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Here's a challenge for you, how many drivers do you know who only got one trip to the podium, you know these forgotten 2nd or 3rd places in a race of attrition. I'll get us started:

Eric Bernard (Germany 94)
Takuma Sato (USA 04)
Aguri Suzuki (Japan 90)
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tiago monteiro :D
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Gianni Morbidelli (Australia 95)
Mauricio Gugelmin (Brazil 89)
Roberto Moreno (Japan 90)

I can throw the complete list of drivers who achieved this, but it´s more interesting if people tries to remember
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Nelson Piquet Jr
Narahin Karthikeyan
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CarlosFerreira wrote:Narahin Karthikeyan


Wrong; Monteiro got the podium place at Indianapolis behind Schumacher and Barrichello.
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Joakim Bonnier. Despite an F1 career lasting from the mid-50s to the early 70s, his win in the 1959 Dutch GP was his only podium finish. (Do one-off race wins count?)

Also, off the top of my head I can recall Reine Wisell, Ludovico Scarfiotti (I think his win was his only podium, anyway) and the Onyx team courtesy of Stefan Johansson.
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Aerond wrote:
CarlosFerreira wrote:Narahin Karthikeyan


Wrong; Monteiro got the podium place at Indianapolis behind Schumacher and Barrichello.


Correct!
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Pieman wrote:Joakim Bonnier. Despite an F1 career lasting from the mid-50s to the early 70s, his win in the 1959 Dutch GP was his only podium finish. (Do one-off race wins count?)

Also, off the top of my head I can recall Reine Wisell, Ludovico Scarfiotti (I think his win was his only podium, anyway) and the Onyx team courtesy of Stefan Johansson.


Yes, since a win is also a podium, but they can't have had another podium.
However, this is ONLY for drivers, so Onyx doesn't count

For UK users, you can see Eric Bernard's podium here and the massive celebrations that follow
http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/motorsp ... 834605.stm
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JJ Lehto (Imola 1991)
Peter Gethin (Monza 1971)
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Nicola Larini in a race which everyone remembers for other reasons.
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Giancarlo Baghetti is the ultimate example.
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Michael Andretti! (Italy '93)
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Louis Chiron (Monaco 1950), who took advantage of the 1st lap pile-up to score not only his only podium, but his only points.
Ron Flockhart (Italy 1956)
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1990: Stefano Modena gp of united states 5th with the terrible Brabham
1990: Ivan Capelli 2nd at the gp of France with the Leytonhouse/march
1990: British gp lola-lambo scores with both cars in top 6 (4th bernard and 6th suzuki if im right ? )
1991: JJ Lehto with the Dallara 3th @ San marino
1991: Also San Marino some guy Called Bailey scored 1 point in the only race he was qualifyd for
1992: Karl Wendlinger with the over aged (4 years if im right) March-Ilmor that scored a 4th place at the Canadian gp
1994: Gianni Morbidelli in the footwork scored a 4th place at the german gp
1995: Simtek that actually was driving on the 6th place with jos but the transmission broke :(
2003: Minardi P1 Thanks to the best driver ever Jos the Boss <3
2006: Winkelhock that drove 1st a lot of rounds
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Mauricio Gugelmin (Brazil 89)
Aguri Suzuki (Japan 90)
Bruno Giacomelli (Las Vegas 81)
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Lucien Bianchi (Monaco 1968)
Willy Mairesse (Italy 1960)
Paul Frere (Belgium 1956)
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Pedro de la Rosa (Hungary 2006, also scoring Arrows' only point of 1999 on debut)
Vitaly Petrov (Melbourne 2011)
Pastor Maldonado (Barcelona 2012)
Kevin Magnussen (Melbourne 2014)

To name a few of recent times
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