2nd Place Finish Ratio

until 1983 South African 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	11.84%	175	1478
11	Citroën	11.76%	2	17
12	Lancia	11.43%	4	35
13	MG	10.20%	5	49
14	EMW	10.00%	1	10
15	Cosworth	9.95%	91	915
16	Talbot-Lago	8.26%	28	339
17	Connaught	7.97%	11	138
18	BMW	7.81%	20	256
19	Vanwall	7.78%	7	90
20	Porsche	7.51%	13	173
21	Delage	6.94%	5	72
22	Renault	6.28%	12	191
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	Alfa Romeo	4.76%	30	630
31	Lotus	4.60%	4	87
31	Veritas	4.60%	4	87
33	Maserati	4.46%	74	1658
34	ERA	4.41%	10	227
35	BRM	4.39%	50	1139
36	FVC	3.77%	4	106
37	OSCA	3.57%	2	56
38	Ford	3.44%	167	4853
39	Offenhauser	3.41%	12	352
40	Alta	3.36%	13	387
41	Matra	3.24%	6	185
42	Borgward	3.12%	1	32
43	Gordini	3.02%	7	232
44	Aston Martin	2.78%	1	36
45	Chevrolet	2.43%	11	453
46	Frazer-Nash	2.13%	1	47
47	Honda	1.75%	1	57
48	Delahaye	0.76%	1	131

Finishing position: