Fewest Races to the First Pole Position - Driver

A list of records for the fewest number of races from the debut to the first pole position by drivers. This list includes drivers, numbers of races, debut races, and races that achieved the first pole position.
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#	Driver	First Race	First Pole Position	Races
1	Giuseppe Farina	1950 British Grand Prix	1950 British Grand Prix	1
2	Walt Faulkner	1950 Indianapolis 500	1950 Indianapolis 500	1
3	Duke Nalon	1951 Indianapolis 500	1951 Indianapolis 500	1
4	Mario Andretti	1968 United States Grand Prix	1968 United States Grand Prix	1
5	Carlos Reutemann	1972 Argentine Grand Prix	1972 Argentine Grand Prix	1
6	Jacques Villeneuve	1996 Australian Grand Prix	1996 Australian Grand Prix	1
7	Juan Manuel Fangio	1950 British Grand Prix	1950 Monaco Grand Prix	2
8	Fred Agabashian	1950 Indianapolis 500	1952 Indianapolis 500	3
9	Bill Vukovich	1951 Indianapolis 500	1953 Indianapolis 500	3
10	Eugenio Castellotti	1955 Argentine Grand Prix	1955 Belgian Grand Prix	3
11	Dick Rathmann	1950 Indianapolis 500	1958 Indianapolis 500	3
12	John Surtees	1960 Monaco Grand Prix	1960 Portuguese Grand Prix	3
13	Jerry Hoyt	1950 Indianapolis 500	1955 Indianapolis 500	4
14	Pat Flaherty	1950 Indianapolis 500	1956 Indianapolis 500	4
15	Pat O'Connor	1954 Indianapolis 500	1957 Indianapolis 500	4
16	Eddie Sachs	1957 Indianapolis 500	1960 Indianapolis 500	4
17	Mike Parkes	1966 French Grand Prix	1966 Italian Grand Prix	4
18	José Froilán González	1950 Monaco Grand Prix	1951 British Grand Prix	5
19	Jack McGrath	1950 Indianapolis 500	1954 Indianapolis 500	5
20	Stuart Lewis-Evans	1957 Monaco Grand Prix	1957 Italian Grand Prix	6
21	Lewis Hamilton	2007 Australian Grand Prix	2007 Canadian Grand Prix	6
22	Johnny Thomson	1953 Indianapolis 500	1959 Indianapolis 500	7
23	Tony Brooks	1956 Monaco Grand Prix	1958 Monaco Grand Prix	8
24	Clay Regazzoni	1970 Dutch Grand Prix	1970 Mexican Grand Prix	8
25	Alberto Ascari	1950 Monaco Grand Prix	1951 German Grand Prix	9
26	Jacky Ickx	1967 Italian Grand Prix	1968 German Grand Prix	9
27	Patrick Depailler	1972 French Grand Prix	1974 Swedish Grand Prix	9
28	Damon Hill	1992 British Grand Prix	1993 French Grand Prix	10
29	David Coulthard	1994 Spanish Grand Prix	1995 Argentine Grand Prix	10
30	Juan Pablo Montoya	2001 Australian Grand Prix	2001 German Grand Prix	12
31	Peter Revson	1964 Belgian Grand Prix	1972 Canadian Grand Prix	13
32	Jo Bonnier	1957 Argentine Grand Prix	1959 Dutch Grand Prix	15
33	Jim Clark	1960 Dutch Grand Prix	1962 Monaco Grand Prix	16
34	René Arnoux	1978 Belgian Grand Prix	1979 Austrian Grand Prix	16
35	Ayrton Senna	1984 Brazilian Grand Prix	1985 Portuguese Grand Prix	16
36	Jack Brabham	1955 British Grand Prix	1959 British Grand Prix	17
37	Phil Hill	1958 French Grand Prix	1960 Italian Grand Prix	18
38	Vittorio Brambilla	1974 South African Grand Prix	1975 Swedish Grand Prix	18
39	Nico Hülkenberg	2010 Bahrain Grand Prix	2010 Brazilian Grand Prix	18
40	Emerson Fittipaldi	1970 British Grand Prix	1972 Monaco Grand Prix	19
41	Tom Pryce	1974 Belgian Grand Prix	1975 British Grand Prix	19
42	Fernando Alonso	2001 Australian Grand Prix	2003 Malaysian Grand Prix	19
43	Andrea de Cesaris	1980 Canadian Grand Prix	1982 United States Grand Prix West	20
44	Stirling Moss	1951 Swiss Grand Prix	1955 British Grand Prix	21
45	Jean-Pierre Jabouille	1975 French Grand Prix	1979 South African Grand Prix	22
46	Alain Prost	1980 Argentine Grand Prix	1981 German Grand Prix	22
47	Sebastian Vettel	2007 United States Grand Prix	2008 Italian Grand Prix	22
48	Gilles Villeneuve	1977 British Grand Prix	1979 United States Grand Prix West	23
49	Charles Leclerc	2018 Australian Grand Prix	2019 Bahrain Grand Prix	23
