List of Formula One polesitters explained

Formula One, abbreviated to F1, is the highest class of open-wheeled auto racing defined by the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA), motorsport's world governing body.[1] The "formula" in the name refers to a set of rules to which all participants and cars must conform.[2] The F1 World Championship season consists of a series of races, known as, held usually on purpose-built circuits, and in a few cases on closed city streets. The polesitter is the driver that has qualified for a Grand Prix in pole position, at the front of the starting grid.[3] Out of the 1,115 completed (as of the), the driver that has started in first has gone on to win the race 476 times.[4]

Qualifying is traditionally contested on the Saturday (Friday for some events) of a Grand Prix weekend to determine the drivers' positions on the starting grid of the race held on the Sunday (although from to, in a small number of the events, so-called sprint races are held on the Saturdays, in which case the qualifying session is held on the Fridays of those Grand Prix weekends. In 2021 the winner of the sprint was credited with pole position. In 2022 the pole-sitter of the sprint race was officially awarded the pole position in those events. From a separate qualifying session is held for sprints, named sprint shootout. The fastest qualifier in sprint shootouts is not generally credited with a pole position). Historically, there have been a number of different qualifying systems; previously, each driver was only allowed a single lap to set his qualifying time.[5] Drivers currently have to compete in three rounds before pole position is determined. The first round, known as Q1, is contested by twenty drivers in an 18-minute session, at the end of which the five slowest cars are eliminated. This is followed by Q2, a 15-minute session, where the slowest five are again eliminated. The remaining ten cars contest Q3, the final 12-minute session, to determine their places on the grid and who will sit on pole position.[6]

Lewis Hamilton holds the record for the most pole positions,[7] having qualified first on occasions. Michael Schumacher is second with 68 pole positions.[8] Ayrton Senna is third with 65 poles. Senna and Max Verstappen jointly hold the record for most consecutive pole positions; Senna qualified in first place in eight in a row from the to the, with Verstappen's record streak lasting from the 2023 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix to the 2024 Emilia Romagna Grand Prix.[9] [10] Sebastian Vettel is the youngest polesitter; he was 21 years, 72 days old when he qualified in first place for the .[11] The oldest person to qualify in pole position was Nino Farina, who was 47 years, 79 days old when he was polesitter for the .[12] As of the, 106 drivers have been on pole position in the 1,115 since the first World Championship race, the, with the most recent driver to achieve their first pole position being Kevin Magnussen at the 2022 São Paulo Grand Prix.[13] [14] [15] Since 2014, the driver with the most pole positions in a season has been awarded the Pole Trophy.[16] The inaugural Pole Trophy was won by Nico Rosberg,[17] while Max Verstappen is the most recent recipient of the award with 12 poles in 2023.

