Most retirements in a debut season by an F1 driver
| # | Driver | Year | DNFs |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | (ITA) Alessandro Nannini (Minardi) | 13 | |
| 2 | (ESP) Adrian Campos (Minardi) | 13 | |
| 3 | (ARG) Esteban Tuero (Minardi) | 12 | |
| 4 | (ESP) Pedro de la Rosa (Arrows) | 11 | |
| 5 | (DEU) Nick Heidfeld (Prost) | 11 | |
| 6 | (COL) Juan Pablo Montoya (Williams) | 11 | |
| 7 | (FRA) Philippe Alliot (RAM) | 10 | |
| 8 | (FRA) Francois Hesnault (Ligier) | 10 | |
| 9 | (JPN) Shinji Nakano (Prost) | 10 | |
| 10 | (DEU) Ralf Schumacher (Jordan) | 10 | |
| 11 | (BRA) Enrique Bernoldi (Arrows) | 10 | |
| 12 | (DEU) Hans-Joachim Stuck (March) | 9 | |
| 13 | (SWE) Gunnar Nilsson (Lotus) | 9 | |
| 14 | (GBR) Johnny Dumfries (Lotus) | 9 | |
| 15 | (GBR) Mark Blundell (Brabham) | 9 | |
| 16 | (JPN) Ukyo Katayama (Venturi) | 9 | |
| 17 | (BRA) Rubens Barrichello (Jordan) | 9 | |
| 18 | (GBR) Allan McNish (Toyota) | 9 | |
| 19 | (GBR) Justin Wilson (Minardi, Jaguar) | 9 | |
| 20 | (ITA) Gianmaria Bruni (Minardi) | 9 | |
| 21 | (DEU) Nico Rosberg (Williams) | 9 | |
| 22 | (BRA) Nelsinho Piquet (Renault) | 9 | |
| 23 | (BRA) Bruno Senna (HRT) | 9 | |
| 24 | (ITA) Corrado Fabi (Osella) | 8 | |
| 25 | (BRA) Ayrton Senna (Toleman) | 8 | |
| 26 | (BRA) Mauricio Gugelmin (March) | 8 | |
| 27 | (DEU) Heinz-Harald Frentzen (Sauber) | 8 | |
| 28 | (BRA) Ricardo Rosset (Footwork) | 8 | |
| 29 | (JPN) Toranosuke Takagi (Tyrrell) | 8 | |
| 30 | (BRA) Ricardo Zonta (BAR) | 8 | |
| 31 | (GBR) Jenson Button (Williams) | 8 | |
| 32 | (ESP) Fernando Alonso (Minardi) Current | 8 | |
| 33 | (BRA) Felipe Massa (Sauber) | 8 | |
| 34 | (ITA) Giorgio Pantano (Jordan) | 8 | |
| 35 | (DEU) Adrian Sutil (Spyker) | 8 | |
| 36 | (BRA) Lucas di Grassi (Virgin) | 8 | |
| 37 | (ITA) Riccardo Patrese (Shadow) | 7 | |
| 38 | (ITA) Elio de Angelis (Shadow) | 7 | |
| 39 | (ITA) Michele Alboreto (Tyrrell) | 7 | |
| 40 | (USA) Danny Sullivan (Tyrrell) | 7 | |
| 41 | (AUS) David Brabham (Brabham) | 7 | |
| 42 | (FIN) Mika Hakkinen (Lotus) | 7 | |
| 43 | (USA) Michael Andretti (McLaren) | 7 | |
| 44 | (BRA) Pedro Diniz (Forti) | 7 | |
| 45 | (JPN) Takuma Sato (Jordan) | 7 | |
| 46 | (BRA) Antonio Pizzonia (Jaguar) | 7 | |
| 47 | (CHE) Sebastien Buemi (Toro Rosso) | 7 | |
| 48 | (VEN) Pastor Maldonado (Williams) | 7 | |
| 49 | (ESP) Carlos Sainz (Toro Rosso) Current | 7 | |
| 50 | (GBR) Graham Hill (Lotus) | 6 | |
| 51 | (BRA) Wilson Fittipaldi (Brabham) | 6 | |
| 52 | (GBR) Rupert Keegan (Hesketh) | 6 | |
| 53 | (FRA) Didier Pironi (Tyrrell) | 6 | |
| 54 | (ITA) Siegfried Stohr (Arrows) | 6 | |
| 55 | (COL) Roberto Guerrero (Ensign) | 6 | |
| 56 | (BRA) Raul Boesel (March) | 6 | |
| 57 | (ITA) Teo Fabi (Toleman) | 6 | |
| 58 | (AUT) Jo Gartner (Osella) | 6 | |
| 59 | (ESP) Luis Perez-Sala (Minardi) | 6 | |
| 60 | (FRA) Olivier Grouillard (Ligier) | 6 | |
| 61 | (ITA) Luca Badoer (Lola) | 6 | |
| 62 | (NLD) Jos Verstappen (Benetton) | 6 | |
| 63 | (ESP) Marc Gene (Minardi) | 6 | |
| 64 | (ARG) Gaston Mazzacane (Minardi) | 6 | |
| 65 | (FIN) Kimi Raikkonen (Sauber) | 6 | |
| 66 | (AUS) Mark Webber (Minardi) | 6 | |
| 67 | (IRL) Ralph Firman (Jordan) | 6 | |
| 68 | (AUT) Patrick Friesacher (Minardi) | 6 | |
| 69 | (NLD) Christijan Albers (Minardi) | 6 | |
| 70 | (RUS) Vitaly Petrov (Renault) | 6 | |
| 71 | (FRA) Charles Pic (Marussia) | 6 | |
| 72 | (MCO) Charles Leclerc (Sauber) Current | 6 | |
| 73 | (GBR) Lando Norris (McLaren) Current | 6 | |
| 74 | (CHN) Guanyu Zhou (Alfa Romeo) Current | 6 |