Given Fisi’s upcoming 200th GP, I thought it may be fun to talk about 200 GP drivers. In 1998, there were only four active drivers who had over 200 GP’s. Who were they? Since 1998, what other drivers have achieved the 200th GP mark and of all these drivers, including the four from 1998, which person has has failed to win at least one grand prix?
Funny you should ask this. Today we are having a garage sale. While looking for items to sell, I came across a box that had not been opened since we moved into our house in 1997! One of the pieces of glass wear was wrapped in a page from National Speed Sport News, dated April 23, 1997. A short report stated: “Gerhard Berger will start his 200th GP in San Marino, while Johnny Herbert starts his 100th. In the current line-up, the only other driver to have more than 100 GP starts to his credit is Jean Alesi who will… Read more »
does the “active drivers” mean that they were active but not in F1 any more?? Then the numbers could add up (I’d have to check it out), but otherwise it’s just Gerhard in 1998…
They were racing at the time.
1998: Patrese, de Cesaris, Berger and Piquet.
Since then: Alesi, Barrichello, Coulthard, Schumacher and now Fisi.