Yamada
Vaughn Gitten easily. It was probably the most competitive FD championship i've seen in a while with Gitten, Daijiro Yoshihara and Tanner Faust all mathematically in the hunt for the championship.
2nd place would go to Jimmie Johnson, nobody has won that many NASCAR championships in a row, and the fact that he won the championship in the last race of the championship was just a great comeback from early in the chase
I'm not adding Vettel only because Mark Webber basically handed him the title after crashing out at the Korean GP and being unusually off pace at the Abu Dubai GP. I have a distinct feeling that someone at Red Bull Racing went to Webber and told him that if Vettel has a chance to win that he should let him, which is unfortunate because I like Webber more than I like Vettel. Webber can keep his coll and doesn't seem to whine as much as Vettel during the season.
fink !
It may not be listed but Chris Billedo has my vote. Redline Time Attack ENT FWD Champion and Rookie of the Year this year. He seriously has amazed me with his talent. His car is his daily and runs with a small team. He has a great personality and in my opinion should also be voted for Personality of the year. This is his facebook. Www.facebook.com/chrisbilledo
Filipe Albuquerque
By far Sebastien Loeb and Mike Rockenfeller / Timo Bernhard / Romain Dumas. Loeb once again just dominated and the Audi team got a 1-2-3 finish at Le Mans when everyone wrote them off.
LUKE FINK, For being current Drift Australia Champion and JDM All-stars Europe/UK drift champion
for taking me (his gf) all over the world with him to compete in every drift event he could get his hands on, because he knows how to keep drifting fun which at the end of the day is what its all about.. He didnt want me to miss out on any achievement he succeeded in and thats what makes him awesome!
He can jump in to ANY CAR AND DRIFT IT NO MATTER WHAT
For his dedication and love for the sport he really deserves this. He did this all WITHOUT MAJOR SPONSORS and little finances just help from friends and family..
FINK FTW
<3
LUKE FINK......
Sebastian Vettel
FINK FTW
World Rally Championship: Sebastien Loeb
Luke fink for sure, because even without big sponsorships etc.. Showed what hard work and determination can be done by the average person, and proved by not just aust drift championship but jdm all stars as well
Sebastian Vettel
World Time Attack Challenge: Eiji "Tarzan" Yamada
FINK
gittin jr. .... vettel sucks
X Games: Tanner Foust
Sebastian Vettel ^ you suck
Fink
Fink !!
Albuquerque, because he beated all the great champions, despite being the underdog. Further more, 5 years ago he was ditched by RedBull in favour of Vettel and now he showed he´s just has good, or better than him.
GP2: Pastor Maldonado
Sebastien Loeb, nobody's proven themselves a true great as much as he has.
Mike Rockenfeller / Timo Bernhard / Romain Dumas
Filipe Albuquerque
Vettel, because it´s F1, and nothing else comes close in driving requirements.
But, after Fink´s girlfriend's post, I almost voted for him. Good for him.
i love drifting and everything about it - luke fink
if i could have a second answer tho would be jason plato because i was there at brands hatch that day supporting him in the pits
Filipe Alburquerque, he his after all, champion of champions.
Plato or Vettel.
British touring cars has some of the best racing on the planet, plato truely deserved it!
This years formula 1 season was epic, 4 people going into the last race with a shout of the championship!? Vettel just got on with it, spot on!
24 Hours of Le Mans LMP1: Mike Rockenfeller / Timo Bernhard / Romain Dumas
Sebastien Vettel
Jason Plato
Fink - JDM Allstars
James Courtney looks like hes about to chuck that trophy at someone haha
my personal congrats go to the Vodafone Maserati team.
hard work this year. the points battle was almost as close as F1 this year.
Bill Caswell!!!!!
World Rally Championship: Sebastien Loeb
Antoine L'Estage
Sebastian Vettel
Sebastian Vettel
Seb Loeb
its a tough call but its Paul De Resta
Luke fink!
SPEEDHUNTERS READ PLEASE: Max Wilson picture is extremely wrong, that picture is from a Argentinian Super2000 Ford Focus, this is the correct image for Max Wilson: http://www.encontracarros.com/upload/stock-car/max-wilson.jpg
Aaaaand, my vote goes to ROC Champion, Filipe Albuquerque!
gittin.
he owned all of those people after him through pure skill.
vettel was amazing. but he didnt win it. alonso lost it.
Sebastian Vettel
Luke Fink
24 Hours of Le Mans LMP1
vettel without question
Vettel. Loeb is amazing but Vettel pulled the title off so beautifully in Abu Dhabi.
Pro Drift Ireland: James Deane
Vettel. Hands down.
Sebastian Vettel
Vaughn Gittin JR
Fink fo sho
Luke Fink
Carlos Sainz and Lucas Cruz
Sure, It Sebastian Vettel
Stock Car Brasil: Max Wilson
Vettel
X Games: Tanner Foust
JR
Mark Webber
But seriously James Courtney
Jason Plato
Sebastien Loeb always.
Also, PORSCHE, F YEAH. GT2 and GT3. Again. Porsche Porsche Porsche.
I'm a hardcore F1 fan, and I would automatically vote who ever it was automatically....except Sabastian Vettel. Although he was all around the fastest person out there, he was in a superior chassis and couldn't turn poles into victories. On top of that, name one good overtaking move that he made for position this year...anyone?
to cut my rant short, I'm just going to say Paul De Resta
Mike Rockenfeller for winning the 24hrs of Le Mans and 24hrs of Daytona in the same year.
Sebastian Loeb
Nice list but its gotta be
Sebastian Vettel
Nice list but its gotta be
Sebastian Vettel
Luke fink
Carlos "The Master" Sainz
Super GT GT-500: Takashi Kogure / Loïc Duval
Vaughn Gitten Jr
Sebastian Vettel
Kikuchi Yasushi
jimmie johnson - 5 time consecutive champ!
D1GP: Youichi Imamura. A lot of drifting talent from watching his onboard footage.
Loeb - 7 WRC championships in a row - he's faced down greats like Makkinen, McRae (RIP!!), Sainz, Gronholm, Solberg, and new challengers like Hirvonen, Sordo, Wilson, sent upstarts like Sarrazin running to other series, shown "F1 champions/superstars" like Kimi how to race, and out-drifted guys like Tanner/Block across all surfaces.
Call me when the other guys show such dominance
LUKE FINK
Luke Fink
FINK
AUS - Check
Europe - Check
USA - Watch out!
Luke Fink is one of the nicest dudes i have met!
Hugo
simple. LUKE FINK
LUKE FINK
Le Mans Series: Stéphane Sarrazin
it has to be luke fink what a year
NASCAR Sprint Cup: Jimmie Johnson
Sebastian Vettel!
Vettel.
X Games: Tanner Foust
Vettel Vettel Vettel
Maybe split this up into NA, EU, UK, JP? Kinda random poll here.
Youichi Imamura
LUKE FINK YO!!!!
luke who
LUKE FINK
Dakar Rally: Carlos Sainz / Lucas Cruz
Jeff Westphal. For doing so much with so little.
Luke Fink
Sebastien Loeb of course!
Sébastien Loeb ! best rally driver ever...
Patrick Long / Jörg Bergmeister
Paul De Resta
Formula One World Championship: Sebastian Vettel
Sebastian Vettel
Vettel hands down.
Luke Fink!!
Formula Drift: Vaughn Gittin Jr.
This year was definitely his year! The new Mustang, more sponsors, many 1st places...
Vaughn Gittin Jr.
Sebastian Vettel
F1 as the highest end of motorsport takes this hands down, so I say Sebastian Vettel. So much pressure lays on the shoulders of the drivers, and with all of this they still have to drive as brilliant as ever. I wish it were still the 80s and 90s though. I miss the real Senna
Vettel
Loeb...
Seriously? World Rally Championship: Sebastien Loeb
Sebastien Loeb
Vettel. Hands down, to those who don't follow the whole season, the DNF's he had could have blew everyone off the standings. Race after race, he was dominating everyone, especially towards the end of the season when it mattered the most.
Formula One World Championship: Sebastian Vettel
Sebastien Loeb
of course!
Sebastian Vettel
luke fink ftmfw, the man is a legend and an awesome drifter!!
luke fink
Tarzan byfar!
And anyone who votes for drifters is an automotive ignorant and a faggot.
Jimmie Johnson
Gotta be Luke Fink!!
Drift-Star All Star!!!
Luke Fink.
Formula One World Championship: Sebastian Vettel
the pics of Stock Car Brasil and TC2000 are inverted!
the king of rally: sebastien loeb!!!!!!!!!
LUKE FINK!
fernando alonso is the best
7 world titles in a row for seb is no mean feat but vettel's was abit more exciting
PEDRO LAMY, JOÃO BARBOSA OR THE AMAZING FILIPE ALBUQUERQUE!!!
Youichi Imamura FTW!
Sebastien Loeb...for making rally look easy one more year
vettel ... just the best finish i have ever seen (and the worst from alonso)
Sebastian Vettel
Sebastian Vettel
Sebastian Vettel
Prodrit Ireland James Deane
Sebastian Vettel by far
James Deane or Jimmie Johnson
Andrea Bertolini
Formula One World Championship: Sebastian Vettel
Loeb!!! 7 times!
Loeb, quite easily. 7th championship in a row? The guy deserves this.
LUKE FINK FTW
for his shear determination to be at JDM Allstars driving for days from spain to compete
for pushing every other driver to up their game to try and match the madman
for doing it all with a very minimal budget
and for having fun doing it
Tanner Foust
I think it's funny how Tanner Foust who has had an amazing year overall (best person on American topgear, good finish in Formula D, good rally runs etc) Yet almost no one voted for him. Not saying he should win but... atleast a few votes?
To give further advantage: Sebastian Vettel
Jason Plato
World Rally Championship: Sebastien Loeb
Dakar Rally: Carlos Sainz / Lucas Cruz
Sebastien Loeb for sure
Luke Fink
Luke Fink JDM allstars
The pictures of TC200 and Brazil Stock Car are inverted
World Time Attack Challenge: Eiji "Tarzan" Yamada
FINK! With his stupid commitment to getting to Manchester JDM, pure fucking heroicism.
Formula One World Championship: Sebastian Vettel
fink deserves it such a drift freak
Sebastian Vettel for sure!
Once again SH fails to recognise the largest and most competitive drift championship in the UK/Europe.
Won by Phil Morrison from Driftworks who had to win the final event/battle to take the title.
The largest and most competitive championship in the UK/Europe.
The British Drift Championship.
Seb Loeb gets my vote in your list.
FINK!!!!!
you are leaving out the 24hrs of lemons champ.
Filipe Albuquerque... ROC Champion!
Vettel end of!
Jason Plato
Sebastien Loeb
I vote for Vaughn Gittin JR
Luke fink he is king
Fink
Anyone with the last name Muller!!
World Rally Championship: Sebastien Loeb
Fcuk Vettel.
Fink!
Luke Fink
Sebastian Vettel..........
Luke Fink - he was unbelievable this year.
Formula Drift: Vaughn Gittin Jr.
Luke Fink for sure
In TC2000, the picture is wrong.. this is Ricardo Mauricio.. him is Norberto Fontana http://www.clarin.com/deportes/DESAHOGO-Norberto-TC-Quinteros-Especial_CLAIMA20101205_0134_4.jpg
WRC champion Sebastian Loeb
Luke Fink
i bet you some drifter is gonna win this too, more than likely a drifter that uses a stang lol....
my vote goes to WELTMEISTER SEBASTIAN VETTEL 2010 WOOOOOOOOOO
Irc: Juho Hänninen, Flying Finns.
vettel
Drifters? really? you call that "winning"?... This list, and the ricers voting in it, are pathetic...
Sebastian Vettel
Vettel. F1 rulez.
Seb Loeb!! AGAIN!
It's gotta go to John Force! To come back from such a serious injury and win it all in the last 2 rounds of the last race of the season? That's the stuff of legend!
Its a hard but Im gonna say johnson 5 in a row will never happen agen. Mike Rocenfeller is the best enduranse driver, and Vettel is the best F1 driver, this year.
Luke Fink
loeb
Yeah, the Stockcar Brasil and TC200 pics are inverted!
And my vote goes to Jeff Westphal and his Subaru Impreza L!
Luke Fink
Foust beating Block in his his own Gymkhana event?
I'd say tie between JR and Vettel.
JDM All Stars: Luke Fink
You have confused the names of the photos between TC2000: Norberto Fontana and Stock Car Brasil: Max Wilson... The Ford Focus is the one of Norberto Fontana and the last photo is Max Wilson
F1 Champ Sebastian Vettel
And for all of you ranting about superior chassis this or that are full of it. If that was the only case, a F1 vet such as Webber would be the champ. People are such haters these days haha!
Sebastien Loeb. Seeing him on one of your favorite tire-killing road is the only way to understand... And when his car disappears, you're wondering how it is physically possible. Also, he is a true sportman, and a nice guy.
That's way far from Time Attack or Drag racing where the car is the main part of the success. Vettel had some luck, and the fastest machine of the championship, but he has been in danger until the very last minutes.
Sebastian Vettel
albuquerque
Sebastian Vettel, for not leading the championship until the end of the season and winning! incredible and well deserved!
Sebastian Vettel. He deserves it.
Super GT GT-500: Takashi Kogure / Loïc Duval
Sebastian Vettel
Vaughn Gittin Jr! fo sho
Jeff Wesphal! Could he be the next Button? Hmmmm.
For sure Luke Fink about it !
Loeb
Formula One World Championship: Sebastian Vettel
Luke Fink
Sebastien Loeb
Sebastian Vettel
Vaughn Jr., that guy DID IT this year!
Filipe Albuquerquerquerquerque :
for having a absolutely UNspellable name , and coming from absolutely Jack-Sqat to winning the ROC
other shouts go to the lemans trio, Foust , Gittin, Fink and the Super GT winners
vettel all day
24 Hours of Nürburgring: Jörg Müller / Augusto Farfus / Uwe Alzen / Pedro Lamy
Jeff Westphal
luke fink
Vettel.
If he doesn't win, we have some real clowns on here.
Sebastian Vettel
Vaughn Gittin Jr.
JR!!!!!!!!, VAUGHN GITTIN JR FOR PRESIDENT !!!!
Vaughn Gittin Jr.
Jimmie Johnson, 5 titles in a row!
Luke Fink
Vaughn Gittin Jr.
Sebastian Vettel
Vaughn Gittin Jr.
Sebastian Vettel el mejor
Seb Loeb !
LUKE FINK is that true champion of the year! fletel is one german fag and you all who vote for him more than once are fucking fanboys and cheaters!
Luke Fink
Jimmie Johnson should win hands down. If you look at the champions of the year and compare it statistically there is absolutely no competition. 5 championships in a row in America's largest motorsport, thats really all u got to put in perspective. Jimmie Johnson is the best race car driver currently followed closely by Sebastien Loeb
Jeff Westphal!! All round most well rounded new driver on his way up!
jeff westphal
LUKE FINK !!!!
Sebastien Loeb !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
TARZAN!!YAMADA!!
LUKE FINK!!!
Superlap Battle: David Empringham
World Time Attack Challenge: Eiji "Tarzan" Yamada
Jeff Westphal-not only an incredible driver, but an upcoming hero!!
Vettel
Vettel-
James Courtney
Jimmie Johnson for achieving the impossible.....vettel was amazing, but won only by a whisker and it's his first champinoship
World Rally Championship: Sebastien Loeb
Sebastien Loeb
Bill Caswell -- He represents what racing is all about.
Luke Fink definitely he is the best of the best
vaughn gitting jr!!
Sebastian Vettel.
vaughn gitten jr!!! the champ
Felipe Albuquerque
Vettel FTW!!
Loeb!
Jeff Westphal -- GST Motorsports
Tanner Faust
With podium finishes in EVERY race except one, Vaughn Gittin Jr. is EASILY the winner here
Sebastian Vettel.
Antoine L'estage
I'm torn between Vettel and Loeb!
But the truth is that they ALL rock! Winners and champions ALL!
james courtney if anyone watched the last race they will no why,legend.
Sebastien Loeb
Vaughn Gittin Jr. He's one of the origional American Drifters. Also in his photo it looks almost as if he has a gangster lean going on!
Vaughn Gittin Jr.
Sebastien Loeb is a monster alien robot.
Luke Fink, as I have run out of email accounts to fake vote him up with.
Sebastian Vettel
Vaughn Gittin JR
James Courtney, great driver
Jeff Westphal!! All round most well rounded new driver on his way up!
Without a doubt, Westphal is the guy to watch.
Jeff Westphal!! All round most well rounded new driver on his way up!
24 Hours of Le Mans LMP1: Mike Rockenfeller / Timo Bernhard / Romain Dumas and real racing needs more TV and radio coverage!
Filipe Albuquerque
Jörg Müller / Augusto Farfus / Uwe Alzen / Pedro Lamy
João Paulo de Oliveira
Joao Paulo de Oliveira. He put down Andre Lotterer and Loic Duval in Japan.
Great driver, not much talked about
Fink
Luke FInk
The travelling drift Nomad who continued the tradition of Aussies whooping the Pommies!!!!
Formula One World Championship: Sebastian Vettel
WRC: Sebastien Loeb [Allez SEB]
WRC: Sebastien Loeb [Allez SEB]
Vaughn Gittin Jr.
1. Loeb
2. Vettel
Such a tight battle
vettel is the most deserving on this line up.
Eiji "Tarzan" Yamada
JImmie Jhonson 4 time champ comes from behind to win 5 in a row. thats an exclusive club in all of Motorsports
albuquerque. i dont even know where he races full time, but that asswhopping at roc, makes him the best this year
Jeff Westphal - The guy went all year long as the G-STig and nobody knew his identity until he revealed himself the second to last round. First year in time attack, first year behind the wheel of that car and he turned A LOT of heads with a team/car that is the definition of grassroots. That whole team collectively became their own personality this year.
Jeff Westphal - Redline Time Attack Champion. He's up and coming in the race scene. Keep watching him. He'll amaze you!
JEFF WESTPHAL!!!!!!
Sebastian Loeb
Vettel
Courtney and Fink in a tie.