These Are Your Favorite Racing Drivers Who Have Never Won A Championship

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To nan dismay of galore fans, expertise isn't ever rewarded pinch accolades successful motorsports. We asked our readers earlier this week who their favourite racing drivers are who person ne'er won a championship. While motorsport has an expansive scenery pinch various summits that competitors effort to conquer, astir answers focused connected nan pinnacle: Formula 1. For those of you who weren't astir erstwhile nan mobility was asked, I excluded nan drivers that I mentioned: Stirling Moss, Daniel Ricciardo and NASCAR Hall of Famer Mark Martin. Without further ado, present are to champion titleless drivers put forward:

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Felipe Massa, suggested by user Haricot_Rouge, and Ferrari believed that he had secured nan world title successful 2008 for little than a infinitesimal during nan season-ending Brazilian Grand Prix. Massa won nan race, but Lewis Hamilton clinched his first title by 1 constituent pinch a last-lap walk astir Timo Glock for 5th place. The Brazilian would ne'er triumph different Formula 1 race. Massa was struck by a outpouring connected nan caput successful 2009 and was relegated to a 2nd driver domiciled down Fernando Alonso erstwhile he recovered.

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Rubens Barrichello, suggested by users Tripe46 and FragOut, spent nan highest of his profession arsenic Michael Schumacher's teammate. Like his compatriot Massa, he fell into a 2nd driver domiciled astatine Ferrari. Barrichello finished runner-up successful nan world title successful 2002 and 2004 during Schumacher's reign of 5 consecutive titles. He would besides play an important domiciled arsenic Jenson Button's teammate during Brawn GP's miraculous 2009 title season.

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Ronnie Peterson, suggested by user Benno Jones, also vanished runner-up doubly successful nan F1 World Drivers' Championship successful 1971 and 1978. However, nan second consequence would travel posthumously. Peterson was killed during a title commencement clang astatine that season's Italian Grand Prix. His teammate, Mario Andretti, would triumph nan title aft completing nan last 2 rounds without scoring immoderate points. The era's deficiency of reliability efficaciously secured 1st and 2nd successful nan standings for nan Lotus drivers.

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Gilles Villeneuve, suggested by user Riley Escobar, had an improbable meteoric emergence to Formula 1 from Canada. The two-time champion successful nan inferior Canadian Formula Atlantic class caught nan oculus of Formula 1 successful 1976 aft he hit respective stars, including nan eventual champion James Hunt, successful a non-championship Atlantics title astatine Trois-Rivières. Villeneuve was an F1 title runner-up astatine Ferrari by 1978, his sophomore season. In 1982, he died successful a clang during qualifying for nan Belgian Grand Prix.

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Gerhard Berger, a talented and successful F1 driver pinch nary title wins, though my favourite point astir him are nan pranks he was progressive successful pinch Senna.

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Robert Kubica – astir apt nan top "what if?" successful caller memory. If it wasn't for that rally accident, he'd apt travel close, if not won nan championship. He won Le Mans and came backmost to F1 pinch fundamentally 1 hand. That's insane and shows his accomplishment and dedication.

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Robert Kubica – Seeing him past nan '08 Canadian GP wreck, a horrific rally mishap and past make a triumphant return to racing to triumph astatine Le Mans and make a little connection thrust successful an F1 car...*chef's kiss*

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Maybe 1 that not a batch of group deliberation of, but astir cognize of... Ken Block. Dude surely won a fewer rallies and races, but ne'er a championship. I thought he had won a Rally America season, but he ever mislaid retired to Pastrana aliases Higgins. Came adjacent successful RallyX a fewer times, but nary wide titles. Had nan pleasance of gathering him 1 clip erstwhile I worked arsenic a valet. Nicest feline you could've met. RIP nan legend.

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