Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of Formula One World Drivers' Championship runners-up


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The result was delete. Jo-Jo Eumerus (talk, contributions) 16:26, 10 December 2017 (UTC)

List of Formula One World Drivers' Championship runners-up

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Pure trivia. The only thing that really matters is the World Champions. No evidence of notability. Tvx1 21:34, 3 December 2017 (UTC)
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 * Delete as per nom, only the winner really matters XyzSpaniel  Talk Page  23:09, 3 December 2017 (UTC)
 * Delete, WP:NOTTRIVIA and WP:NOTSTATS. Ajf773 (talk) 04:19, 4 December 2017 (UTC)
 * Delete unless it's a war, losing isn't notable.  Lugnuts  Fire Walk with Me 08:14, 4 December 2017 (UTC)
 * Delete "Being second is to be the first of the ones who lose", and so only winners are notable enough for their own list. Joseph2302 (talk) 20:14, 4 December 2017 (UTC)
 * Strong Keep – there is clear evidence of notability, especially for multiple-times runners-up – most famous probably being Stirling Moss. The fact of being a runner-up even a single time is often mentioned and noticed in the sources discussing the drivers in question. cherkash (talk) 23:58, 4 December 2017 (UTC)
 * Moss is known for it, as he's arguably the best driver never to have won the World Championship. But most others aren't. And so it's not a list we need to have. Joseph2302 (talk) 07:56, 5 December 2017 (UTC)
 * And so are Massa, Coulthard, Irvive, Frentzen – this is only in the last 20 years (while everyone else in the same period has been a World Champion at some point). So it's not quite an unimportant, and definitely a notable thing. cherkash (talk) 12:15, 6 December 2017 (UTC)
 * Frentzen didn't even come second, he came third but was later upgraded..... Joseph2302 (talk) 19:15, 6 December 2017 (UTC)
 * Your last point is moot: this is the official result cherkash (talk) 20:23, 7 December 2017 (UTC)
 * Yet he isn't very notable for it. He is more notable for his wins in 1999. The 1997 season was notable for Villeneuve winning the title and Schumacher getting disqualified.Tvx1 19:42, 9 December 2017 (UTC)


 * Delete per nomination. – Sabbatino (talk) 20:50, 6 December 2017 (UTC)
 * Delete - Just because a few people were famous for being 'always the bridesmaid, never the bride' does not make this a suitable list. WP:NOTSTATSBOOK. - The Bushranger One ping only 02:18, 8 December 2017 (UTC)
 * Delete - Agreed with WP:NOTSTATS. And I enjoyed the previous editor's quote of, "always a bridesmaid, never the bride." It rang humorously true. - Ventric (talk) 19:21, 9 December 2017 (UTC)
 * Delete WP:LISTCRUFT. Hrodvarsson (talk) 22:21, 9 December 2017 (UTC)


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