Formula 1 drivers with most 2nd place race finishes in history

Formula 1 all-time ranking of drivers 2nd place finishes.
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[@tamakin8543]

bottas and barichello with same 2nd places is epic

[@MKF1_official]

Ultimate number 2 drivers? :P

[@kanolightracer5]

Schumi ultimate no.1 driver. Rubens ult no.2 (let MSC pass)and have some speed. Bottas ult no.2 by blocking everyone and even see his mate as enemy if it's not 44 and not enogh balls to drive faster.

[@luukschippers4129]

Dont forget father and son Hill on the exact same

[@Kalki1122]

Max and Britney also the same amount.

[@andrewbailey7999]

I saw the title and my immediate thought was Bottas and Barichello haha

[@frjoethesecond]

It's interesting how Kimi and Fernando are always so close in everything.

[@fiftyin07]

Because more often than not they were both constantly putting mediocre cars on the podium and sometimes wins when the car had no business being there, and when they did have the fastest car, there was another team fighting right there with them (2005-2008)

[@cob-codeofbrawl7668]

@@fiftyin07 or your own team being against you ahem ahem "alonso-mclaren 2007" ahem "kimmi-ferrari 2008"

[@thekoukikid7]

Kimi Raikkonen is Fernando Alonso's greatest rival

[@fernandomanzanares5555]

7:31 here comes Jean Alesi, I guess not too many people expected that. The guy has a ridiculous 32:1 rate of times on the podium vs race wins. Yep, you read that correctly: he stood on the podium 32 times, of which just one was a race win.

[@timmynicolas8729]

Alesi was wdc material for sure. It's a shame ferrari didn't deliver the car they promised him

[@bowlchamps37]

Not really surprising because he had a "chance to get a podium but not good enough to win" car throughout his career.

[@fernandomanzanares5555]

@@bowlchamps37 Still, he missed a number of wins through no fault of his own

[@livesomeday3584]

When Schumacher joined Ferrari in 1996 and he tested the 1995 car,he liked very much the car and was surprised why they didn't win the WC,also he said that it was faster than his title winning Benetton car.And yes,Alesi was driving that car in 1995

[@chrisc475]

The fact that Jim Clark is absent from this list shows how dominant he was. He's always there in the list of winners.

[@MKF1_official]

All or nothing from his side ;)

[@tabstabs1204]

that shows he did not take good care of his car and had a too brutal driving. Look at the number for Graham Hill, 15 second places, who was his team mate for so many years. Clark and Hill both 2X world champion !!

[@rjonesbeau1]

@@tabstabs1204 Not really. Hill took part in 176 Grand Prix. Clark took part in only 73. Clark had more 7 wins and only 2 less podiums when compared with Hill.

[@sangota1618]

@@rjonesbeau1 and were only team in 1967 an the first race of 1968, from 1959 to 1966 Hill drove for BRM while Clark did all his career with Lotus, who where know for being fast but with poor reliability

[@chrisdavidson911]

@@tabstabs1204 clearly, you know nothing about Jim. Those races where Graham finished 2nd, they were probably won by Jim. Jim's tyres lasted longer, brakes lasted longer, he used less fuel, all while going faster. It doesn't show Jim having a bad driving style, that's simply how you've incorrectly interpreted the data. The mechanics who worked on the cars all say you can tell which one is Jim's because compared to the others it still feels new. Jackie Stewart describes him as "He was so smooth, he was so clean, he drove with such finesse. He never bullied a racing car, he sort of caressed it into doing the things he wanted it to do." He also has this; Most races with pole, win, fastest lap, and leading every lap 8 Highest percentage of possible championship points in a season 100% in 1963 and 1965 Highest percentage of laps in the lead in a season 71.47% in 1963

[@anameyoucantremember]

Shoutout to Max Verstappen. Without him, Lewis wouldn't be at the top 😂

[@alejandrop.s.3942]

Schumacher to Hamilton: "won't you even let me be the first second?" Or is actually being second amongst those with most second places the ultimate irony?