50	Dan Gurney	1959 French Grand Prix	1962 German Grand Prix	24
51	Nelson Piquet	1978 German Grand Prix	1980 United States Grand Prix West	24
52	Bruno Giacomelli	1977 Italian Grand Prix	1980 United States Grand Prix	24
53	Pastor Maldonado	2011 Australian Grand Prix	2012 Spanish Grand Prix	24
54	Teo Fabi	1982 San Marino Grand Prix	1985 German Grand Prix	25
55	Robert Kubica	2006 Hungarian Grand Prix	2008 Bahrain Grand Prix	25
56	Wolfgang von Trips	1957 Monaco Grand Prix	1961 Italian Grand Prix	26
57	Jean-Pierre Jarier	1971 Italian Grand Prix	1975 Argentine Grand Prix	26
58	Rubens Barrichello	1993 South African Grand Prix	1994 Belgian Grand Prix	26
59	Heikki Kovalainen	2007 Australian Grand Prix	2008 British Grand Prix	26
60	Chris Amon	1963 Belgian Grand Prix	1968 Spanish Grand Prix	29
61	Jacques Laffite	1974 German Grand Prix	1976 Italian Grand Prix	29
62	Niki Lauda	1971 Austrian Grand Prix	1974 South African Grand Prix	30
63	Graham Hill	1958 Monaco Grand Prix	1962 Belgian Grand Prix	34
64	Ronnie Peterson	1970 Monaco Grand Prix	1973 Brazilian Grand Prix	34
65	Jochen Rindt	1964 Austrian Grand Prix	1968 French Grand Prix	35
66	Giancarlo Fisichella	1996 Australian Grand Prix	1998 Austrian Grand Prix	35
67	Lorenzo Bandini	1961 Belgian Grand Prix	1966 French Grand Prix	37
68	James Hunt	1973 Monaco Grand Prix	1976 Brazilian Grand Prix	37
69	Didier Pironi	1978 Argentine Grand Prix	1980 Monaco Grand Prix	37
70	Mike Hawthorn	1952 Belgian Grand Prix	1958 Belgian Grand Prix	40
71	Jackie Stewart	1965 South African Grand Prix	1969 Monaco Grand Prix	42
72	Jose Carlos Pace	1972 South African Grand Prix	1975 South African Grand Prix	42
73	Jody Scheckter	1972 United States Grand Prix	1976 Swedish Grand Prix	42
74	Michael Schumacher	1991 Belgian Grand Prix	1994 Monaco Grand Prix	42
75	Kimi Räikkönen	2001 Australian Grand Prix	2003 European Grand Prix	43
76	Michele Alboreto	1981 San Marino Grand Prix	1984 Belgian Grand Prix	44
77	Keke Rosberg	1978 South African Grand Prix	1982 British Grand Prix	45
78	Gerhard Berger	1984 Austrian Grand Prix	1987 Portuguese Grand Prix	48
79	John Watson	1973 British Grand Prix	1977 Monaco Grand Prix	52
80	Nigel Mansell	1980 Austrian Grand Prix	1984 Dallas Grand Prix	52
81	Riccardo Patrese	1977 Monaco Grand Prix	1981 United States Grand Prix West	53
82	Heinz-Harald Frentzen	1994 Brazilian Grand Prix	1997 Monaco Grand Prix	53
83	Lando Norris	2019 Australian Grand Prix	2021 Russian Grand Prix	53
84	Patrick Tambay	1977 British Grand Prix	1983 United States Grand Prix West	59
85	Alan Jones	1975 Spanish Grand Prix	1979 British Grand Prix	61
86	Jo Siffert	1962 Belgian Grand Prix	1968 Mexican Grand Prix	63
87	Felipe Massa	2002 Australian Grand Prix	2006 Turkish Grand Prix	67
88	Elio de Angelis	1979 Argentine Grand Prix	1983 European Grand Prix	71
89	Jenson Button	2000 Australian Grand Prix	2004 San Marino Grand Prix	71
90	George Russell	2019 Australian Grand Prix	2022 Hungarian Grand Prix	73
91	Lance Stroll	2017 Australian Grand Prix	2020 Turkish Grand Prix	75
92	Ralf Schumacher	1997 Australian Grand Prix	2001 French Grand Prix	76
93	Valtteri Bottas	2013 Australian Grand Prix	2017 Bahrain Grand Prix	80
94	Jean Alesi	1989 French Grand Prix	1994 Italian Grand Prix	81
95	Denny Hulme	1965 Monaco Grand Prix	1973 South African Grand Prix	85
96	Nick Heidfeld	2000 Australian Grand Prix	2005 European Grand Prix	91
97	Max Verstappen	2015 Australian Grand Prix	2019 Hungarian Grand Prix	93
98	Daniel Ricciardo	2011 British Grand Prix	2016 Monaco Grand Prix	94
99	Mika Häkkinen	1991 United States Grand Prix	1997 Luxembourg Grand Prix	95
100	Nico Rosberg	2006 Bahrain Grand Prix	2012 Chinese Grand Prix	111