GP2 » GP2 Driver of the Year vote: 8th

20 December 2012
You voted Tom Dillmann into 8th place in Crash.net's GP2 Driver of the Year poll!
GP2 Driver of the Year vote: 8th
Top 10 GP2 Driver of the Year 2012:
8. Tom Dillmann

Birthplace: Mulhouse, France
Birthdate: April 6, 1989
Team: Rapax
2012 starts: 14
Poles: 0
Wins: 1
Podiums: 1
Fastest laps: 0
Championship points: 29
Championship position: 15th
Crash.net GP2 Driver of 2011 position: 9th

Wow! Top marks to the Crash.net voters for recognising real talent, even when his own team and the rest of the GP2 paddock seem oddly oblivious to it when it doesn't have a sufficiently big bag of sponsorship cash attached.

We felt genuinely sorry for the French rookie when his winning performance in the second Bahrain sprint race (adding to an impressive début in the series in the non-championship post-season GP2 Final at Abu Dhabi in 2011) was rewarded with being ousted from his race seat after less than half a season. He managed two encore performances filling in first for an ill Ricardo Teixeira at Valencia and then for a double-booked Daniël de Jong in Germany but that still meant his 2012 topped out at just 14 races despite his race pace and talent clearly showing that he deserved more outings.

Obviously it seems that we're all in agreement and pretty big fans of the Frenchman around here, and it would be great to see him rewarded with a more stable and full-time position in the series in 2013.

Top 10 GP2 Driver of the Year 2012 results so far:

7. Giedo van der Garde
8. Tom Dillmann
9. Max Chilton
10. Marcus Ericsson

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Related Pictures

Tom Dillmann (FRA, Rapax) celebrates his victory on the podium with Luiz Razia (BRA, Arden International) and Davide Valsecchi (ITA, Dams). [World Copyright: Glenn Dunbar/GP2 Media Service.]
Tom Dillmann (FRA, Rapax) on track in Bahrain [World Copyright: Glenn Dunbar/GP2 Media Service.]
Tom Dillmann (FRA, Rapax) in Bahrain. [World Copyright: Alastair Staley/GP2 Media Service.
Tom Dillmann (FRA, Rapax) during day 3 of testing at Barcelona, Spain. Thursday 8th March 2012. [World Copyright: Alastair Staley/GP2 Series Media Service.]
Tom Dillmann (FRA, Rapax) celebrates his victory on the podium. World Copyright: Alastair Staley/GP2 Media Service.
Tom Dillmann (FRA, Russian Time) and Sam Bird (GBR, Russian Time) during qualifying at Sakhir, Bahrain - Friday April 19. (World Copyright: Alastair Staley/GP2 Series Media Service.)
Tom Dillmann (FRA, Russian Time) leads Adrian Quaife-Hobbs (GBR, MP Motorsport) into the first corner on the opening lap of the sprint race at Sakhir, Bahrain - Sunday April 21.. (World Copyright: Glenn Dunbar/GP2 Series Media Service.)
Sam Bird (GBR, Russian Time) and team mate Tom Dillmann (FRA, Russian Time) race for the lead during the opening lap of the sprint race at Sakhir, Bahrain - Sunday April 21. (World Copyright: Alastair Staley/GP2 Series Media Service.)
Tom Dillmann (FRA, Russian Time) before the Saturday feature race at Bahrain International Circuit, Sakhir - April 20, 2013. (World Copyright: Alastair Staley/GP2 Series Media Service.)
Tom Dillmann (FRA, Hilmer Motorsport) on the second day of 2013 GP2 Series Testing at the Circuit de Jerez in Spain. Wednesday 27th February 2013. (Photo copyright: Alastair Staley/GP2 Series Media Service.)
Tom Dillmann (FRA, Hilmer Motorsport). Action. on the second day of 2013 GP2 Series Testing at the Circuit de Jerez in Spain. Wednesday 27th February 2013. (Photo copyright: Alastair Staley/GP2 Series Media Service.)
Tom Dillmann (FRA, Hilmer Motorsport) on the second day of 2013 GP2 Series Testing at the Circuit de Jerez in Spain. Wednesday 27th February 2013. (Photo copyright: Alastair Staley/GP2 Series Media Service.)

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