[@MKF1_official]

Being second in 2nd places... That hurts :P

[@PAWfessionalTennis]

If I remember correctly Hulkenberg has the third most races without ever winning a race. So at least there he's on the podium. (I think Perez had pushed him off that "podium" but then won in Sakhir

[@Gorillaz578]

Berger was very underrated and Niki is one of the GOATs in this sport. Love it how 2 fellow countrymen made the list, but shows that Gerhard could‘ve been much more sadly.. Greetings from Austria and keep your dedication going mate!

[@knoxharrington666]

Hättihättiwari Berger

[@nemke1990]

Wow! Awesome work,this is very interesting to look at,especially since 2nd place is rarely talked about,when compared to 1st,of course.

[@MKF1_official]

Glad you liked it! Yeah, some things are often forgotten :)

[@F1_Archive]

Most DNF’S would be a good video

[@MKF1_official]

I am working on data for that - but I need still to make some decisions on how to define DNF :)

[@F1_Archive]

@@MKF1_official a crash A retirement Any circumstances that result in the driver not Finishing the race

[@aliaslan2028]

@@F1_Archive agreed but F1 counts it not as a Dnf but you placing 18th or something when you’ve completed a certain percentage of the race. %50 or %70 couldn’t remember

[@MKF1_official]

Yep, exactly that's the complexity added

[@vaclav_fejt]

@@MKF1_official Andrea de Crasheris :D

[@chrisc475]

Nice to see Damon matched his dad 🙂

[@gibospartan6185]

Pretty interesting that Graham Hill and Damon Hill both had 15. Nice to see also some faces usually missing from these vids like Montoya and Cevert.

[@vaclav_fejt]

Oh, yes, Niki Lauda...won the '77 season by being silver most of the time. Consistency. No wonder his pupil Prost has similar stats.

[@yeshuahdenazareth7868]

Prost. 51 times first, 35 times second. Still at the top despite being retired for 28 years. Outstanding. Awesome. Legendary.

[@anameyoucantremember]

Can you do a list of most last places? We need to show Mazepin some love in these dire times

[@DaGuys470]

Imagine being the poor guy with the most 2nd place finishes in Formula 1 ... never mind, it's Lewis Hamilton

[@Nobleazure]

Rubens and Botas both being held back behind the two most dominate drivers, Schumacher and Hamilton.

[@q_rkmghow7083]

Alonso is a fighter.

[@bloqk16]

I've noticed over the past 30 years that the media plays up the prominence of drivers with _podium finishes,_ where in earlier generations of motorsports, finishing second or third was as prominent as for those drivers that finished fifth or tenth. Those drivers not winning were pretty much lumped into the _also-ran_ category, and were not heralded for their runner-up places.

[@KartovOndulevitch]

Interesting comment. I suspect this is caused by Olympicmania.

[@guilhermemesquita3979]

Max already at 10th is fucking inpressive

[@danielbociarski6633]

Damon and Graham hill both with equal 2nd places is oddly poetic

[@marvelgoh5648]

Thumbnail: Sad pepe Results: Number 1 to 6 are world champions

[@whyareyoureadingmynickname8158]

Kudos to Graham Hill for staying in top 15 for 40+ years.

[@KartovOndulevitch]

It BORE me so much to see each stat polluted by drivers with careers extended on steroids (Hamilton-Alonso-Raikkonen-Button) PLUS their hyper safe cars) 🤪🤪🤪🤪😬😬😬

[@Pexbd1003]

Cry me a river

[@CortinasAndClassics]

Could you do most last place finishes?

[@tabstabs1204]

Nice but that would have been better showing unlucky pilots as most 2nd place or most podiums WITHOUT A WIN !!

[@Ruben-to9yk]

Cries in Nick Heidfeld. Never won a GP despite 13 podiums and 8 2nd places which are F1 records.

