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The remarkable story of F1's most unlikely test driver

Roy Nissany was a surprise candidate for a Williams test role considering he'd been in the motorsport wilderness for a year, but his F1 story is nothing compared to that of his father Chanoch - who went from spectator to practice driver in just four years

Jonathan Noble Jan 25, 2020, 2:28 PM

For any Formula 1 driver, you would think that ending a session nearly 13 seconds off the pace would be something to quickly forget about and move on from.

But for Israeli Chanoch Nissany, his infamous outing in a Friday free practice session for Minardi at the 2005 Hungarian Grand Prix is something he remains immensely proud of.

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Author Jonathan Noble

Jonathan Noble is Motorsport.com’s Formula 1 editor. Having graduated from University of Sussex Jonathan worked for sports news agency Collings Sports reporting on F1, F3, touring cars and other sports, with articles appearing in The Daily Telegraph, The Independent, Reuters, Autosport and other publications. In 1999 he moved to Haymarket Publishing to become a senior editor at Autosport Special Projects, and one year later he became Autosport’s grand prix editor. In 2015 he moved to Motorsport Network, becoming the F1 editor for Motorsport.com. He is also a member of the Guild of Motoring Writers, and sits on the FIA Media Council.