Indy 500: Foreign-Born Driver Participation
Driver: First Year, Races
Argentina
Raoul Riganti: 1923, Races- 3
Juan Gaudino: 1932, Races- 1
Austria
Joe Jagersberger: 1911, Races- 1
Australia
Jack Brabham: 1961, Races- 4
Vern Schuppan: 1976, Races- 3
Dennis Firestone: 1980, Races- 5
Geoff Brabham: 1981, Races- 10
Ryan Briscoe: 2005, Races- 1
Belgium
Charles Van Acker: 1947, Races- 3
Didier Theys: 1989, Races- 3
Bernard Jourdain: 1989, Races- 2
Eric Bachelart: 1992, Races- 2
Wim Eyckmans: 1999, Races- 1
Brazil
Emerson Fittipaldi: 1984, Races- 11, Wins- 2 (1989, 1993), Poles- 1 (1990)
Raul Boesel: 1985, Races- 13
Roberto Moreno: 1986, Races- 2
Nelson Piquet: 1993, Races- 1
Marco Greco: 1994, Races- 4
Mauricio Gugelmin: 1994, Races- 2
Christian Fittipaldi: 1995, Races- 1
Andre Ribeiro: 1995, Races- 1
Affonso Giaffone: 1997, Races- 1
Airton Dare: 2000, Races- 4
Helio Castroneves: 2001, Races- 6, Wins- 2 (2001, 2002), Poles- 1 (2003)
Bruno Junquiera: 2001, Races- 4, Poles- 1 (2002)
Felipe Giaffone: 2001, Races- 6
Tony Kannan: 2002, Races- 5, Poles- 1 (2005)
Vitor Meira: 2003, Races- 4
Thiago Medeiros: 2006, Races- 1
Canada
Pete Henderson: 1916, Races- 2
Ira Vail: 1919, Races- 5
Hal Robson: 1946, Races- 3
Billy Foster: 1965, Races- 2
Eldon Rasmussen: 1975, Races- 3
Cliff Hucul: 1977, Races- 3
Jacques Villeneuve (uncle): 1986, Races- 1
Ludwig Heimrath, Jr.: 1987, Races- 3
John Jones: 1989, Races- 1
Scott Goodyear: 1990, Races- 11
Paul Tracy: 1992, Races- 5
Jacques Joseph Charles Villeneuve (nephew): 1994, Races- 2, Wins- 1 (1995)
Claude Bourbonnais: 1997, Races- 1
Marty Roth: 2004, Races- 2
Mark Taylor: 2004, Races- 1
Patrick Carpentier: 2005, Races- 1
Chile
Eliseo Salazar: 1995, Races- 6
Colombia
*Roberto Guerrero (naturalized American citizen in 1990): 1984, Races- 15, Poles- 1 (1992)
Juan Pablo Montoya: 2000, Races- 1, Wins- 1 (2000)
Czech Republic
Tomas Enge: 2005, Races- 1
England
Hughie Hughes: 1911, Races- 2
Douglas Hawkes: 1922, Races- 2
Count Louis Zborowski: 1923, Races- 1
Alfred Moss: 1924, Races- 1
Henry Banks: 1938, Races- 6
George Robson (born in France but an American national): 1940, Races- 3, Wins- 1 (1946)
Graham Hill: 1966, Races- 3, Wins- 1 (1966)
David Hobbs: 1971, Races- 4
Nigel Mansell: 1993, Races- 2
Dan Wheldon: 2003, Races- 4, Wins- 1 (2005)
Darren Manning: 2004, Races- 2
Finland
Tero Palmroth: 1988, Races- 4
France
Charles Basle: 1911, Races- 1
Jules Goux: 1913, Races- 5, Wins- 1 (1913)
Albert Guyot: 1913, Races- 5
Georges Boillot: 1914, Races- 1
Jean Chassagne: 1914, Races- 3, Poles- 1 (1914)
Rene Thomas: 1914, Races- 4, Wins- 1 (1914), Poles- 1 (1919)
Jules Devigne: 1916, Races- 1
Andre Boillot: 1919, Races- 3
Gaston Chevrolet (born in France but American national): 1919, Races- 2, Wins- 1 (1920)
Louis LeCocq: 1919, Races- 1