[@gweah7821]

Jean Alesi’s 1 win compared to his 16 second places stands out as well

[@tabstabs1204]

Heidfeld, Johanson, Amon

[@paranoia3608]

The irony of the 7 time World champs also having the most 2nd places

[@mgrootemaat]

Never lucky implies no race winners in this stat. So...

[@romcomagula9292]

I find it incredibly interesting that not even does Lewis have the most wins in F1 he also has the most 2nd place finishes

[@frozello14]

Driving his whole career with competitive car does that. If someone with Minardi would have won a race that would have been an accomplished!

[@romcomagula9292]

@@frozello14 oh no, anyway...

[@PAWfessionalTennis]

@@frozello14 not just competitive. Competitive AND reliable. The 90s and even early 2000s were much less reliable compared to now

[@manavarjuna1359]

@@frozello14 It's not just that though. Nico was in much less competitive machinery (prior to them being team mates).. so it's very interesting that at one stage at the end of 2015, Hamilton only had 3 more 2nd places than Nico. So Hamilton's better machinery early on in his career didn't mean that he got lots more 2nd places, during 2007-2015, yet he still had many many more 1st places compared to Nico during the 2007-2015 period.

[@frozello14]

@@manavarjuna1359 Well my comment wasn't only about 2nd places. Just in general he have been driving with McLaren or Mercedes and there may be couple seasons, when his car was not fighting for title, but at least he have wins every season so it tells his car has been competitive every year. There's not many drivers who have been given a chance to driver 15 years in car that can win races or finish podium every season constantly. It's partly about the luck though with waiting, when some of those former greats will retire so seats open in some top teams etc.. So hard to say really.

[@mgrootemaat]

Never lucky implies that these drivers never won. Either the title is wrong or the stats are.

[@viniciusra9584]

Barrichello was never champion! lol So unlucky

[@Guust_Flater]

Only +2 entries for Max in 2023....😢😂

[@McFly.]

poor schumacher. even 2nd in this statistic

[@chakalaka3960]

Lewis, the all time Goat number 2 💪🏼

[@reptongeek]

I disagree on the Never Lucky in the thumbnail when everyone in the list is a race winner and at least the top five or six is a WC

[@MKF1_official]

That is just a joke/meme ;) don't take it too serious :)

[@reptongeek]

@@MKF1_official Ah got you

[@jorgebecerra4102]

Coming soon more 3rd places. 😀👌👍

[@FacinaGamer]

Nice ranking video, how do you do it?

[@xFurashux]

I love how both Hills got the same number.

[@yeshuahdenazareth7868]

Strange... No sign of Sterling Moss.

[@GatsuDarkKnight]

Can you do "most podium in F1 history"?

[@MKF1_official]

Here you go my friend :) kzbin.info/www/bejne/n4TMZmtpgZaLjcU

[@ingocernohorsky]

How about 4th places or finished the Race outside the Points?

[@videosuper1113]

Valtteri is James...

[@vaclav_fejt]

2008 Hungary: wait...is that Glock?

[@kylehocking420]

in bruce mclarens day he was the 2nd most sucseful kiwi with the 2nd most 2nd places

[@chrismorey176]

Ricky Bobby wouldn’t be caught dead on this list.

[@adampetten5349]

Graham finishing 2nd to Clark.

[@adampetten5349]

And Clark Finished 2nd....once. plenty of 3rd and 4ths though.

[@kohikappu]

No one: ... Quick Nick: "I'm speed."

[@peepetys7188]

Most 3rd places

[@MKF1_official]

Friday 2pm CET will go live ;)

[@q_rkmghow7083]

Alonso having so many 2nd places as drivers with at least double his titles shows you that he is consistent and never had a dominant car, even during 2005, 2006. While Kimi having won only 1 world title with so many second places shows you that he is inconsistent.