Autosport 2022 Top 50: #35 Jose Maria Lopez
3rd in World Endurance Championship; 2nd in Le Mans 24 Hours
Top 50 Drivers of 2022
Autosport's team of expert journalists got together to try to assess who were the top 50 drivers of 2022. Here are the results.
Should a driver whose mistake at the Sebring WEC opener resulted in a DNF really be this high in the list? Yes, if you consider the way the Argentinian performed under pressure at Le Mans in June.
Lopez’s seat at Toyota was under threat, but he produced his best performance of the season. He was the quickest of the trio in the second-placed #7 Toyota over the full distance, more than two tenths up on Kobayashi. In the race’s final third when #7 was playing catch-up, he was head and shoulders clear at the top of the Toyota pack. Top drivers perform when the chips are down.
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