Alexander Rossi was very likely to race for Marussia in Austin. Now Marussia withdraws and his GP debut failed.
There are some drivers which failed to race in F1 although they had contracts or strong negotations, but their teams failed:
- José María López 2010 at USF1
- Christophe Bouchut and Eric Hélary 1995 at Larrousse
- Oliver Garvin 1996 at Pacific
- Mauro Bianchi 1968 at Alipne Renault
- Peter van Zwan 1974 Arno Alfa Romeo
- Luigi Cevasco 1974 at Dywa
- Maurizio Flammini and Peo Consanni 1980 at Dywa
- Nestor Garcia Veiga 1975 at Berta
- Jordi Gené 1993 at Bravo
- Christian Pescatori 1996 at Durango
Are there more examples.