With COVID-19 pandemic raging on, we are back with another list after our other list articles as here we have ‘F1 One-Offs’ in a new style.
The number of drivers to have had repeat successes in F1 is very few, but for several reasons, the number of one-hit wonders in the sport is even fewer. So to show off some of the drivers who have this status, we at FormulaRapida.net decided to compile a list of ‘One-Offs’, who had a sole win, podium, pole, fastest lap, start, or championship – but with some leeway, which we have explained under each head.
F1 drivers with one win, from 1950 until 2019 – we have counted drivers who have had one or more fastest laps and just one pole position along with a victory but not who have had multiple podiums. The division here is name of the driver, grand prix, team and additional info about fastest lap/pole position:
Johnnie Parsons (1950 Indy 500, Kurtis Kraft-Offenhauser) – one fastest lap in same race
Lee Wallard (1951 Indy 500, Kurtis Kraft-Offenhauser) – one fastest lap in same race
Troy Ruttman (1952 Indy 500, Kuzma-Offenhauser)
Bob Sweikert (1955 Indianapolis 500, KK500D-Offenhauser)
Pat Flaherty (1956 Indianapolis 500, Watson-Offenhauser) – one pole in same race
Joakim Bonnier (1959 Dutch GP, BRM) – one pole in same race
Giancarlo Baghetti (1961 French GP, Ferrari) – one fastest lap in diff race
Ludovico Scarfiotti (1966 Italian GP, Ferrari) – one fastest lap in same race
Peter Gethin (1971 Italian GP, BRM)
Vittorio Brambilla (1975 Austrian GP, March-Ford) – one pole in diff race, one fastest lap in same race
Pastor Maldonado (2012 Spanish GP, Williams) – one pole in same race
[Note: Country-wise, Robert Kubica is lone from Poland to win, while Maldonado is lone from Venezuela with a F1 race victory]
F1 drivers with one podium, from 1950 until 2019 – we have not counted drivers with one win as their lone podium but only those who have had just one second or third place finish which is mentioned. Here as well we have counted drivers with one or more fastest laps and one pole:
Reginald Parnell (1950 British GP, Alfa Romeo) – third place
Louis Chiron (1950 Monaco GP, Maserati) – third place
Bill Holland (1950 Indianapolis 500, Diedt) – second place
Mauri Rose (1950 Indianapolis 500, Diedt) – third place
Dorino Serafini (1950 Italian GP, Ferrari) – third place
Mike Nazaruk (1951 Indianapolis 500, Car number 83) – second place
Manuel Ayulo (1951 Indianapolis 500, Kurtis-Kraft 3000) – third place
Duane Carter (1953 Indianapolis 500, Kurtis-Kraft 4000) – third place
Art Cross (1953 Indianapolis 500, Kurtis-Kraft) – second place
Hans Hermann (1954 Swiss GP, Daimler) – third place, one fastest lap in diff race
Tony Bettenhausen (1955 Indy 500, KK500C-Offenhauser) – second place, one fastest lap in diff race
Jimmy Davies (1955 Indy 500, Kurtis-Kraft 500B) – third place
Don Freeland (1956 Indy 500, Phillips-Offenhauser) – third place
Paul Frere (1956 Belgian GP, Ferrari) – second place
Alfonso de Portago (1956 British GP, Ferrari) – second place
Ron Flockhart (1956 Italian GP, Connaught-Alfa) – third place
Paul Russo (1957 Indy 500, car number 54) – third place, one fastest lap in diff race
Carlos Menditeguy (1957 Argentine GP, Maserati) – third place
Johnny Boyd (1958 Indy 500, Kurtis-Kraft 500G) – third place
George Amick (1958 Indy 500, Epperly-Offenhauser) – second place
