Biggest Time Margin with the Second Place - Pole Position

A list of the biggest time margins with the second place of the pole position by races. This list includes drivers, races, and time margins with the second place.
You can use the filter below to obtain detailed records under certain conditions.

(Races where the grid was determined by the sprint race or adding up qualifying times were excluded. Similarly, Indy 500 Grand Prix was also excluded.)

#DriverRaceTime 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
6

Alberto Ascari

1953 German Grand Prix

3.900
7

Chris Amon

1968 Belgian Grand Prix

3.700
8

Jim Clark

1965 German Grand Prix

3.400
9

Juan Manuel Fangio

1954 German Grand Prix

3.200
10

John Surtees

1966 Belgian Grand Prix

3.200
11

Jim Clark

1967 Belgian Grand Prix

3.100
12

Juan Manuel Fangio

1951 Belgian Grand Prix

3.000
13

Alberto Ascari

1952 Belgian Grand Prix

3.000
14

Stirling Moss

1959 United States Grand Prix

3.000
15

Dan Gurney

1962 German Grand Prix

3.000
16

Alberto Ascari

1952 German Grand Prix

2.900
17

Juan Manuel Fangio

1957 German Grand Prix

2.800
18

Juan Manuel Fangio

1950 Monaco Grand Prix

2.600
19

Giuseppe Farina

1952 Swiss Grand Prix

2.600
20

Jack Brabham

1960 Belgian Grand Prix

2.500
21

Alain Prost

1983 French Grand Prix

2.308
22

Juan Manuel Fangio

1956 Argentine Grand Prix

2.200
23

Nigel Mansell

1992 Belgian Grand Prix

2.198
24

Alberto Ascari

1952 Dutch Grand Prix

2.100
25

Graham Hill

1965 Belgian Grand Prix

2.100
26

Jackie Stewart

1970 Belgian Grand Prix

2.100
27

Stirling Moss

1959 Portuguese Grand Prix

2.060
28

Juan Manuel Fangio

1953 Belgian Grand Prix

2.000
29

Chris Amon

1971 Italian Grand Prix

1.990
30

Nigel Mansell

1992 British Grand Prix

1.919
31

Juan Manuel Fangio

1950 French Grand Prix

1.900
32

Juan Manuel Fangio

1951 Swiss Grand Prix

1.900
33

Phil Hill

1960 Italian Grand Prix

1.900
34

Graham Hill

1962 Belgian Grand Prix

1.800
35

Dan Gurney

1964 Belgian Grand Prix

1.800
36

Jackie Stewart

1969 French Grand Prix

1.800
37

Jacques Villeneuve

1997 Australian Grand Prix

1.754
38

Ayrton Senna

1989 Japanese Grand Prix

1.730
39

Juan Manuel Fangio

1951 French Grand Prix

1.700
40

Alberto Ascari

1951 German Grand Prix

1.700
41

Jim Clark

1963 Mexican Grand Prix

1.700
42

Jacky Ickx

1972 German Grand Prix

1.700
43

Alberto Ascari

1951 Spanish Grand Prix

1.680
44

Nico Rosberg

2014 British Grand Prix

1.620
45

Alberto Ascari

1953 Dutch Grand Prix

1.600
46

Stirling Moss

1960 Argentine Grand Prix

1.600
47

Mario Andretti

1977 Belgian Grand Prix

1.540
48

Juan Manuel Fangio

1954 Belgian Grand Prix

1.500
49

Phil Hill

1961 French Grand Prix

1.500
50

Jim Clark

1966 German Grand Prix

1.500
51

Lewis Hamilton

2017 Italian Grand Prix

1.478
52

Max Verstappen

2023 Canadian Grand Prix

1.428
53

Ayrton Senna

1988 Monaco Grand Prix

1.427
54

Ayrton Senna

1989 United States Grand Prix

1.409
55

Alberto Ascari

1952 French Grand Prix

1.400
56

Jack Brabham

1960 French Grand Prix

1.400
57

Niki Lauda

1975 German Grand Prix

1.400
58

Nigel Mansell

1987 Belgian Grand Prix

1.390
59

Charles Leclerc

2022 Italian Grand Prix

1.381
60

David Coulthard

2000 German Grand Prix

1.366
61

Lewis Hamilton

2016 Austrian Grand Prix

1.363
62

Mark Webber

2010 Malaysian Grand Prix

1.346
63

Nigel Mansell

1987 Detroit Grand Prix

1.343
64

Juan Manuel Fangio

1956 French Grand Prix

1.300
65

Alan Jones

1979 United States Grand Prix

1.299
66

Ayrton Senna

1991 Hungarian Grand Prix

1.232
67

Lewis Hamilton

2020 Styrian Grand Prix

1.216
68

René Arnoux

1980 Austrian Grand Prix

1.210
69

Nico Rosberg

2016 European Grand Prix

1.208
70

Jack Brabham

1960 British Grand Prix

1.200
71

John Surtees

1963 Italian Grand Prix

1.200
72

Jochen Rindt

1968 French Grand Prix

1.200
73

Jackie Stewart

1971 Monaco Grand Prix

1.200
74

Ayrton Senna

1985 Detroit Grand Prix

1.198
75

Nigel Mansell

1992 Brazilian Grand Prix

1.191
76

Teo Fabi

1985 German Grand Prix

1.187
77

Ayrton Senna

1989 Monaco Grand Prix

1.148
78

Ayrton Senna

1991 United States Grand Prix

1.121
79

Nico Rosberg

2016 Russian Grand Prix

1.119
80

Stirling Moss

1957 Argentine Grand Prix

1.100
81

Juan Manuel Fangio

1957 French Grand Prix

1.100
82

Jack Brabham

1961 United States Grand Prix

1.100
83

Mario Andretti

1978 United States Grand Prix

1.065
84

Nigel Mansell

1992 San Marino Grand Prix

1.053
85

Nico Hülkenberg

2010 Brazilian Grand Prix

1.049
86

Ronnie Peterson

1973 Canadian Grand Prix

1.040
87

Clay Regazzoni

1974 Belgian Grand Prix

1.040
88

Jacques Laffite

1979 Argentine Grand Prix

1.040
89

Ayrton Senna

1989 Italian Grand Prix

1.014
90

Ayrton Senna

1991 Belgian Grand Prix

1.010
91

Nigel Mansell

1992 Spanish Grand Prix

1.005
92

José Froilán González

1951 British Grand Prix

1.000
93

Alberto Ascari

1953 British Grand Prix

1.000
94

Juan Manuel Fangio

1954 French Grand Prix

1.000
95

Juan Manuel Fangio

1954 British Grand Prix

1.000
96

Alberto Ascari

1954 Spanish Grand Prix

1.000
97

Stirling Moss

1956 British Grand Prix

1.000
98

Tony Brooks

1958 Monaco Grand Prix

1.000
99

Mike Hawthorn

1958 German Grand Prix

1.000
100

Stirling Moss

1960 Monaco Grand Prix

1.000