2nd Place Finish Ratio

until 1978 United States GP

Ignore Indy 500 races
Ignore non-championship races
Note: records involving non-championship races may be inaccurate due to incomplete data.

Finishing position:

Pos	Engine Manufacturer	2nd Place Finish Ratio	2nd Place Finishes	Entries
1	Cooper	100.00%	1	1
1	Ockelbo	100.00%	1	1
3	DAMW	50.00%	1	2
4	Cadillac	33.33%	1	3
5	Kuchen	20.00%	2	10
6	Vincent	16.67%	1	6
7	Repco	14.92%	27	181
8	Mercedes	13.95%	6	43
9	Kollektiv	12.50%	1	8
10	Ferrari	11.96%	157	1313
11	Citroën	11.76%	2	17
12	Lancia	11.43%	4	35
13	Cosworth	10.72%	83	774
14	MG	10.20%	5	49
15	EMW	10.00%	1	10
16	BMW	8.79%	16	182
17	Talbot-Lago	8.26%	28	339
18	Connaught	7.97%	11	138
19	Vanwall	7.78%	7	90
20	Porsche	7.51%	13	173
21	Delage	6.94%	5	72
22	Alfa Romeo	6.38%	28	439
23	Bristol	6.27%	19	303
24	Cisitalia	5.98%	7	117
25	Riley	5.56%	3	54
26	Climax	5.19%	109	2100
27	Lea-Francis	5.00%	6	120
28	JAP	4.88%	2	41
29	Simca-Gordini	4.79%	8	167
30	Lotus	4.60%	4	87
30	Veritas	4.60%	4	87
32	Maserati	4.46%	74	1658
33	ERA	4.41%	10	227
34	BRM	4.40%	50	1136
35	Ford	3.80%	124	3261
36	FVC	3.77%	4	106
37	OSCA	3.57%	2	56
38	Offenhauser	3.41%	12	352
39	Alta	3.36%	13	387
40	Borgward	3.12%	1	32
41	Gordini	3.02%	7	232
42	Aston Martin	2.78%	1	36
43	Frazer-Nash	2.13%	1	47
44	Chevrolet	2.10%	9	429
45	Honda	2.08%	1	48
46	Matra	1.72%	2	116
47	Delahaye	0.76%	1	131

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