F1: 4 Drivers with most podiums without a race win 

Securing a podium place in a Formula 1 task is not an easy job and requires tremendous skill, combined with an excellent racing machine. However, getting on the podium and falling agonisingly short of a race win is surely disappointing.

The sorrow is only compounded when the driver is consistent enough to get on the podium multiple times throughout his career but fails to secure a race win either due to his mistakes or due to the brilliance of his opponent.

Let us take a trip down the memory lane and look closer at the four drivers who were so close yet so far on multiple occasions, and could not convert a podium into a race win.

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#4 Romain Grosjean - 10 Podiums

Romain Grosjean secured his first podium at the 2012 Bahrain Grand Prix

Romain Grosjean kicks off the list with ten podiums to his name. The French Formula 1 driver currently races for the Hass F1 team and is looking to secure his first podium under them.

Grosjean's comeback to Formula 1 in 2012, driving for the Lotus, after a disappointing first spell with Renault, changed his fortunes as he managed to secure three podiums that year. A brilliant third-place finish at Bahrain was his first podium while the second-place finish at the 2012 Canadian Grand Prix was his joint-best position in a Formula 1 race.

The following season, the Frenchman bettered his record and secured six podiums to his name, including a spectacular second place at the United States Grand Prix. Furthermore, that year, Grosjean took three consecutive third-place finishes. However, Grosjean form deteriorated since then, and only managed to secure one podium in the next four and a half years.

There is still a fair amount of racing to go in the 2018 season, and maybe, Romain Grosjean could secure the first win that has eluded him for years.

#3 Chirs Amon - 11 Podiums

Chirs Amon secured 11 podiums in his Formula 1 career

Chris Amon managed 11 podium finishes but could never get on to the top step of the podium during his long Formula 1 career.

The New Zealander's first podium came during the 1967 Formula 1 season while driving for the Ferrari. Amon secured four podiums that year to finish the championship in the fifth place. Interestingly, his first podium came at the iconic Monaco Grand Prix. Multiple retirements in the next two seasons meant that he would step on the podium only twice.

Driving for March Engineering, Amon's second-place at the 1970 Belgium Grand Prix was heartache for all the fans who were expecting his first win as the New Zealander crossed the line just 1.1 seconds behind BRM's Pedro Rodriguez. He went on to secure two more podiums that year and finished the championship in the eighth place.

His last podium came at the 1972 French Grand Prix, where he finished the race third despite starting from the pole position and setting the fastest lap of the race. Amon raced sporadically after that season and finally retired from the sport after the 1976 Formula 1 season.

#2 Stefan Johansson - 12 Podiums

Stefan Johansson secured two podiums at the Belgian Grand Prix

Stefan Johansson came to prominence during the 1985 season while driving for the Scuderia Ferrari. The Swede took two consecutive podiums at Canada and Detroit that year and finished the championship in the seventh place. Johansson took the second place at the Detroit Grand Prix after starting the race from the ninth place.

Still driving for the Ferrari, Johansson finished the 1986 season in the fifth place with four third-place finishes. However, the Swedish driver switched teams and moved to McLaren the following season.

The 1987 German Grand Prix was very memorable for the Swede as he managed to cross the finish line in the second place on only three tyres, as he had suffered a puncture on the last lap. That season, all of Johansson's five podiums came after starting the race from the heart of the midfield.

Stefan Johansson's third place at the 1987 Portuguese Grand Prix was his last before the Swedish rider retired from the sport in 1991.

#1 Nick Heidfeld - 13 Podiums

Nick Heidfeld could not convert a pole position into a race win at the 2005 European Grand Prix

Nick Heidfeld tops the list with thirteen podiums to his name. The German driver is no longer a part of Formula 1, and currently plies his trade in the Formula E Championship, which means that his record is going to stay for the test of time. Interestingly, Heidfeld hasn't secured a win in the Formula E championship yet.

Nick Heidfeld's first Formula 1 podium came at the 2001 Brazilian Grand Prix while driving for Sauber. The German finished the rain-affected race in the third place, behind David Coulthard and Michael Schumacher.

Heidfeld had to wait until 2005 to get on the podium once again. Driving for BMW from 2005 to 2009, the German managed to grab ten podium finishes along the way. The 2005 European Grand Prix was the German's best chance to win a Grand Prix as he had started the race from the pole position. However, Heidfeld finished second to Fernando Alonso, who won the race from the sixth place on the grid.

In his last Formula 1 season, Heidfeld finished third at the 2011 Malaysian Grand Prix before parting ways with the company later that season.