By driver

Driver has competed in the season
scope=row width=40px align=center style="background-color:#D0F0C0"Formula One World Champion
scope=row width=40px align=center style="background-color:#cedff2"Has competed in the 2024 season and a Formula One World Champion
Rank!scope=col
Driverscope=colNationalityscope=colPolesscope=colEntriesscope=colSeasons activescope=col data-sort-type="text"First polescope=col data-sort-type="text"Last pole
1scope=row style=background:#cedff2data-sort-value="2007-06"2007 Canadian Grand Prixdata-sort-value="2023-11"2023 Hungarian Grand Prix
2scope=row style=background:#D0F0C068<-- Please do not change this to 69; although Schumacher was fastest in qualifying for the 2012 Monaco Grand Prix, due to his grid penalty he is not considered the polesitter -->308–, –data-sort-value="1994-04"1994 Monaco Grand Prixdata-sort-value="2006-11"2006 French Grand Prix
3scope=row style=background:#D0F0C065162data-sort-value="1985-02"1985 Portuguese Grand Prixdata-sort-value="1994-03"1994 San Marino Grand Prix
4scope=row style=background:#D0F0C057300data-sort-value="2008-14"2008 Italian Grand Prixdata-sort-value="2019-17"2019 Japanese Grand Prix
5data-sort-value="2019-12" 2019 Hungarian Grand Prixdata-sort-value="2024-11" 2024 Austrian Grand Prix
6scope=row style=background:#D0F0C03373data-sort-value="1962-02"1962 Monaco Grand Prixdata-sort-value="1968-01"1968 South African Grand Prix
scope=row style=background:#D0F0C033202–, data-sort-value="1981-10"1981 German Grand Prixdata-sort-value="1993-15"1993 Japanese Grand Prix
8scope=row style=background:#D0F0C032191–, –data-sort-value="1984-08"1984 Dallas Grand Prixdata-sort-value="1994-16"1994 Australian Grand Prix
9scope=row style=background:#D0F0C030206data-sort-value="2012-03"2012 Chinese Grand Prixdata-sort-value="2016-17"2016 Japanese Grand Prix
10scope=row style=background:#D0F0C02952–, –data-sort-value="1950-02"1950 Monaco Grand Prixdata-sort-value="1958-01"1958 Argentine Grand Prix
11scope=row style=background:#D0F0C026165data-sort-value="1997-15"1997 Luxembourg Grand Prixdata-sort-value="2000-13"2000 Belgian Grand Prix
12data-sort-value="2019-02"2019 Bahrain Grand Prixdata-sort-value="2024-14"2024 Belgian Grand Prix
13scope=row style=background:#D0F0C024177–, –data-sort-value="1974-03"1974 South African Grand Prixdata-sort-value="1978-03"1978 South African Grand Prix
scope=row style=background:#D0F0C024207data-sort-value="1980-04"1980 United States Grand Prix Westdata-sort-value="1987-13"1987 Spanish Grand Prix
15scope=row style=background:#cedff2, –, –data-sort-value="2003-02"2003 Malaysian Grand Prixdata-sort-value="2012-10"2012 German Grand Prix
16scope=row style=background:#D0F0C020122data-sort-value="1993-08"1993 French Grand Prixdata-sort-value="1996-15"1996 Portuguese Grand Prix
data-sort-value="2017-03" 2017 Bahrain Grand Prixdata-sort-value="2021-19" 2021 São Paulo Grand Prix
18scope=row style=background:#D0F0C018131–, –data-sort-value="1968-11"1968 United States Grand Prixdata-sort-value="1982-15"1982 Italian Grand Prix
scope=row18165data-sort-value="1979-11"1979 Austrian Grand Prixdata-sort-value="1983-09"1983 British Grand Prix
scope=row style=background:#D0F0C018353–, –data-sort-value="2003-09"2003 European Grand Prixdata-sort-value="2018-14"2018 Italian Grand Prix