Johnny Thomson (1959 Indy 500, Lesovsky-Offenhauser) – third place, one pole in same race, one fastest lap in same race
Cliff Allison (1960 Argentine GP, Ferrari) – second place
Paul Goldsmith (1960 Indy 500, Epperly-Offenhauser) – third place
Willy Mairesse (1960 Italian GP, Ferrari) – third place
Trevor Taylor (1962 Dutch GP, Lotus) – second place
Bob Anderson (1964 Austrian GP, Brabham) – third place
Mike Spence (1965 Mexican GP, Lotus) – third place
John Love, (1967 South African GP, Cooper) – second place
Brian Redman (1968 Spanish GP, Cooper) – third place
Lucien Bianchi (1968 Monaco GP, Cooper) – third place
Richard Attwood (1968 Monaco GP, BRM) – second place, one fastest lap in same race
Johnny Servoz-Gavin (1968 Italian GP, Matra) – second place
Henri Pescarolo (1970 Monaco GP, Matra) – third place, one fastest lap in diff race
Rolf Stommelen (1970 Austrian GP, Brabham) – third place
Reine Wissell (1970 US GP, Lotus) – third place
Tim Schenken (1971 Austrain GP, Brabham) – third place
Mark Donohue (1971 Canadian GP, McLaren) – third place
George Follmer (1973 Spanish GP, Shadow) – third place
Bruno Giacomelli (1981 Caesars Palace GP, Alfa Romeo) – third place, one pole in diff race
Phillipe Streiff (1985 Australian GP, Ligier) – third place
Mauricio Gugelmin (1989 Brazillian GP, March) – third place, one fastest lap in diff race
Roberto Moreno (1990 Japanese GP, Benetton) – second place, one fastest lap in diff race
Aguri Suzuki (1990 Japanese GP, Lola) – third place
JJ Lehto (1991 San Marino GP, Scuderia Italia SpA) – third place
Michael Andretti (1993 Italian GP, McLaren) – third place
Nicola Larini (1994 San Marino GP, Ferrari) – second place
Eric Bernard (1994 German GP, Ligier) – third place
Gianni Morbidelli (1995 Australian GP, Footwork) – third place
Takuma Sato (2004 US GP, BAR Honda) – third place
Tiago Montiero (2005 US GP, Jordan) – third place
Pedro de la Rosa (2006 Hungarian GP, McLaren) – second place, one fastest lap in diff race
Nelson Piquet Jr. (2008 German GP, Renault) – second place
Vitaly Petrov (2011 Australian GP, Lotus Renault) – third place, one fastest lap in diff race
Kamui Kobyashi (2012 Japanese GP, Sauber) – third place, one fastest lap in diff race
Kevin Magnussen (2014 Australian GP, McLaren) – second place, two fastest laps in diff races
Lance Stroll (2017 Azerbaijan GP, Williams) – third place
Pierre Gasly (2019 Brazilian GP, Toro Rosso) – second place, two fastest laps in diff races
Carlos Sainz Jr (2019 Brazilian GP, McLaren) – third place
F1 drivers with one fastest lap from 1950 until 2019 – we have skipped drivers who were mentioned above along with their win/podium but mentioned those having in a different race to above. The list also doesn’t have drivers with one fastest lap and scoring multiple wins/podiums:
Onofre Marimon (1954 British GP, Maserati)
Jean Behra (1954 British GP, Gordini)
Hans Hermann (1954 French GP, Daimler) – one podium
Karl Kling (1954 German GP, Mercedes)
Roberto Mieres (1955 Dutch GP, Maserati)
Paul Russo (1956 Indy 500, Kurtis Kraft) – one podium
Tony Bettenhausen (1958 Indy 500, KK500C-Offenhauser) – one podium
Giancarlo Baghetti (1961 Italian GP, Scuderia Sant Ambroeus) – one win
Henri Pescarolo (1971 Italian GP, March) – one podium
Marc Surer (1981 Brazillian GP, Ensign)
Brian Henton (1982 British GP, Tyrrell)
