Worst of the best: F1 drivers who tried to qualify but failed

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Claudio Langes 0 from 14

The Italian holds the record for the number of attempts to make the starting grid in Formula One.

Pedro Chaves 0 from 13

The Portuguese driver almost passed Langes for failures . He was to win three Portuguese rally championships.

Volker Weidler 0 from 10

The ex-Formula Three champion couldn't handle it in 1989. He moved to F300 in Japan and did win a World Sports Car race before hanging up his gloves.

Perry McCarthy 0 from 8

When given the chance with Andrea Moda in 1992 to drive F1, he could not get the car to make race day. McCarthy turned up on TV as the original Stig.

David Kennedy 0 from 7

The Irishman was handed the keys to a Shadow F1 car in 1980. Realising he wasn't going to get an F1 race under his belt he did what many others did - turned to sports cars.

Joachin Winkelhock 0 from 7

Winkelhock tried his hand at F1 but to no avail. Driving for AGS, he failed to qualify for an F1 race so stuck with tin-tops.

Enrico Bertaggia 0 from 6

The former Italian F3 champion blew his chance of racing in F1 with Coloni in 1989. In 1992, with Andrea Moda, his two entries were withdrawn.

Amati 0 from 3

One of a handful of women who have tried and failed to make the line-up come race day in F1.