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Yes, IIRC, for Formula One there was a saying ages ago that the 3 most unhappy participants after a race are 2nd place (did not win), 4th place (did not get to be on the podium) and 7th place (did not get any points).

edit: Now I looked at it again and I see that F1 has adjusted their points system throughout the following years, so you need to replace the 7th place with whatever is relevant now.




They simplified F1 a bit. Now the most unhappy participants are Haas.


What do you mean by Haas?


Just a bit more context that might explain why Haas might be the unhappy ones currently. There's a lot of capital-D Drama surrounding the team right now but I'll stick to these two facts:

- Due to financial reasons they had to let go their veteran drivers (just two in F1) from last season and are currently featuring an all-rookie line up.

- They've gone on record to say that they are not developing the 2021 car, instead focusing on the specs change for 2022.

So two rookies in a team that is basically just in the competition for the participation. At least one driver from Williams, the bottom feeders a season or two ago, have the chutzpah to aim for points finish this year. Haas can't be a fulfilling team to be in right now.


Oh, and one of their rookie drivers sexually assaulted a woman and posted it on Instagram...


Watch an F1 race, look at the leaderboard, look for the bottom 2 positions.

That's Haas


It's one of the Formula 1 teams


I'd go along with that. 2nd place == first loser. Bronze is still top 3, more recognition than the rest of the field.


11th is the current equivalent.


I remember the same. It seems we're nearly 20 years out of date! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Formula_One_World_Cham...




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