Top 5 Worst Performing Automobiles Gonfarannaises Sportives drivers


Top 5 Worst Performing Automobiles Gonfaronnaises Sportives drivers
A List by Brian Cotnoir

          Just so I don’t have to keep typing the official name of the team, I will just be referring them as AGS.   I honestly have never even heard of this Formula 1 team till I came across them on Wikipedia and decided to make them my latest entry for Top 5 Worst Performing drivers.  AGS was a French Formula 1 Constructor that ran from 1986-1991.  In a little over 4 seasons in Formula 1 the team entered 80 Grand Prix’s, but only qualified for 32 of them.   The team started off pretty lackluster, and only got worst and worst as time went on.  Most of the time the team only entered 1 car, and was never going to be able to compete for wins or championships, and yet despite all that the team actually managed to score championship points with some of the most well-known grid fillers; nonetheless they were one of the worst teams probably in the history of Formula 1, and these are with no doubt their 5 Worst drivers.

5.)  Phillipe Streiff, 1 Season (1988), 0 Championship Point Scored, Best Finish of 8th at the Japanese Grand Prix.

French driver Phillipe Streiff ran the team’s only “successful” season in Formula 1.    Despite not scoring any championship points, Streiff qualified for all 16 races.   Streiff’s season, however, was plagued with race retirements, and he only finished 6 races that season.  Streiff also ran a single car entry that year for AGS.  Streiff, unfortunately would be injured in a pre-season test the following year and would end up as a quadriplegic—thus bringing an end to his professional racing career.


4.)  Pascal Fabre, 1 Season (1987), 0 Championship Points Scored,  Best Finish 9th (2X)

Pascal Fabre was AGS first full-time entry in Formula 1.  Like Phillipe Streiff he was the only entrant for the team.   Fabre, was pretty consistent and only had one race retirement in his first 10 starts.   However, he then failed to qualify for 3-of-the-next-4 races and was let go from by the team with 2 races left in the season.  His replacement, Roberto Moreno, would go on to score the team’s first ever championship point at the final round in Australia.   Fabre never raced again in Formula 1 after that.


3.)  Gabriele Tarquini, 2.5 seasons, 1 Championship Point scored, Best Finish 6th at the 1989 Mexican Grand Prix.

Italian driver Gabriele Tarquini spent 2.5 seasons with AGS.   Tarquini replaced the injured Phillipe Streiff, and he scored the team’s final championship point when he finished 6th place at the 1989 Mexican Grand Prix.  It would be the only championship point Tarquini scored in his career, which is impressive considering he failed to qualify for 32-out-of-40 Grand Prix’s he entered for AGS.  He made the teams last ever start at the 1991 Monaco Grand Prix.


2.)  Yannick Dalmas, 1.5 Seasons, 0 Championship Points Scored, Best Finish 9th at the 1990 Spanish Grand Prix

Yannick Dalmas was a French race car driver who only drove for Larousse and AGS in his F1 career.  Dalmas never scored any championship points in his F1 career.  In 24 races entered with the AGS team, Dalmas failed to qualify for 20 of them.  His best finish with AGS was a 9th at the 1990 Spanish Grand Prix.

Whats with the "?".  Are we wondering how you had a F1 career?

1.)  Fabrizio Barbazza, ¾ of a season, 0 Championship Points scored, No F1 Starts!

A former Indy Lights Champion, Fabrizio Barbazza replaced Stefan Johansson after two rounds of the 1991 season.  He entered 12 races for AGS that year…and failed to qualify for every single one!   This has to be one of the most disastrous F1 debuts in history.    AGS would shut down after he and Olivier Grouilliard (in a one race deal) failed to qualify for that years Spanish Grand Prix.  Barbazza would have to wait over a year to get another shot in F1, driving for Minardi.  He scored his first and only points in F1 with Minardi before being released from the team halfway through the 1993 season.


This colorful livery never made an F1 grid

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

The Top 10 Most Iconic Paint Schemes in NASCAR Cup History

Image
The Top 10 Most Iconic Paint Schemes in NASCAR Cup History An Article by Brian Cotnoir I’ve talked about the Best Paint Schemes in Cup History, I’ve talked about the Best Paint Schemes in Xfinity History, and now today I’d like to present you the 10 Most Iconic Paint Schemes in NASCAR Cup History. 10.) Citgo, Wood Brothers Racing The Wood Brothers are one of the oldest teams in NASCAR, and in the late 80’s early 90’s they left quite the impression on NASCAR fans with the Citgo Paint Scheme which was piloted by drivers Dale Jarret, Morgan Shepherd, and Michael Waltrip.   Citgo eventually left the wood brothers and sponsored Jeff Burton at Roush Racing, but it was a truly iconic sponsor with that famous number twenty-one 9.)    Skoal Bandit, Harry Gant Harry Gant earned the nickname “Mr. September” when he won 4 straight Winston Cup Races (and two Busch Series) races in September of 1991, and he did it all behind the wheel of the Iconic Skoal Bandit race car.
Read more

Top 10 Ugliest Paint Schemes in NASCAR History

Image
Top 10 Ugliest Paint Schemes in NASCAR History By: Brian Cotnoir I’ve talked about the Best Paint Schemes in NASCAR, and now I’m here to talk about the Ugliest.   Sometimes a paint scheme looks bad because of whose sponsoring the car, and other times it’s a real bad color combination, but whatever the reason these are some of the most hideous Paint Schemes to have ever graced a NASCAR track. 10.)   Dave Marcis, Prodigy paint scheme This one is so ugly, that it’s kind of cool.   For me the big issue is the combination of Purple & Green, and the Neon Orange numbers make it a little better, but this car is still looks like a disaster. 9.)     Joey Logano, AAA Insurance paint scheme Joey Logano has had a number of awesome paint schemes while driving for Roger Penske, however this red, white, and blue monstrosity is not one of them.    I think Logano and Penske should call AAA Insurance and see if they can use their policy to give this paint scheme a complete
Read more

Top 10 NASCAR drivers who never won a Cup Series Championship

Image
Top 10 NASCAR drivers who never won a Cup Series championship By: Brian Cotnoir           NASCAR has been around for over 70 Years now and over those seven decades we’ve had many fantastic drivers.    Petty, Earnhardt, Waltrip, Yarborough, Gordon, and Johnson are all great drivers and all have won multiple championships in their illustrious careers,   Just between Richard Petty, Dale Earnhardt Sr, Jimmie Johnson, and Jeff Gordon they have won more than 1/3 of all NASCAR Cup Series Championships, but there are dozens of NASCAR drivers who came close to scoring that illusive title, but just couldn’t pull it off.   These are the Top 10 NASCAR drivers who never won a Cup Series Championship. 10.)   Ernie Irvan Ernie “Swirvin” Irvan was my first favorite driver in NASCAR.   He was one of the best drivers of the early 1990’s driving for top tier teams like Morgan-McClure and Robert Yates Racing.    Irvan even won the 1991 Daytona 500, but as the decade went on his career suff
Read more