Failures to Qualify in a Season

until 1989 Japanese GP

Ignore Indy 500 races
Ignore non-championship races
Note: records involving non-championship races may be inaccurate due to incomplete data.

Qualification position:

Pos	Lubricant Manufacturer	Year	Failures to Qualify
1	Valvoline	1981	38
2	Elf	1988	22
3	BP	1981	20
4	Shell	1988	17
5	Fina	1974	16
6	Agip	1983	15
6	Valvoline	1983	15
8	Valvoline	1979	13
9	Shell	1978	12
9	Valvoline	1982	12
11	Antar	1989	11
12	Agip	1988	10
13	Shell	1970	8
13	Valvoline	1988	8
15	Unipart	1980	7
15	BP	1989	7
17	Fina	1976	6
	Shell	1981	6
	Elf	1982	6
	Elf	1989	6
21	Shell	1971	5
	Shell	1974	5
	Shell	1980	5
	Agip	1984	5
25	Elf	1981	4
	Agip	1982	4
	Agip	1986	4
	Agip	1989	4
	Mobil	1989	4
30	Valvoline	1977	3
	Shell	1979	3
	Valvoline	1980	3
	Shell	1984	3
	Agip	1985	3
	Shell	1985	3
	Agip	1987	3
37	Duckhams	1974	2
	Motul	1974	2
	Esso	1975	2
	Fina	1975	2
	Castrol	1977	2
	Castrol	1979	2
	Castrol	1980	2
	Elf	1980	2
	Elf	1983	2
	Mobil	1983	2
	Unipart	1983	2
	Valvoline	1984	2
	Elf	1985	2
	BP	1988	2
	Unipart	1989	2
52	Shell	1952	1
	Shell	1960	1
	BP	1964	1
	Elf	1970	1
	STP	1970	1
	Castrol	1972	1
	Motul	1972	1
	Elan	1974	1
	Elf	1974	1
	Duckhams	1977	1
	Elf	1977	1
	Fina	1977	1
	Texaco	1977	1
	Elf	1978	1
	Fina	1978	1
	Agip	1979	1
	Texaco	1979	1
	Agip	1980	1
	BP	1983	1
	Shell	1983	1
	Castrol	1985	1
	Elf	1986	1
	Shell	1986	1

Qualification position: