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02 January 2013
A look back at the ten most read F1 news stories from the 2012 season on Crash.net
Crash.net's Top 10 F1 stories of the year
With the curtain having come down on 2012 and the countdown to the start of the 2013 F1 season now well underway, we figured it was a good time to look back at the top ten F1 news stories from the past twelve months here on Crash.net.

The story that got most of your attention was surrounding who earned what during 2012, but Lewis Hamilton, Sebastian Vettel, Kimi Raikkonen and Maria de Villota were all drivers who got you reading over the past season.

The top ten most read news articles from 2012 can be found below…


1. F1 2012 driver salaries revealed - 3 June
The annual list of F1 salaries has again been published, with Fernando Alonso again leading the way, while Sebastian Vettel is down in joint fourth, taking home the same as the likes of his team-mate, Mark Webber, as well as Nico Rosberg and current struggler, Felipe Massa…

2. Full extent of de Villota injuries revealed - 4 July
The latest statement issued by the Marussia F1 team following Maria de Villota's accident in testing at Duxford Airfield does not make for happy reading, revealing the extent of the injuries suffered by the Spanish driver…

3. Hamilton bids final farewell to special team - 23 October
Lewis Hamilton has taken advantage of the brief interlude in F1's hectic run towards Interlagos by returning to say goodbye to behind the scenes members of the team that nurtured him to world championship success…

4. And now the cracks begin to show… - 8 October

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