Who is the most F1 Grand Prix now starts without podium?

Nico Hulkenburg 2025 The third place in the British Grand Prix shut down the unwanted record of Formula 1 without a podium.

The shock result came in German’s 239th Grand Prix Start, as Save The driver benefited from the pitstop at the right time, while the rivals stuttered the strategy in a wet silverstone.

It was a long time for Hulcanbberg, joining F1 with a lot of promises in 2010, only claimed the GP2 title with Fred Wasasur’s Art Grand Prix team.

But his F1 career has not been as expected, Hulcanberg has spent fighting in midfield in the last 15 years, while not even full -time from 2020 to 2022.

Nevertheless, the podium was still a major achievement, so now who starts without the top-three finish of the most grand prix of the top five?

Years in f1: 2007–11; 2013-14
Teams: Spyker, Force India, Sauber
Grand prix begins: 128
Best result: 4th position in Italian Grand Prix of 2009

Adrian Sutil made a very respectable F1 career for himself, fought seven sessions of the championship between 2007 and 2014, beaten like teammates Paul de resta And finish as high as high in 2011 standing.

But once Sutil did not claim the top-three finish in his 128 Grands Prix, meaning that he now holds a record for the most F1 to start without a podium.

For most of his careers, Sutil was not actually in a position to fight for a podium, as the German was behind in his first doubles sessions before the remaining point in a race was firmly vested for midfield scraping on Finnish.

Nevertheless, in 2009, Sutil became relatively closer on some occasions despite being ranked 17th in that year’s championship.

The first time came to Nerburging when Supti, thanks to punishment and retirement, climbed from seventh to second in the inauguration tenure. But, with a confrontation Km riconon Getting out of the pit meant that he had to stay again for a new front wing, the force India driver had to spend on any occasion of the points, let a podium alone go.

Just two months later in Monza, Supti achieved the best qualifying result of another for Italian Grand Prix, yet in the fourth place in the race. Force India Driver put pressure on Raikonon late, but FerrariFinished third with the fourth with the fourth, a solid result for Sutil, who claimed the fastest lap that day.

That year the third and final realistic shot of a podium came to Brazil when he qualified in Interlagos, but retired in a lap after Toyota. Jerno troll Hotted him.

Pierluigi Martini – 119 Grand Prix begins

Years in f1: 1984–85; 1988-95
Teams: Tolman, Minardi, Skideria Italia
Grand prix begins: 119
Best result: 4 in 1991 in San Marino and Portuguese Grands Prix

Pierluigi Martini became synonymous with the underdog miner outfit, driving for the Italian team in all, but two out of their 10 F1 season-Milia-Romagna natives entered a grand prix, their debut weekends for Tolman, but failed to make the 1992 campaign with Skuderia Italia.

Minardi was a highly popular team, with a lot of sects as follows, yet F1 was one of the smallest budgets, so there was no really expected to fight for podiums. On the occasions that found themselves to be found in high positions, it was usually below for luck or situation.

For example, in the Portuguese Grand Prix of 1989, Martini, who finished fifth, led to the same lap – the only time Minardy led a race – because he was running a long term compared to further rivals. Two years later, in the meantime, Italian Twice recorded its best finish in a fourth place in a grand prix, coming to his local Imola track and Estoril in Portugal.

In Emola, Martini climbed from the ninth, which was impressive in itself, but broadly below Ellen Prost, Nigel Maints, Jean elieRicardo Patriss and Roberto Moreno are all retiring further. Martini eventually finished a lap behind JJ Leho in the third.

Portugal was similar that Martini thanks for the retirement of various drivers on a large scale from eighth. The fight for the last podium spot was tight on the occasion, as Martini Ferrari’s gene was finished behind just 10 from Alesi.

Outside her, slow machinery meant that Martini never had a podium challenger and Italian scored only 10 points to start her 119 Grand Prix. Although he got more success in sportscar, won 24 hours for BMW in Le Mans of 1999.