Louis Wagner: 1919, Races- 1
Jules Moriceau: 1929, Races- 1
Phillipe Gache: 1992, Races- 1
Stephan Gregoire: 1993, Races- 7
Gil de Ferran (born in France but Brazilian national): 1995, Races- 4, Wins- 1 (2003)
Nicolas Minassian: 2001, Races- 1
Laurent Redon: 2002, Races- 1
Sebastien Bourdais: 2005, Races-1
Germany
John Mais: 1915, Races- 1
Max Sailer: 1923, Races- 1
Christian Werner: 1923, Races- 1
Christian Lautenschlager: 1923, Races- 1
Jochen Rindt: 1967, Races- 2
Dominic Dobson: 1988, Races- 7
Ireland
Derek Daly: 1983, Races- 6
Italy
Ralph DePalma (born in Italy but an American national): 1911, Races- 10, Wins- 1 (1915), Poles- 2 (1920, 1921)
Vincenzo Trucco: 1913, Races- 1
Dario Resta (born in Italy but a British national): 1915, Races- 3, Wins- 1 (1916)
Aldo Franchi: 1916, Races- 1
Pietro Bordino: 1925, Races- 1
Baconin Borzachini: 1930, Races- 1
Letterio Cucinotta: 1930, Races- 1
Luigi Villoresi: 1946, Races- 1
Alberto Alberto: 1952, Races- 1
*Mario Andretti (naturalized American citizen in 1965): 1965, Races- 29, Wins- 1 (1969), Poles- 3 (1966, 1967, 1987)
Teo Fabi: 1983, Races- 8, Poles- 1 (1983)
Fabrizio Barbazza: 1987, Races- 1
Alessandro Zampedri: 1995, Races- 3
Michele Alboreto: 1996, Races- 1
Vincenzo Sospiri: 1997, Races- 1
Max Papis: 2002, Races- 2
Japan
Hiro Matsushita: 1991, Races- 4
Hideshi Matsuda: 1994, Races- 4
Shigeaki Hattori: 2002, Races- 2
Tora Takagi: 2003, Races- 2
Shinji Nakano: 2003, Races- 1
Kosuke Masuura: 2004, Races- 3
Mexico
Josele Garza: 1981, Races- 7
Hector Rebaque: 1982, Races- 1
Adrian Fernandez: 1994, Races- 4
Carlos Guerrero: 1995, Races- 1
Michel Jourdain, Jr.: 1996, Races- 1
Monaco
Louis Chiron: 1929, Races- 1
Netherlands
Arie Luyendyk: 1985, Races- 17, Wins- 2 (1990, 1997), Poles- 3 (1993, 1997, 1999)
New Zealand
Dennis Hulme: 1967, Races- 4
Graham McRae: 1973, Races- 1
Scott Dixon: 2003, Races- 3
Norway
Gil Anderson: 1911, Races- 6
Scotland
Jim Clark: 1963, Races- 5, Wins- 1 (1965), Poles- 1 (1964)
Jackie Stewart: 1966, Races- 2
Jim Crawford: 1985, Races- 8
Jeff Ward*: 1997, Races- 7
Dario Franchitti: 2002: Races- 4
Serbia
Pete Romcevich: 1947, Races- 1
South Africa
Tomas Scheckter: 2002, Races- 5
Spain
Paul Zuccarelli: 1913, Races- 1
Fermin Velez: 1996, Races- 2
Sweden
Stephan Johansson: 1993, Races- 3
Kenny Bräck: 1997, Races- 6, Wins- 1 (1999)
Switzerland
Arthur Chevrolet: 1911, Races- 2
Louis Chevrolet: 1915, Races- 4
Clay Regazzoni: 1977, Races- 1
*- Known to have become a naturalized U.S. citizen
Gil de Ferran, the 2003 race winner, was born in France, but resided in Brazil almost his entire life.
Note: Drivers listed are born in their respective countries. Many drivers above are now naturalized U.S. citizens, or predominately reside and compete in a country other than the one they are listed under.