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I'm not saying these guys were earth-shattering, but they're the ones I remember who simply disappeared from view.
I agree Trolle was probably the best of the bunch, but I don't know if he even raced again after the accident - he's been a bit forgotten probably due to Herbert's crash a little later in the season. If I remember correctly, Fabien Giroix also broke his legs that year, but he continued in sportscars.
As for the others; Martinsson won first time out in FF2000 I think, but I only have vague memories of reading about him in Autosport. He seemed to be highly rated at the time.
Scott briefly had a Lotus F1 test contract, but wasn't able to 'do a Mansell'; his momentum fizzled out a bit in F2 after his strong start.
Hesnault wasn't great, but after being promoted prematurely to F1 with little expectation, he was a minor revelation. I think his time at Brabham ended with a huge testing accident, but don't know the details.
You say Petit never shone in F3? He dominated the French F3 championship - admittedly not the most competitive series, but even so... . I remember him racing F2, but the results didn't come, and I lost track of where he went next.
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