Philippe ADAMS
Belgium (94)
Desperate Lotus was badly in need of his cash |
Giovanna AMATI
Italy (92)
Most recent female racer couldn't qualify her Brabham |
Marco APICELLA
Italy (93)
An F1 career lasting one corner thanks to JJ Lehto |
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Luca BADOER
Italy (93, 95-96, 99)
Most races ever without a solitary point to his name |
Fabrizio BARBAZZA
Italy (91, 93)
Driver who had more hair than good F1 opportunities |
Paolo BARILLA
Italy (89-90)
The pasta man's '90 season went steadily downhill |
Paul BELMONDO
France (92, 94)
Actor's son a no-hoper at March and awful Pacific |
Tom BELSØ
Denmark (73-74)
First ever F1 Dane only given a few races by Frank Williams |
Olivier BERETTA
Monaco (94)
No results - given the boot when the money ran out |
Allen BERG
Canada (86)
Pilot of the deadly-slow Osella, who made his name in Mexico |
Enrico BERTAGGIA
Italy (89, 92)
Qualified slowest in ALL his races |
Clemente BIONDETTI
Italy (50)
The man who really gave Jaguar its first taste of F1 |
Raul BOESEL
Brazil (82-83)
No points; never shined despite plenty of opportunity |
Slim BORGUDD
Sweden (81-82)
ABBA drummer and truck racer sans par! |
Gary BRABHAM
Australia (90)
No chance in a car 25 seconds off pole time |
Gianfranco BRANCATELLI
Italy (79)
Drove for Kauhsen and Merzario. What more can we say? |
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Adrian CAMPOS
Spain (87-88)
The man with more retirements than Michael Jordan |
Pedro CHAVES
Portugal (91)
13/13 DNPQs in a geriatric Coloni chassis |
Andrea CHIESA
Switzerland (92)
Couldn't touch teammate Tarquini in Fondmetal |
Alberto COLOMBO
Italy (79)
6 seasons of F2 gave him just 3 Grand Prix chances |
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Yannick DALMAS
France (87-90, 94)
The new Alain Prost? Only in his dreams! |
Jorge de BAGRATION
Spain (74)
Georgian Royalty, but F1 entrant whom history forgot |
Jean-Denis DÉLÉTRAZ
Switzerland (94-95)
Pay-driver legend had 3 overly-eventful Grands Prix |
Frank J. DOCHNAL
U.S.A. (63)
Crashed during practice in his only F1 attempt, aged 43 |
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Corrado FABI
Italy (83-84)
Promising career halted thanks to a year with Osella |
Pascal FABRE
France (87)
Plodded around in awfully slow, but reliable, AGS |
Gregor FOITEK
Switzerland (89-90)
A wild reputation for big smashes was well deserved |
Norberto FONTANA
Argentina (97)
F3 ace a wasted talent at unhelpful Sauber |
Franco FORINI
Switzerland (87)
Off the pace; never finished a race; sadly forgotten |
Giorgio FRANCIA
Italy (77, 81)
Long time Alfa Romeo tester had to give up his car |
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Patrick GAILLARD
France (79)
Two starts from five attempts with Ensign |
Jo GARTNER
Austria (84)
Limited opportunities, ineligible for points |
Piercarlo GHINZANI
Italy (81, 83-89)
2 points in 111 races.
You do the maths! |
Jean-Marc GOUNON
France (93-94)
Simtek wasn't the best place for a Formula One hopeful |
Olivier GROUILLARD
France (89-92)
Mansell's nemesis was F1's enfant terrible |
Roberto GUERRERO
Colombia (82-83)
Poor machinery in F1, soon became tragic IndyCar figure |
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François HESNAULT
France (84-85)
Only claim to fame: initial tester of the in-car camera |
Hans HEYER
Germany (77)
DNQ'd his only GP entry, but illegally started the race anyway! |
Ingo HOFFMANN
Brazil (76-77)
Groomed for and later dumped from F1 by Fittipaldi brothers |
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Taki INOUE
Japan (94-95)
Meet one of the more rubbished drivers in F1 |
Tom JONES
U.S.A. (67)
The most obscure F1 entrant ever DNQs in Canada |
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David KENNEDY
Ireland (80)
Statistics can deceive: the most DNQs without qualifying |
Leo KINNUNEN
Finland (74)
Last driver to race in F1 using open-faced helmet |
Hans KLENK
Germany (52)
Buzzards beware! Hans the Messerschmitt Man is here! |
Mikko KOZAROWITZKY
Finland (77)
F1's forgotten Finn failed to qualify in both his GPs |
Masami KUWASHIMA
Japan (76)
Shortest Grand Prix career ever: one solitary afternoon |
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Franck LAGORCE
France (94)
Just two starts not enough to prove what he could do |
Jan LAMMERS
Netherlands (79-82, 92)
The comeback king with a best GP finish of 9th |
Claudio LANGES
Italy (90)
Most DNPQs in F1 history without ever making a grid |
Oscar LARRAURI
Argentina (88-89)
His outings for EuroBrun were a waste of time and money |
Giovanni LAVAGGI
Italy (95-96)
Nobleman racer who bought himself some mid-90s F1 drives |
Neville LEDERLE
South Africa (62, 65)
Local driver who entered his home GP and scored a point! |
Guy LIGIER
France (66-67)
Patriotic rugby-playing F1 team boss scored 1 point as a driver |
Roberto LIPPI
