List of Formula One drivers who never qualified for a race

This is a complete list of drivers, currently 65, who have entered a FIA Formula One World Championship race since 1950, yet failed to qualify for the race.

The record is held by Claudio Langes, who failed to qualify for all of the 14 consecutive Grand Prix he entered with the small and dying EuroBrun team in . EuroBrun folded after the 14th race of the 16-race season. During the team's short lifespan, it managed to qualify into the race 21 times among 76 attempts.

The second highest is Pedro Chaves, who failed to qualify for 13 consecutive races with the also-underfunded Coloni team in . Coloni failed to qualify a car into the race the entire & 1991 seasons. Furthermore, Coloni's cars didn't qualify into the race for most of .

Driver

Year

Races

Giovanna Amati

1992

3

Michael Bartels

1991

4

Enrico Bertaggia

1989

6

Juan Manuel Bordeu

1961

1

Gary Brabham

1990

2

Ernesto Brambilla

1963, 1969

2

Gianfranco Brancatelli

1979

3

Pedro Chaves

1991

13

Kevin Cogan

1980–1981

2

Alberto Crespo

1952

1

Alain de Changy

1959

1

Bernard de Dryver

1977–1978

2

Giovanni de Riu

1954

1

Frank Dochnal

1963

1

Piero Dusio

1952

1

Bernie Ecclestone

1958

2

Carlo Facetti

1974

1

William Ferguson

1972

1

Azdrubal Fontes Bayardo

1959

1

Giorgio Francia

1977, 1981

2

Hiroshi Fushida

1975

2

Divina Galica

1976, 1978

3

Gimax

1978

1

Helm Glöckler

1953

1

Brian Gubby

1965

1

Brian Hart

1967

1

Naoki Hattori

1991

2

Hans Heyer

1977

1

Tom Jones

1967

1

Ken Kavanagh

1958

2

Dave Kennedy

1980

7

Bruce Kessler

1958

1

Mikko Kozarowitzky

1977

2

Kurt Kuhnke

1963

1

Masami Kuwashima

1976

1

Claudio Langes

1990

14

Ricardo Londoño

1981

1

Jean Lucienbonnet

1959

1

Perry McCarthy

1992

7

Brian McGuire

1977

1

Harry Merkel

1952

1

Bill Moss

1959

1

Jac Nelleman

1976

1

Alfredo Piàn

1950

1

Ernesto Prinoth

1962

1

Clive Puzey

1965

1

Alan Rollinson

1965

1

Jean-Claude Rudaz

1964

1

Günther Seiffert

1962

1

Vincenzo Sospiri

1997

1

Stephen South

1980

1

Otto Stuppacher

1976

3

Andy Sutcliffe

1977

1

Luigi Taramazzo

1958

1

Dennis Taylor

1959

1

André Testut

1958–1959

2

Tony Trimmer

1975–1978

6

Jacques Villeneuve Sr.

1981, 1983

3

Volker Weidler

1989

10

Peter Westbury

1970

1

Ted Whiteaway

1955

1

Desiré Wilson

1980

1

Joachim Winkelhock

1989

7

Emilio Zapico

1976

1

Notes

  1. Hans Heyer illegally started the race, despite the fact he did not qualify.

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