2117100data-sort-value="1969-03" 1969 Monaco Grand Prixdata-sort-value="1973-11" 1973 German Grand Prix
221667data-sort-value="1955-06" 1955 British Grand Prixdata-sort-value="1961-01" 1961 Monaco Grand Prix
16272, –data-sort-value="2006-14" 2006 Turkish Grand Prixdata-sort-value="2014-08" 2014 Austrian Grand Prix
24scope=row style=background:#D0F0C01433data-sort-value="1951-06"1951 German Grand Prixdata-sort-value="1954-09"1954 Spanish Grand Prix
scope=row style=background:#D0F0C01493data-sort-value="1976-01"1976 Brazilian Grand Prixdata-sort-value="1977-15"1977 United States Grand Prix
scope=row14123data-sort-value="1973-02"1973 Brazilian Grand Prixdata-sort-value="1978-12"1978 Austrian Grand Prix
scope=row14326data-sort-value="1994-11"1994 Belgian Grand Prixdata-sort-value="2009-16"2009 Brazilian Grand Prix
28scope=row style=background:#D0F0C013179data-sort-value="1962-03"1962 Belgian Grand Prixdata-sort=value="1968-07"1968 British Grand Prix
scope=row style=background:#D0F0C013128data-sort-value="1959-05"1959 British Grand Prixdata-sort-value="1970-02"1970 Spanish Grand Prix
scope=row13122data-sort-value="1968-08"1968 German Grand Prixdata-sort-value="1972-10"1972 Italian Grand Prix
scope=row style=background:#D0F0C013165data-sort-value="1996-01"1996 Australian Grand Prixdata-sort-value="1997-17"1997 European Grand Prix
scope=row1395data-sort-value="2001-12"2001 German Grand Prixdata-sort-value="2005-16"2005 Belgian Grand Prix
scope=row13217data-sort-value="2009-09"2009 German Grand Prixdata-sort-value="2013-17"2013 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix
3412210data-sort-value="1987-12" 1987 Portuguese Grand Prixdata-sort-value="1997-10" 1997 German Grand Prix
12247data-sort-value="1995-02" 1995 Argentine Grand Prixdata-sort-value="2001-07" 2001 Monaco Grand Prix
36scope=row style=background:#D0F0C01062data-sort-value="1968-06"1968 French Grand Prixdata-sort-value="1970-09"1970 Austrian Grand Prix
37scope=row style=background:#D0F0C08113data-sort-value="1960-08"1960 Portuguese Grand Prixdata-sort-value="1968-09"1968 Italian Grand Prix
scope=row8257data-sort-value="1981-01"1981 United States Grand Prix Westdata-sort-value="1992-11"1992 Hungarian Grand Prix
scope=row style=background:#D0F0C08309data-sort-value="2004-04"2004 San Marino Grand Prixdata-sort-value="2012-12"2012 Belgian Grand Prix
40scope=row7180data-sort-value="1976-13"1976 Italian Grand Prixdata-sort-value="1981-07"1981 Spanish Grand Prix
41scope=row style=background:#D0F0C0651–, data-sort-value="1960-09"1960 Italian Grand Prixdata-sort-value="1961-06"1961 German Grand Prix
scope=row style=background:#D0F0C06149data-sort-value="1972-04"1972 Monaco Grand Prixdata-sort-value="1974-14"1974 Canadian Grand Prix
scope=row655–, –data-sort-value="1979-03"1979 South African Grand Prixdata-sort-value="1980-03"1980 South African Grand Prix
scope=row style=background:#D0F0C06117–,, –data-sort-value="1979-09"1979 British Grand Prixdata-sort-value="1980-09"1980 German Grand Prix
scope=row6146data-sort-value="1972-01"1972 Argentine Grand Prixdata-sort-value="1981-15"1981 Caesars Palace Grand Prix
scope=row6182data-sort-value="2001-10"2001 French Grand Prixdata-sort-value="2005-18"2005 Japanese Grand Prix
47scope=row style=background:#D0F0C0536data-sort-value="1950-01"1950 British Grand Prixdata-sort-value="1954-01"1954 Argentine Grand Prix
scope=row5108data-sort-value="1968-02"1968 Spanish Grand Prixdata-sort-value="1972-06"1972 French Grand Prix
scope=row5139data-sort-value="1970-13"1970 Mexican Grand Prixdata-sort-value="1976-03"1976 United States Grand Prix West
scope=row5123–, –data-sort-value="1983-02"1983 United States Grand Prix Westdata-sort-value="1984-05"1984 French Grand Prix
scope=row style=background:#D0F0C05128data-sort-value="1982-10"1982 British Grand Prixdata-sort-value="1986-10"1986 German Grand Prix
data-sort-value="2022-10"2022 British Grand Prixdata-sort-value="2023-15"2023 Singapore Grand Prix
53447data-sort-value="1958-05" 1958 Belgian Grand Prixdata-sort-value="1958-11" 1958 Moroccan Grand Prix
472data-sort-value="1980-06" 1980 Monaco Grand Prixdata-sort-value="1982-09" 1982 German Grand Prix
4256data-sort-value="2004-06" 2004 Monaco Grand Prixdata-sort-value="2009-04" 2009 Bahrain Grand Prix
4231data-sort-value="1998-10" 1998 Austrian Grand Prixdata-sort-value="2009-12" 2009 Belgian Grand Prix
57scope=row326–, data-sort-value="1951-05"1951 British Grand Prixdata-sort-value="1955-01"1955 Argentine Grand Prix
scope=row339data-sort-value="1958-02"1958 Monaco Grand Prixdata-sort-value="1959-06"1959 German Grand Prix
scope=row387–, data-sort-value="1962-06"1962 German Grand Prixdata-sort-value="1964-03"1964 Belgian Grand Prix
scope=row3143, –data-sort-value="1975-01"1975 Argentine Grand Prixdata-sort-value="1978-16"1978 Canadian Grand Prix
scope=row style=background:#D0F0C0 South Africa3113data-sort-value="1976-07"1976 Swedish Grand Prixdata-sort-value="1979-07"1979 Monaco Grand Prix
scope=row3109data-sort-value="1983-14"1983 European Grand Prixdata-sort-value="1985-05"1985 Canadian Grand Prix
scope=row371, –data-sort-value="1985-09"1985 German Grand Prixdata-sort-value="1986-13"1986 Italian Grand Prix
data-sort-value="2016-06"2016 Monaco Grand Prixdata-sort-value="2018-19"2018 Mexican Grand Prix
data-sort-value="2022-02"2022 Saudi Arabian Grand Prixdata-sort-value="2023-05"2023 Miami Grand Prix
data-sort-value="2022-13"2022 Hungarian Grand Prixdata-sort-value="2024-12"2024 British Grand Prix
data-sort-value="2021-15" 2021 Russian Grand Prixdata-sort-value="2024-13" 2024 Hungarian Grand Prix
68scope=row214data-sort-value="1957-08"1957 Italian Grand Prixdata-sort-value="1958-03"1958 Dutch Grand Prix
scope=row2100data-sort-value="1968-12"1968 Mexican Grand Prixdata-sort-value="1971-08"1971 Austrian Grand Prix
scope=row2154–, data-sort-value="1977-06"1977 Monaco Grand Prixdata-sort-value="1978-09"1978 French Grand Prix
scope=row268data-sort-value="1979-04"1979 United States Grand Prix Westdata-sort-value="1981-04"1981 San Marino Grand Prix
scope=row2215data-sort-value="1984-03"1984 Belgian Grand Prixdata-sort-value="1985-01"1985 Brazilian Grand Prix
scope=row2202data-sort-value="1994-12"1994 Italian Grand Prixdata-sort-value="1997-13"1997 Italian Grand Prix
scope=row2160data-sort-value="1997-05"1997 Monaco Grand Prixdata-sort-value="1999-14"1999 European Grand Prix
7516–, –data-sort-value="1950-03" 1950 Indianapolis 500data-sort-value="1950-03" 1950 Indianapolis 500
15data-sort-value="1951-02" 1951 Indianapolis 500data-sort-value="1951-02" 1951 Indianapolis 500
19data-sort-value="1952-02" 1952 Indianapolis 500data-sort-value="1952-02" 1952 Indianapolis 500
16data-sort-value="1953-02" 1953 Indianapolis 500data-sort-value="1953-02" 1953 Indianapolis 500
16data-sort-value="1954-02" 1954 Indianapolis 500data-sort-value="1954-02" 1954 Indianapolis 500
15, –data-sort-value="1955-03" 1955 Indianapolis 500data-sort-value="1955-03" 1955 Indianapolis 500
114data-sort-value="1955-04" 1955 Belgian Grand Prixdata-sort-value="1955-04" 1955 Belgian Grand Prix
16, –, data-sort-value="1956-03" 1956 Indianapolis 500data-sort-value="1956-03" 1956 Indianapolis 500
16data-sort-value="1957-03" 1957 Indianapolis 500data-sort-value="1957-03" 1957 Indianapolis 500
16, –data-sort-value="1958-04" 1958 Indianapolis 500data-sort-value="1958-04" 1958 Indianapolis 500
18data-sort-value="1959-02" 1959 Indianapolis 500data-sort-value="1959-02" 1959 Indianapolis 500
1108data-sort-value="1959-03" 1959 Dutch Grand Prixdata-sort-value="1959-03" 1959 Dutch Grand Prix
17data-sort-value="1960-03" 1960 Indianapolis 500data-sort-value="1960-03" 1960 Indianapolis 500
129data-sort-value="1961-07" 1961 Italian Grand Prixdata-sort-value="1961-07" 1961 Italian Grand Prix
142data-sort-value="1966-03" 1966 French Grand Prixdata-sort-value="1966-03" 1966 French Grand Prix
17, –data-sort-value="1966-07" 1966 Italian Grand Prixdata-sort-value="1966-07" 1966 Italian Grand Prix
132, –data-sort-value="1972-11" 1972 Canadian Grand Prixdata-sort-value="1972-11" 1972 Canadian Grand Prix
1112data-sort-value="1973-03" 1973 South African Grand Prixdata-sort-value="1973-03" 1973 South African Grand Prix
195, –data-sort-value="1974-07" 1974 Swedish Grand Prixdata-sort-value="1974-07" 1974 Swedish Grand Prix
173data-sort-value="1975-03" 1975 South African Grand Prixdata-sort-value="1975-03" 1975 South African Grand Prix
179data-sort-value="1975-07" 1975 Swedish Grand Prixdata-sort-value="1975-07" 1975 Swedish Grand Prix
142data-sort-value="1975-10" 1975 British Grand Prixdata-sort-value="1975-10" 1975 British Grand Prix
182–, data-sort-value="1980-14" 1980 United States Grand Prixdata-sort-value="1980-14" 1980 United States Grand Prix
1214data-sort-value="1982-03" 1982 United States Grand Prix Westdata-sort-value="1982-03" 1982 United States Grand Prix West
1164data-sort-value="1990-10" 1990 Hungarian Grand Prixdata-sort-value="1990-10" 1990 Hungarian Grand Prix
1185data-sort-value="2005-07" 2005 European Grand Prixdata-sort-value="2005-07" 2005 European Grand Prix
199–,, data-sort-value="2008-03" 2008 Bahrain Grand Prixdata-sort-value="2008-03" 2008 Bahrain Grand Prix
1112data-sort-value="2008-09" 2008 British Grand Prixdata-sort-value="2008-09" 2008 British Grand Prix
, –, –data-sort-value="2010-18" 2010 Brazilian Grand Prixdata-sort-value="2010-18" 2010 Brazilian Grand Prix
196data-sort-value="2012-05" 2012 Spanish Grand Prixdata-sort-value="2012-05" 2012 Spanish Grand Prix
data-sort-value="2020-14" 2020 Turkish Grand Prixdata-sort-value="2020-14" 2020 Turkish Grand Prix
–, –data-sort-value="2022-21"2022 São Paulo Grand Prixdata-sort-value="2022-21"2022 São Paulo Grand Prix

By nationality

Country! scope="col"
PolesDriver(s)
19
8
1266
9
5
4813
463
1
3915
383
4
2
1
3
152
142
131
72
62
31
1
11
11
1

Most pole positions per season

width=42px align=center style="background-color:#FBCEB1"
Driver has competed in the season
BoldWon the World Championship in the same year
Year!scope=col
Driver(s)scope=colConstructor(s)scope=colPolesscope=colRacesRef.
Juan Manuel FangioAlfa Romeo47
Juan Manuel FangioAlfa Romeo48
Alberto AscariFerrari58
Alberto AscariFerrari69[18]
Juan Manuel FangioMaserati, Mercedes59
Juan Manuel FangioMercedes37
Juan Manuel FangioFerrari68
Juan Manuel FangioMaserati48
Mike HawthornFerrari411
Stirling MossCooper-Climax49
Stirling MossCooper-Climax410
Phil HillFerrari58
Jim ClarkLotus-Climax69
Jim ClarkLotus-Climax710
Jim ClarkLotus-Climax510
Jim ClarkLotus-Climax610
Jack BrabhamBrabham-Repco39
Jim ClarkLotus-Ford611
Chris AmonFerrari312
Jochen RindtLotus-Ford511
Jackie StewartTyrrell-Ford413
Jacky IckxFerrari
Jackie StewartTyrrell-Ford611
Jacky IckxFerrari412
Ronnie PetersonLotus-Ford915
Niki LaudaFerrari915
Niki LaudaFerrari914
James HuntMcLaren-Ford816
Mario AndrettiLotus-Ford717
Mario AndrettiLotus-Ford816
Jacques LaffiteLigier-Ford415
Jean-Pierre JabouilleRenault
Alan JonesWilliams-Ford314
René ArnouxRenault
René ArnouxRenault415
Nelson PiquetBrabham-Ford
René ArnouxRenault516
Alain Prost
René ArnouxFerrari415
Patrick TambayFerrari
Nelson PiquetBrabham-BMW916
Ayrton SennaLotus-Renault716
Ayrton SennaLotus-Renault816
Nigel MansellWilliams-Honda816
Ayrton SennaMcLaren-Honda1316
Ayrton SennaMcLaren-Honda1316
Ayrton SennaMcLaren-Honda1016
Ayrton SennaMcLaren-Honda816
Nigel MansellWilliams-Renault1416
Alain ProstWilliams-Renault1316
Michael SchumacherBenetton-Ford616
Damon HillWilliams-Renault717
Damon HillWilliams-Renault916
Jacques VilleneuveWilliams-Renault1017
Mika HäkkinenMcLaren-Mercedes916
Mika HäkkinenMcLaren-Mercedes1116
Michael SchumacherFerrari917
Michael SchumacherFerrari1117
Juan Pablo MontoyaWilliams-BMW717
Michael SchumacherFerrari
Michael SchumacherFerrari516
Michael SchumacherFerrari818
style=background:#FBCEB1 Fernando AlonsoRenault619
style=background:#FBCEB1 Fernando AlonsoRenault618
style=background:#FBCEB1 Lewis HamiltonMcLaren-Mercedes617
Felipe MassaFerrari
style=background:#FBCEB1 Lewis HamiltonMcLaren-Mercedes718
Jenson ButtonBrawn-Mercedes417
Sebastian VettelRed Bull-Renault
style=background:#FBCEB1 Lewis HamiltonMcLaren-Mercedes
Sebastian VettelRed Bull-Renault1019
Sebastian VettelRed Bull-Renault1519
style=background:#FBCEB1 Lewis HamiltonMcLaren-Mercedes720
Sebastian VettelRed Bull-Renault919
Nico RosbergMercedes1119
style=background:#FBCEB1 Lewis HamiltonMercedes1119
style=background:#FBCEB1 Lewis HamiltonMercedes1221
style=background:#FBCEB1 Lewis HamiltonMercedes1120
style=background:#FBCEB1 Lewis HamiltonMercedes1121
Charles LeclercFerrari721[19] [20]
style=background:#FBCEB1 Lewis HamiltonMercedes1017
Max VerstappenRed Bull Racing-Honda1022
Charles LeclercFerrari922
Max VerstappenRed Bull Racing-Honda RBPT1222
Max VerstappenRed Bull Racing-Honda RBPT814[21]
Season still in progress.

See also

Bibliography

External links

Notes and References

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  11. News: 'There are a lot of emotions' – Leclerc delighted with maiden F1 pole . Formula1.com . 30 March 2019 . 18 April 2020 . 22 September 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20200922082301/https://www.formula1.com/en/latest/article.there-are-a-lot-of-emotions-leclerc-delighted-with-maiden-f1-pole.56fVqiNdIalvnE22f3xkuJ.html . live.
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