Lando Norris Has the Most Points in F1 History Without a Win. It Gets Worse

Last Sunday at the Japanese Grand Prix, McLaren's Lando Norris scored his second P2 in two races, and his fourth this season. It was a great result, but still one position shy of the win that has escaped Norris for years now. In fact, Norris has gone so long that he's now the highest-scoring Formula 1 driver in history without a win. And if you look even deeper, his situation only gets more agonizing.

The record was observed by Race Fans, which noted Norris reaching 543 career points as of last weekend's race. That exceeds the 530 points of prior record-holder Nico Hülkenberg, though Hulk has started more than twice as many races as Norris has—197 to Norris's 98.

But while Hoooooolkenbairgh has failed to score so much as a podium in that time (he's the most experienced F1 driver ever without one), Norris has scored 10 since his 2019 debut with McLaren. That's three shy of Nick Heidfeld, who with 13 has the most career F1 podiums without a win. Now in his fifth season, Norris nears Heidfeld's streak of five consecutive podium-finishing seasons without a win, standing at four himself.

Together, they make up two of the five drivers in history to score a podium in four or more straight seasons but never win a race. The others at four are Jean Behra and Martin Brundle (often considered the best F1 driver never to win), while the record-holder at six is Chris Amon, who's held in similar regard as Brundle.