How many(if there are any) drivers who suddenly appeared in f1 and drove just one race and just as suddenly?

Question

vanished from f1 just as quickly never to be seen again

Answer 1

I do remember this guy, uhm, Lee Wallard I think who entered two races, won one and holds the highest win percentage at 50%.

Answer 2

Loads and loads Clan M!

Shephane Sarrizan drove 1 race for Minardi in 1999, then went to the WRC.

Maro Appicella drove once for Jordan in about 1994, a career that lasted 1 corner.....

As you asked a question about Japaneese drivers recentley, Kunitsu Takashi drove the 1977 Japaneese GP and no other.

Jean- Louis Schleser drove the 1988 Italian GP, in a Williams no less! A youthful 40 years old, too!

Answer 3

157 drivers have started a single GP:

(I just cut and pasted the list, so the 563 etc refers to the driver's place in the list of number of GP starts and as everyone has one start, they are listed by the order in which they made their debuts...this list includes the 1950-1960 Indy 500s, of course)

563 FRY Joe 1

564 JOHNSON Leslie 1

565 JACKSON Jimmy 1

566 LEVRETT Bayliss 1

567 CANTRELL Bill 1

568 ADER Walt 1

569 HOLMES Jackie 1

570 CHITWOOD Joie 1

571 FOHR Myron 1

572 PAGANI Nello 1

573 POZZI Charles 1

574 SERAFINI Dorino 1

575 BIONDETTI Clemente 1

576 MACKEY Bill 1

577 FORBERG Carl 1

578 GORDINI Aldo 1

579 JAMES John 1

580 FOTHERINGHAM-PARKER Peter 1

581 GRIGNARD Georges 1

582 FONDER George 1

583 RIGSBY Jim 1

584 O'BRIEN Robert 1

585 MONTGOMERIE-CHARRINGTON Robin 1

586 WHITEHEAD Graham 1

587 THOMPSON Eric 1

588 NIEDERMAYR Helmut 1

589 BALSA Marcel 1

590 SCHOELLER Rudolf 1

591 PETERS Josef 1

592 KLENK Hans 1

593 BRUDES Adolf 1

594 RIESS Fritz 1

595 ASTON Bill 1

596 FLINTERMAN Jan 1

597 Van Der LOF Dries 1

598 BARBER John 1

599 GALVEZ Oscar 1

600 SCHWELM CRUZ Adolfo 1

601 MANTZ Johnny 1

602 STEWART Ian 1

603 STEWART Jimmy 1

604 LOOF Ernst 1

605 ADOLFF Kurt 1

606 NUCKEY Rodney 1

607 FITZAU Theo 1

608 BAUER Erwin 1

609 KARCH Oswald 1

610 SCHERRER Albert 1

611 LOYER Roger 1

612 CROCKETT Larry 1

613 DUNCAN Len 1

614 KLADIS Danny 1

615 ARMI Frank 1

616 RISELEY-PRICHARD John 1

617 BEAUMAN Don 1

618 WHITEHOUSE Bill 1

619 THORNE Leslie 1

620 IGLESIAS Jesus 1

621 SPARKEN Mike 1

622 LUCAS Jean 1

623 GONZALEZ Oscar 1

624 SCOTTI Piero 1

625 EMERY Paul 1

626 SCOTT-BROWN Archie 1

627 TITTERINGTON Desmond 1

628 MILHOUX André 1

629 EDMUNDS Don 1

630 GEORGE Elmer 1

631 MacDOWELL Mike 1

632 MacKAY-FRASER Herbert 1

633 AMICK George 1

634 BISCH Art 1

635 UNSER Jerry 1

636 ARNOLD Chuck 1

637 ASHDOWN Peter 1

638 TAYLOR Mike 1

639 CONSTANTINE George 1

640 SAID Bob 1

641 BLANCHARD Harry 1

642 LARRETA Rodriguez 1

643 ESTEFANO Nasif 1

644 CREUS Antonio 1

645 CHIMERI Ettore 1

646 BONOMI Roberto 1

647 HURTUBISE Jim 1

648 TINGELSTAD Bud 1

649 WEILER Wayne 1

650 REVENTLOW Lance 1

651 DROGO Piero 1

652 GAMBLE Fred 1

653 OWEN Arthur 1

654 THIELE Alfonso 1

655 WILSON Vic 1

656 DRAKE Bob 1

657 NATILI Massimo 1

658 PIROCCHI Renato 1

659 STARRABBA Gaetano 1

660 LIPPI Roberto 1

661 RYAN Peter 1

662 PON Ben 1

663 CHAMBERLAIN Jay 1

664 SHELLY Tony 1

665 WALTER Heini 1

666 SCHILLER Heinz 1

667 MAYER Tim 1

668 SCHROEDER Rob 1

669 LEDERLE Neville 1

670 JOHNSTONE Bruce 1

671 HARRIS Mike 1

672 BROEKER Peter 1

673 BLOKDYK Trevor 1

674 NIEMANN Brausch 1

675 RHODES John 1

676 BASSI Giorgio 1

677 BOTHA Luki 1

678 REES Alan 1

679 WILLIAMS Jonathan 1

680 SCHLESSER Jo 1

681 WIDDOWS Robin 1

682 AHRENS Kurt 1

683 UNSER Bobby 1

684 CORDTS John 1

685 HUTCHISON Gus 1

686 MAX Jean 1

687 MAZET François 1

688 CRAFT Chris 1

689 CANNON John 1

690 BUENO Luis 1

691 McRAE Graham 1

692 DRIVER Paddy 1

693 LARROUSSE Gérard 1

694 PILETTE Teddy 1

695 KINNUNEN Leo 1

696 ROOS Bertil 1

697 QUESTER Dieter 1

698 DOLHEM José 1

699 TUNMER Guy 1

700 PALM Torsten 1

701 MAGEE Damien 1

702 MORGAN Dave 1

703 NICHOLSON John 1

704 VONLANTHEN Jo 1

705 ANDERSSON Conny 1

706 BROWN Warwick 1

707 HASEMI Masahiro 1

708 HEYER Hans 1

709 TAKAHASHI Kunimitsu 1

710 LEONI Lamberto 1

711 BLEEKEMOLEN Michael 1

712 NEEDELL Tiff 1

713 GUERRA Miguel Angel 1

714 SCHLESSER Jean-Louis 1

715 RAPHANEL Pierre-Henri 1

716 APICELLA Marco 1

717 RATZENBERGER Roland 1

718 SARRAZIN Stéphane 1

719 WINKELHOCK Markus 1