Jonathan Palmer, (1989 Canadian GP, Tyrrell)
Mauricio Gugelmin (1989 French GP, March) – one podium
Satoru Nakajima (1989 Australian GP, Lotus)
Bertrand Gachot (1991 Hungarian GP, Jordan)
Roberto Moreno (1991 Belgian GP, Benetton) – one podium
Pedro de la Rosa (2005 Bahrain GP, McLaren) – one podium
Adrian Sutil (2009 Italian GP, Force India)
Vitaly Petrov (2010 Turkish GP, Renault) – one podium
Kamui Kobayashi (2012 Chinese GP, Sauber) – one podium
Bruno Senna (2012 Belgian GP, Williams)
Esteban Gutierrez (2013 Spanish GP, Sauber)
[Note: In terms of nationality, Robert Kubica was the sole from Poland]
F1 drivers with one pole from 1950 until 2019 – we have skipped drivers who were mentioned above along with their win/podium but mentioned those having in a different race to above. The list also doesn’t have drivers with one fastest lap and scoring multiple wins/podiums:
Walt Faulkner (1950 Indy 500, Kurtis Kraft-Offenhauser)
Duke Nalon (1951 Indy 500, Kurtis Kraft-Novi)
Fred Agabashian (1952 Indy 500, Kurtis Kraft-Cummins Diesel)
Jerry Hoyt (1955 Indy 500, Stevens-Offenhauser)
Pat O’Connor (1957 Indy 500, Kurtis Kraft-Offenhauser)
Dick Rathmann (1958 Indy 500, Watson-Offenhauser)
Eddie Sachs (1960 Indy 500, Enwig-Offenhauser)
Vittorio Brambilla (1975 Swedish GP, March) – one win
Bruno Giacomelli (1980 US GP, Alfa Romeo) – one podium
Nico Hulkenberg (2010 Brazilian GP, Sauber)
[Note: Like with one win, it was again Kubica and Maldonado with one pole for Poland and Venezuela respectively]
Considering the idea of absolute one in most cases, we couldn’t put the title victories under the same bracket as the F1 drivers have had multiple race wins under their belt but we still have them here under honourable mentions –
F1 drivers with one championship victories:
Guiseppe Farina (1950, Alfa Romeo), Mike Hawthorn (1958, Ferrari), Phill Hill (1961, Ferrari), John Surtees (1964, Ferrari), Denny Hulme (1967, Brabham), Jochen Rindt (1970, Lotus), James Hunt (1976, McLaren), Mario Andretti (1978, Lotus), Jody Scheckter (1979, Ferrari), Alan Jones (1980, Williams), Keke Rosberg (1982, Williams), Nigel Mansell (1992, Williams), Damon Hill (1996, Williams), Jaqques Villeneuve (1997, Williams), Kimi Raikkonen (2007, Ferrari), Jenson Button (2009, Brawn), Nico Rosberg (2016, Mercedes).
Drivers who won their first race:
Nino Farina (1950 British GP, Maserati), Johnnie Parsons (1950 Indy 500, Kurtis-Kraft Offenhauser), Giancarlo Baghetti (1961 French GP, Ferrari)
Here’s the list of the best duels from the 1950-1980s era if you missed: https://formularapida.net/f1-duels-10-of-the-best-from-1950s-to-1980s-period/
Here’s the list of the best duels from the 1990s decade if you missed: https://formularapida.net/f1-duels-five-of-the-best-ones-from-the-1990s-decade/
Here’s the list of the best duels from the 2000s decade if you missed: https://formularapida.net/f1-duels-five-of-the-best-ones-from-the-2000s-decade/
Here’s the list from of the best duels from the 2010s decade if you missed: https://formularapida.net/f1-duels-five-of-the-best-ones-from-2010s-decade/
Here’s the list of F1 Saves from 1990s until 2010s decade if you missed: https://formularapida.net/f1-saves-top-10-from-the-1990s-to-2010s-decade/
The list was compiled by Manav Pallan with the help of Darshan Chokhani and Duncan Leahy
