Pole Position - Driver

Here are the top five lists of records related to pole positions of drivers.
You can click the links at the bottom of the lists to see a whole list of the corresponding record.

All-time Drivers

  1. Giuseppe Farina

    1950 British Grand Prix

  2. Juan Manuel Fangio

    1950 Monaco Grand Prix

  3. Walt Faulkner

    1950 Indianapolis 500

  4. Duke Nalon

    1951 Indianapolis 500

  5. José Froilán González

    1951 British Grand Prix

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Most Pole Positions

Career

  1. Lewis Hamilton

    104

  2. Michael Schumacher

    68

  3. Ayrton Senna

    65

  4. Sebastian Vettel

    57

  5. Max Verstappen

    37

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Season

  1. Sebastian Vettel

    2011

    15

  2. Nigel Mansell

    1992

    14

  3. Ayrton Senna

    1988

    13

  4. Ayrton Senna

    1989

    13

  5. Alain Prost

    1993

    13

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Grand Prix

  1. Lewis Hamilton

    Hungarian Grand Prix

    9

  2. Ayrton Senna

    San Marino Grand Prix

    8

  3. Michael Schumacher

    Japanese Grand Prix

    8

  4. Lewis Hamilton

    Australian Grand Prix

    8

  5. Michael Schumacher

    Spanish Grand Prix

    7

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Circuit

  1. Lewis Hamilton

    Hungaroring

    9

  2. Ayrton Senna

    Imola

    8

  3. Michael Schumacher

    Suzuka

    8

  4. Lewis Hamilton

    Albert Park

    8

  5. Michael Schumacher

    Barcelona-Catalunya

    7

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Team

  1. Lewis Hamilton

    Mercedes

    78

  2. Michael Schumacher

    Ferrari

    58

  3. Ayrton Senna

    McLaren

    46

  4. Sebastian Vettel

    Red Bull

    44

  5. Max Verstappen

    Red Bull

    37

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Constructor

  1. Lewis Hamilton

    Mercedes

    78

  2. Michael Schumacher

    Ferrari

    58

  3. Ayrton Senna

    McLaren

    46

  4. Sebastian Vettel

    Red Bull

    44

  5. Max Verstappen

    Red Bull

    37

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Consecutive Pole Positions

Career

  1. Ayrton Senna

    8

  2. Ayrton Senna

    7

  3. Alain Prost

    7

  4. Michael Schumacher

    7

  5. Lewis Hamilton

    7

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Season

  1. Alain Prost

    1993

    7

  2. Lewis Hamilton

    2015

    7

  3. Niki Lauda

    1974

    6

  4. Ayrton Senna

    1988

    6

  5. Ayrton Senna

    1989

    6

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Grand Prix

  1. Ayrton Senna

    San Marino Grand Prix

    7

  2. Lewis Hamilton

    Australian Grand Prix

    6

  3. Michael Schumacher

    Japanese Grand Prix

    5

  4. Michael Schumacher

    Spanish Grand Prix

    5

  5. Juan Manuel Fangio

    Monaco Grand Prix

    4

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Circuit

  1. Ayrton Senna

    Imola

    7

  2. Lewis Hamilton

    Albert Park

    6

  3. Michael Schumacher

    Suzuka

    5

  4. Michael Schumacher

    Barcelona-Catalunya

    5

  5. Juan Manuel Fangio

    Monaco

    4

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Percentage of Pole Positions

Career

  1. Juan Manuel Fangio

    56.86%

  2. Jim Clark

    45.83%

  3. Alberto Ascari

    43.75%

  4. Ayrton Senna

    40.37%

  5. Duke Nalon

    33.33%

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Season

  1. Max Verstappen

    2024

    100%

  2. Nigel Mansell

    1992

    87.50%

  3. Ayrton Senna

    1988

    81.25%

  4. Ayrton Senna

    1989

    81.25%

  5. Alain Prost

    1993

    81.25%

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Grand Prix

  1. Alberto Ascari

    Dutch Grand Prix

    100%

  2. Alberto Ascari

    German Grand Prix

    100%

  3. Alberto Ascari

    Spanish Grand Prix

    100%

  4. Juan Manuel Fangio

    Monaco Grand Prix

    100%

  5. Juan Manuel Fangio

    Pescara Grand Prix

    100%

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Circuit

  1. Alberto Ascari

    Rouen-Les-Essarts

    100%

  2. Alberto Ascari

    Zandvoort

    100%

  3. Alberto Ascari

    Nurburgring

    100%

  4. Alberto Ascari

    Pedralbes

    100%

  5. Juan Manuel Fangio

    Monaco

    100%

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Team

  1. Fred Agabashian

    Cummins

    100%

  2. Jerry Hoyt

    Jim Robbins

    100%

  3. Juan Manuel Fangio

    Scuderia Sud America

    100%

  4. Eddie Sachs

    Dean Van Lines

    100%

  5. Ayrton Senna

    Williams

    100%

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Constructor

  1. Jerry Hoyt

    Stevens

    100%

  2. Eddie Sachs

    Ewing

    100%

  3. Ayrton Senna

    Williams

    100%

  4. Juan Manuel Fangio

    Ferrari

    85.71%

  5. Alain Prost

    Williams

    81.25%

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First Pole Position

Age

  1. Sebastian Vettel

    21y74d

  2. Charles Leclerc

    21y167d

  3. Fernando Alonso

    21y237d

  4. Max Verstappen

    21y308d

  5. Lando Norris

    21y318d

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Races

  1. Giuseppe Farina

    1

  2. Walt Faulkner

    1

  3. Duke Nalon

    1

  4. Mario Andretti

    1

  5. Carlos Reutemann

    1

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Last Pole Position

Age

  1. Giuseppe Farina

    47y80d

  2. Juan Manuel Fangio

    46y210d

  3. Jack Brabham

    44y18d

  4. Mario Andretti

    42y197d

  5. Nigel Mansell

    41y97d

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Races

  1. Lewis Hamilton

    321

  2. Kimi Räikkönen

    287

  3. Rubens Barrichello

    286

  4. Michael Schumacher

    243

  5. Sergio Pérez

    241

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Interval between First and Last Pole Position

Days

  1. Lewis Hamilton

    5886d

  2. Kimi Räikkönen

    5544d

  3. Rubens Barrichello

    5530d

  4. Mario Andretti

    5088d

  5. Alain Prost

    4465d

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Races

  1. Lewis Hamilton

    315

  2. Kimi Räikkönen

    283

  3. Rubens Barrichello

    259

  4. Sebastian Vettel

    214

  5. Michael Schumacher

    208

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Interval between Two Pole Positions

Days

  1. Kimi Räikkönen

    3262d

  2. Mario Andretti

    2939d

  3. Giancarlo Fisichella

    2414d

  4. Riccardo Patrese

    2162d

  5. Felipe Massa

    2057d

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Races

  1. Kimi Räikkönen

    168

  2. Mario Andretti

    107

  3. Giancarlo Fisichella

    107

  4. Felipe Massa

    101

  5. Riccardo Patrese

    91

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Number of

Teams

  1. Juan Manuel Fangio

    5

  2. John Surtees

    5

  3. Stirling Moss

    4

  4. Rubens Barrichello

    4

  5. Jenson Button

    4

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Constructors

  1. Stirling Moss

    5

  2. John Surtees

    5

  3. Juan Manuel Fangio

    4

  4. Rubens Barrichello

    4

  5. Jenson Button

    4

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Seasons

  1. Lewis Hamilton

    16

  2. Michael Schumacher

    13

  3. Ayrton Senna

    10

  4. Sebastian Vettel

    10

  5. Alain Prost

    9

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Grands Prix

  1. Lewis Hamilton

    30

  2. Sebastian Vettel

    23

  3. Max Verstappen

    22

  4. Alain Prost

    20

  5. Ayrton Senna

    19

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Circuits

  1. Lewis Hamilton

    32

  2. Sebastian Vettel

    23

  3. Alain Prost

    22

  4. Max Verstappen

    21

  5. Nigel Mansell

    20

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Time Margin to 2nd

  1. Jacky Ickx

    1968 German Grand Prix

    10.900

  2. Juan Manuel Fangio

    1957 Pescara Grand Prix

    10.100

  3. Jim Clark

    1967 German Grand Prix

    9.400

  4. Phil Hill

    1961 German Grand Prix

    6.200

  5. Juan Manuel Fangio

    1956 Belgian Grand Prix

    4.900

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