Failures to Qualify in a Season

until 1977 Austrian 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	Sponsor Industry	Year	Failures to Qualify
1	Oil	1978	26
2	Tyres	1978	24
3	Tyres	1977	18
	Spark plugs	1978	18
	Tobacco	1978	18
6	Tobacco	1977	16
7	Oil	1974	15
8	Spark plugs	1974	14
	Tyres	1974	14
	Oil	1977	14
11	Oil	1975	12
11	Car parts	1978	12
13	Tyres	1970	11
13	Tobacco	1976	11
15	Oil	1970	10
16	Tobacco	1975	9
17	Tyres	1976	8
17	Dampers	1978	8
19	Tobacco	1974	7
20	Metal working	1970	6
	Oil	1976	6
	Airline	1977	6
	Watches	1977	6
	Steering wheel	1978	6
	Watches	1978	6
26	Car manufacture	1974	5
	Steering wheel	1974	5
	Toys	1974	5
	Watches	1975	5
	Contraception	1978	5
31	Spark plugs	1975	4
	Sugar	1976	4
	Airline	1978	4
	Photography	1978	4
35	Brakes	1970	3
	Toiletries	1970	3
	Oil	1971	3
	Alcohol	1974	3
	Tools	1974	3
	Safety systems	1975	3
	Steering wheel	1975	3
	Tyres	1975	3
	Alcohol	1978	3
	Car manufacture	1978	3
45	Motor industry	1970	2
	Nuts and bolts	1970	2
	Tobacco	1970	2
	Brakes	1974	2
	Electronics	1974	2
	Vehicle manufacture	1974	2
	Watches	1974	2
	Sugar	1975	2
	Car manufacture	1976	2
	Modelmakers	1976	2
	Publishing	1976	2
	Spark plugs	1976	2
	Steering wheel	1976	2
	Alcohol	1977	2
	Car parts	1977	2
	Spark plugs	1977	2
	Tools	1978	2
	Tobacco	1979	2
	Tyres	1979	2
64	Oil	1967	1
	Car manufacture	1970	1
	Spark plugs	1971	1
	Toiletries	1971	1
	Tyres	1971	1
	Alcohol	1972	1
	Oil	1972	1
	Tobacco	1972	1
	Toys	1972	1
	Tyres	1972	1
	Vehicle hire	1974	1
	Caravan manufacture	1975	1
	Safety systems	1976	1
	Refrigeration	1977	1
	Sugar	1977	1
	Car care	1978	1
	Medical	1978	1
	Accommodation	1979	1
	Alcohol	1979	1
	Car parts	1979	1
	Funerals	1979	1
	Oil	1979	1

Qualification position: