Top 5 unluckiest F1 drivers in the past decade

Felipe Massa

Race Starts – 186 Wins – 11

Felipe Massa joined F1 with Sauber in 2002. However, his tendency to spin forced the Brazilian out of first team action the next year. He spent 2003 testing with Sauber’s engine suppliers, Ferrari. In 2004, he returned to competitive racing with Sauber. He still displayed his rather unfortunate tendency to spin. Two years later, Massa replaced his country-mate Rubens Barrichello at Ferrari after 3 years in F1. Despite winning twice in his maiden season with the tifosi, he was kept in the the No. 2 spot at Ferrari as Raikkonen replaced the departing Schumacher.

The next year, he helped Ferrari to the Constructor’s championship as Raikkonen won the driver’s championship by a single point. 2008, though, was Massa’s year at Ferrari as he outperformed his team-mate and almost won the championship in Brazil, only for Lewis Hamilton to ruin his mood. Massa had won the race and needed Hamilton to finish 6th or below. Hamilton however passed Toyota’s Timo Glock on the last lap to claim 5th place and the championship. This would prove to be Massa’s last win till date in F1.

Massa’s string of bad luck continued in 2009 when he was hit on the helmet by a spring from the rear suspension of Barrichello’s Brawn. The incident kept him away from the track for the rest of the season. Since his return in 2010, Massa has never seemed to have regained any sort of form and has only been seen on the podium three times since.

Edited by Staff Editor