Italy (61-63)
Formula Junior pioneer made 3 attempts in Champ GPs |
Ricardo LONDONO-BRIDGE
Colombia (81)
Drove in unofficial practice, but never got a super-license |
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Tarso MARQUES
Brazil (96, 97, 01)
Teen prodigy had 3 F1 chances - but all of them with Minardi! |
'Jean MAX'
France (71)
Local entrant whose name nobody could even get right! |
Gastón MAZZACANE
Argentina (00-01)
Kept his cars on the road, but right at the back |
Perry McCARTHY
Britain (92)
A Grand Prix debut consisting of 18 metres |
Andrea MONTERMINI
Italy (94-96)
Drove for Simtek, Pacifc and Forti. 'Nuff said |
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Shinji NAKANO
Japan (97-98)
Teammates Panis and Trulli made him look pretty ordinary |
Emanuele NASPETTI
Italy (92-93)
Stuffed around for March; shafted by Jordan |
Hideki NODA
Japan (94)
It was $$ that got him a drive with desperate Larrousse |
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Torsten PALM
Sweden (75)
One start for F3 champ turned Elgh manager |
Al PEASE
Canada (67-69)
Only driver ever to be black flagged for being too slow |
Larry PERKINS
Australia (74, 76-77)
Aussie legend with F1 career of 9 starts, 5 teams, 0 points |
Bernardus PON
The Netherlands (62)
Olympic skeet shooter had a violent smash in his one F1 start |
Sam POSEY
U.S.A. (71-72)
Omni-present on the American racing scene; not in F1 |
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Dieter QUESTER
Austria (69, 74)
BMW ambassador had one and a half bites at the F1 cherry |
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Bobby RAHAL
U.S.A. (78)
CART legend who had a brief flirt with F1 thanks to Wolf |
Pierre-Henri RAPHANEL
France (88-89)
Made an F1 grid just once in 16 lacklustre attempts |
John RHODES
Britain (65)
British Mini Cooper legend was a one-race F1 wonder |
Richard ROBARTS
Britain (74)
Anonymous outings for Bernie E. and Frank W. |
Ricardo ROSSET
Brazil (96-98)
Brazilian hopeful was hardly the next Senna |
Huub ROTHENGATTER
The Netherlands (84-86)
'God of the Rats' - backmarker and mentor to Jos The Boss |
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Stéphane SARRAZIN
France (99)
Single Minardi outing only chance for Prost tester |
Domenico SCHIATTARELLA
Italy (94-95)
Saddled with dead-on-its-legs Simtek |
Jean Louis SCHLESSER
France (83, 88)
Lest Ferrari Fans Forget |
Bernd SCHNEIDER
Germany (88-90)
This Zakspeeder endured 13 DNPQs in succession |
Vincenzo SOSPIRI
Italy (97)
Part of the least competent team in recent memory |
Gaetano STARRABBA
Italy (61)
'Prince di Giardinelli' entered just one WC race |
Siegfried STOHR
Italy (81)
Violent Zolder smash the focus of a dismal year |
Otto STUPPACHER
Austria (76)
Very slow in his Tyrrell 007 - a license not to thrill |
Danny SULLIVAN
U.S.A. (83)
An F1 season proved forgettable for "Spin and Win" king |
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Kunimitsu TAKAHASHI
Japan (77)
One-off drive a solid effort in an ancient Tyrrell |
Mike THACKWELL
New Zealand (80, 84)
Youngest ever F1 driver who made F2 his home |
Eric THOMPSON
Britain (52)
Gentleman pilot took 5th place in his only GP start |
Desmond TITTERINGTON
Britain (56)
Talented gentleman Jag driver, who had a one-off in F1 |
Esteban TUERO
Argentina (98)
Youngster who exited F1 shrouded in mystery |
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Eric van de POELE
Belgium (91-92)
Every team he drove for ran out of money |
Jacques VILLENEUVE, Sr.
Canada (81, 83)
Three luckless F1 attempts - but he always had FAtlantic! |
Jo VONLANTHEN
Switzerland (75)
An enthusiast racer with one WC race for Williams |
Rikky von OPEL
Liechtenstein (73-74)
Opel heir had some dismal efforts with Ensign and Brabham |
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Dave WALKER
Australia (71-72)
Scored no points while team-mate won the championship |
Volker WEIDLER
Germany (89)
German F3 Champ never made the F1 grade |
Robin WIDDOWS
Britain (68)
Dual Winter Olympic bobsleder had a limited racing career |
Eppie WIETZES
Canada (67, 74)
1973's calamitous safety-car driver had 2 one-off F1 entries |
Jonathan WILLIAMS
Britain (67)
Le Mans movie pilot's sole GP was in a works Ferrari! |
Desiré WILSON
South Africa (80)
Won an F1 race - but it didn't count in the Championship |
Joachim WINKELHOCK
Germany (89)
Touring car legend had an F1 career that, well, sucked |
Roelof WUNDERINK
Netherlands (75)
Impressed little before F1, and impressed little in F1 |
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Alex YOONG
Malaysia (01-02)
Struggled through a turbulent year at Minardi |
Alessandro ZANARDI
Italy (91-94, 99)
One of the true heroes of motorsport |
Emilio ZAPICO
Spain (76)
Spaniard gets a go in his home GP for Williams |
Ricardo ZUNINO
Argentina (79-81)
Miraculous break into F1, but his luck didn't last |