Philip Eliot – 109 Grand Prix Start

Years in f1: 1984–90; 1993-94
Teams: Ram, Ligier, Laras, McLaren
Grand prix begins: 109
Best result: San Marino Grand Prix in 5th 1993

Philip Eliot was a firm backmaker during his seven F1 campaigns, in 1987, 17th and his best championship Finnish in 1993. So it is no surprise that he failed to stand on a podium during his career, claiming to be finished only five points.

His best result was fifth in the 1993 San Marino Grand Prix, with Eliot to Laras from 14th, but it was largely down to retire several drivers. This has been highlighted the fact that he finished two lapses from Race winner Prost and adopted one in third place. Martin brandleSo a podium was really never possible.

Unlike other people on this list, Alliot had no podium, and Frenchman holds a record for the most F1 to start without leading a lap. On its face, anyone can think Micah Hakkinan In the 1994 Hungarian Grand Prix, which served the Eliot at least due to a mechanical failure.

Nevertheless, Eliot still had a good career, Le Mains three overall podium finish, as well as three wins in the World Sportscar Championship.

Years in f1: 2021 – Current
Teams: Alphaturi, RB, Racing bullsred Bull
Grand prix begins: 99
Best result: 2021 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix in 4th position

Yuki Sunoda is the only current driver in this list, as the 25 -year -old has launched 99 Grand Prix without standing on the podium. To be fair for Tsunoda, it is only in 2025 that he has finally joined a squad capable of fighting from the front, inspired by the ‘B’ team of Red Bull for four years.

Tsaroda made his debut with the Fanza Squad in 2021, then named Alfaturi, but he tolerated a difficult crook campaign, which was being beaten regularly by team-met Pierre Galli Whereas practice often crashes in sessions. But it was at the top of the fourth career-charter of Abu Dhabi, although the Japanese driver was not really able to fight for a podium that day.

Tsunoda is not just in a position to fight for a podium, as in the last few years, the team competing for faenza despite gradual progress in the last few years under its many guise. However, it was expected, when he was promoted to Red Bull after two Grands Prix in 2025, that he would be fighting for trophies.

The Japanese driver publicly said his purpose of scoring a podium on his red bull debut in Suzuka, but Sunoda, like many of his predecessors, fought for the car and was going against his world champion team partner. Max Verustapane,

Tsunoda is still fighting in the midfield, scrapping on the lower points of positions instead of standing on the F1 podium for the first time.

Pedro diniz – 98 Grand Prix starts

Years in f1: 1995-00
Teams: Forty, Ligrier, Arrow, Sauge
Grand prix begins: 98
Best result: Luxembourg Grand Prix in 5th 1997 and 1998 in Belgium Grand Prix

While a current Sauber driver takes himself away from this list, a former employee of the Swiss organization comes back to it, as Pedro Diniz now has the fifth most grand prix, which begins without podium. That pips Marcus Ericsson One -one on the list, as diniz failed to finish inside the top three during its 98 Grand Prix began.

Diniz was never in a position to fight for a podium finish, many labeled him as just one ‘pay driver’ during his six seasons between 1995 and 2000. Brazil made his debut with the Italian backmarker Forty, scoring zero points in its halted year before taking its sponsorship money to live in a seat in the ligier for 1996.

Again, he was fighting more towards the sixth score in both Barcelona and Monza at the back – for the French team, before proceeding once again for his third year in F1, for the French team. This time he went on the arrow, brought a sponsor of about $ 13 million, where he spent two sessions – with the World Champion Damon Hill And Mika Salo Being a partner of his team.

It was on arrow that he scored his best result in a grand prix, claimed fifth in Nerburgering in 1997 and then spa the next year. Neither on the occasion was close to finishing at the podium, however, in the third, the driver was finishing some way.

In 1999, he left the arrow for Saubar, where Diniz scored three points in the last two years of his F1 career. Despite his sponsorship money, he could not get an F1 seat for 2001, so he left the championship as a driver, instead of buying a 40% stake in the prost team with his family, because Deeniz played the role of a management.