Most starts without a top ten start by an F1 driver
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| # | Driver | Race starts | Best start |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | (ITA) Piercarlo Ghinzani | 76 | 13th |
| 2 | (ITA) Luca Badoer | 50 | 12th |
| 3 | (NLD) Christijan Albers | 46 | 13th |
| 4 | (IND) Narain Karthikeyan | 46 | 11th |
| 5 | (FRA) Charles Pic | 39 | 18th |
| 6 | (DEU) Pascal Wehrlein | 39 | 12th |
| 7 | (ITA) Gabriele Tarquini | 38 | 11th |
| 8 | (PRT) Tiago Monteiro | 37 | 14th |
| 9 | (DEU) Christian Danner | 36 | 16th |
| 10 | (GBR) Max Chilton | 35 | 16th |
| 11 | (USA) Brett Lunger | 34 | 13th |
| 12 | (FRA) Jules Bianchi | 34 | 12th |
| 13 | (JPN) Shinji Nakano | 33 | 12th |
| 14 | (PRT) Pedro Lamy | 32 | 14th |
| 15 | (JPN) Toranosuke Takagi | 32 | 13th |
| 16 | (GBR) Mike Beuttler | 28 | 11th |
| 17 | (BRA) Enrique Bernoldi | 28 | 12th |
| 18 | (USA) Scott Speed | 28 | 11th |
| 19 | (BRA) Ricardo Rosset | 26 | 17th |
| 20 | (GBR) Rupert Keegan | 25 | 13th |
| 21 | (NLD) Huub Rothengatter | 25 | 20th |
| 22 | (CHL) Eliseo Salazar | 24 | 12th |
| 23 | (AUS) David Brabham | 24 | 21st |
| 24 | (BRA) Tarso Marques | 24 | 14th |
| 25 | (GBR) Anthony Davidson | 24 | 11th |
| 26 | (BRA) Raul Boesel | 23 | 17th |
| 27 | (FRA) Yannick Dalmas | 23 | 15th |
| 28 | (COL) Roberto Guerrero | 21 | 11th |
| 29 | (ARG) Gaston Mazzacane | 21 | 19th |
| 30 | (JPN) Sakon Yamamoto | 21 | 19th |
| 31 | (RUS) Sergey Sirotkin | 21 | 11th |
| 32 | (RUS) Nikita Mazepin | 21 | 15th |
| 33 | (DEU) Stefan Bellof | 20 | 16th |
| 34 | (ITA) Andrea Montermini | 20 | 19th |
| 35 | (HUN) Zsolt Baumgartner | 20 | 17th |
| 36 | (BEL) Jerome d’Ambrosio | 20 | 15th |
| 37 | (AUT) Harald Ertl | 19 | 17th |
| 38 | (GBR) Brian Henton | 19 | 11th |
| 39 | (FRA) Francois Hesnault | 19 | 13th |
| 40 | (NLD) Giedo van der Garde | 19 | 14th |
| 41 | (ZAF) Ian Scheckter | 18 | 16th |
| 42 | (BRA) Chico Serra | 18 | 15th |
| 43 | (VEN) Johnny Cecotto | 18 | 15th |
| 44 | (JPN) Taki Inoue | 18 | 18th |
| 45 | (ITA) Gianmaria Bruni | 18 | 16th |
| 46 | (BRA) Lucas di Grassi | 18 | 20th |
| 47 | (GBR) Will Stevens | 18 | 13th |
| 48 | (BEL) Lucien Bianchi | 17 | 12th |
| 49 | (ITA) Nanni Galli | 17 | 15th |
| 50 | (ESP) Adrian Campos | 17 | 16th |
| 51 | (ARG) Esteban Tuero | 16 | 17th |
| 52 | (GBR) Ian Burgess | 15 | 13th |
| 53 | (BRA) Luciano Burti | 14 | 14th |
| 54 | (MYS) Alex Yoong | 14 | 19th |
| 55 | (IRL) Ralph Firman | 14 | 14th |
| 56 | (ITA) Giorgio Pantano | 14 | 14th |
| 57 | (FRA) Francois Migault | 13 | 14th |
| 58 | (AUT) Hans Binder | 13 | 18th |
| 59 | (GBR) Martin Donnelly | 13 | 11th |
| 60 | (ESP) Roberto Merhi | 13 | 14th |
| 61 | (GBR) Jack Fairman | 12 | 11th |
| 62 | (FRA) Guy Ligier | 12 | 11th |
| 63 | (CHE) Silvio Moser | 12 | 13th |
| 64 | (USA) George Follmer | 12 | 11th |
| 65 | (ITA) Lella Lombardi | 12 | 20th |
| 66 | (ITA) Corrado Fabi | 12 | 11th |
| 67 | (IDN) Rio Haryanto | 12 | 16th |
| 68 | (USA) Jim Hall | 11 | 12th |
| 69 | (AUS) Dave Walker | 11 | 12th |
| 70 | (GBR) Guy Edwards | 11 | 14th |
| 71 | (AUS) Larry Perkins | 11 | 13th |
| 72 | (FRA) Pascal Fabre | 11 | 22nd |
| 73 | (FRA) Jean-Christophe Boullion | 11 | 13th |
| 74 | (AUT) Patrick Friesacher | 11 | 13th |
| 75 | (IND) Karun Chandhok | 11 | 20th |
| 76 | (LIE) Rikky von Opel | 10 | 17th |
| 77 | (GBR) Bob Evans | 10 | 20th |
| 78 | (BEL) Patrick Neve | 10 | 19th |
| 79 | (BRA) Alex Ribeiro | 10 | 17th |
| 80 | (SWE) Slim Borgudd | 10 | 20th |