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6 Most Wins But No Title

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Stirling Moss earned the dubious accolade of the greatest F1 driver never to win a World Championship. But he’s hardly alone in taking the checkered flag lots of times without a crowning title.

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Six Most Victories Without A Championship
Rank	Driver	Career	Wins
1	Stirling Moss	1951-61	16
2	David Coulthard	1994-2008	13
3	Carlos Reutemann	1972-82	12
4	Felipe Massa	2002-present	11
5	Rubens Barrichello	1993-2011	11
T6	Ronnie Peterson	1970-78	10
T6	Gerhard Berger	1984-97	10

This Top Sixes list might be called the “almost men.” It includes four generations of #2 drivers and a whole bunch of pilots who finished second in the title race — often by a few or single point. Was it worse for Moss in 1958 or Massa in 2008? You decide.