F1 Test Drivers that never had an F1 race?

F1 Test Drivers that never had an F1 race? Who was there that tested in only Official FIA Testing and didn't race, espicially Test Drivers from the 1990's would be much appreciated.

Example:- 2007 S Buemi, J Rossiter, N Piquet, K Hirate etc

Thanks

Benetton: Jason Watt, Oliver Gavin (1998), Laurent Redon (1999), some Japanese bloke whose name I can't recall and who I never heard of ever again (2000)

McLaren: Paffett (2006/07), Turner (2001/02), Oliver Gavin (1997)

Williams: Andy Priaulx (2005), Junqueira (2000), Max Wilson (1998), Alain Menu (1995), Jörg Müller (1999 in preparation for BMW, 2000 for Michelin)

Prost: Jonathan Cochet (2001), Emanuel Collard (1997)

Jordan/Midland: Nicky Pastorelli (2005), Marcel Lassée (2002), Kelvin Burt (1994), Ferdinando Monfardini (2006), Alexandre Prémat (2006), Fabrio del Monte (2006), Ernesto Viso (2006), Thomas Biagi (2005), Jeffrey Van Hooydonk (2005)

(BAR-)Honda: James Rossiter (2006/07), Alan Van der Merwe (2005/06), Patrick LeMarié (1998-2002), Ryo Fukuda (2002), Darren Manning (2000/01)

Toyota: Ryan Briscoe (2002-2005), Takeru Kobayashi (2006/07)

Jaguar: James Courtney & André Lotterer (2002), Tomas Scheckter (2000/01)

Minardi: Sergei Zlobin (who survived a bomb attack on his car earlier this week; 2002), Chanoch Nissany (2005), Matteo Bobbi (2003), Andrea Piccini (2001), Bas Leinders (2004)

Sauber: Jörg Müller (1998), Neel Jani (2004)

I'll add a few ones

BAR: Tony Kanaan
Jaguar: Towsend Bell
Minardi: Katherine Legge
Williams: Scott Dixon
Renault: Jose Maria Lopez
Arrows: Sebastien Bourdais(erase that one in a few months)

Amazing how many names from those lists are doing incredibly well in other forms of racing!

I forgot a few Americans (and American-based ones):

Bryan Herta (Minardi 2002)

Sarah Fisher had a run in the McLaren (2001?)

Jeff Gordon did a few laps in Montoya's Williams in 2003 or 2004.

Dario Franchitti had a one-off test for Jaguar in 2001 or 2002.

Al Unser Jr. of course tested the Williams in the early 1990s, and Paul Tracy did likewise for Benetton in 1994.

I am pretty sure Gil de Ferran tested an F1 car before heading to the States in 1995 as well, but I'm not sure which (Benetton perhaps?).

"some Japanese bloke whose name I can't recall and who I never heard of ever again (2000)"

His name was Hidetoshi Mitsusada he was in F3000 an Champ Car (or IRL)

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Originally Posted by FIA

"some Japanese bloke whose name I can't recall and who I never heard of ever again (2000)"

His name was Hidetoshi Mitsusada he was in F3000 an Champ Car (or IRL)

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You're right - Mitsusada was the Benetton test-driver (and F3000 driver) whose name I couldn't recall.

However, the IRL driver was called Hideshi Matsuda and I don't think he's the same person (he would have been in his late forties in 2000).

I think we need to differentiate between "One off try-out and or reward tests" and "actual official team testing".

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Originally Posted by wmcot

Amazing how many names from those lists are doing incredibly well in other forms of racing!

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That is because they never were good enough for F1.

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Originally Posted by luvracin

I think we need to differentiate between "One off try-out and or reward tests" and "actual official team testing".

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Yeah, I meant drivers that did proper testing, not one offs (like Gordon, Makkinen etc)