F1: 5 Drivers who led the most laps without a race win

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Jean-Pierre Jarier
Jean-Pierre Jarier failed to secure a race win despite leading several laps

#4 Ivan Capelli - 46 laps

Grand Prix of France
Ivan Capelli led the most part of the 1990 French Grand Prix

Ivan Capelli is one of those few Formula One drivers who retired from more than half the races that he competed. The Italian driver never took the top spot in his entire career but managed to secure three podiums between 1988 and 1990.

Interestingly, most of the laps that Capelli led in his career came at the 1990 French Grand Prix, which was eventually won by the local driver Alain Prost.

The Italian had a decent qualifying session that saw him start the race from the seventh place. Capelli moved to the lead at around the half-way point of the race and stayed on top for 45 laps.

With three laps to go, the Italian surrendered the lead to Prost due to engine trouble. Capelli finished the race in second to hand his team its first ever podium, which was also the last podium of his career.

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Edited by Alan John