Best poles per start in Formula 1

10 March 2014

Minimum of 20 starts

Rank	Nationality	Name	Starts	Poles	Starts per pole
1	ARG	J-M Fangio	51	29	1.759
2	GB	J Clark	72	33	2.182
3	ITA	A Ascari	32	14	2.286
4	BRZ	A Senna	161	65	2.476
5	GER	S Vettel	120	45	2.666
6	GB	S Moss	66	16	4.125
7	GB	L Hamilton	129	31	4.161
8	GER	M Schumacher	306	68	4.5
9	GB	D Hill	115	20	5.75
10	GB	Jy Stewart	99	17	5.824
11	GB	N Mansell	187	32	5.843
12	AUT	J Rindt	60	10	6
13	FRA	A Prost	199	33	6.03
14	FIN	M Hakkinen	161	26	6.192
15	GB	J Hunt	92	14	6.571
16	ITA	G Farina	33	5	6.6
17	US	Ma Andretti	128	18	7.111
18	AUT	N Lauda	171	24	7.125
19	COL	J-P Montoya	94	13	7.23
20	US	P Hill	48	6	8
21	FRA	J-P Jabouille	49	6	8.166
22	FRA	R Arnoux	149	18	8.277
23	ARG	J-F Gonzalez	26	3	8.666
24	BEL	J Ickx	114	13	8.769
25	SWE	R Peterson	123	14	8.785
26	BRZ	N Piquet Snr	229	24	9.542
27	AUS	J Brabham	126	13	9.692
28	SPA	F Alonso	215	22	9.77
29	GB	M Hawthorn	45	4	11.25
30	FIN	K Raikkonen	192	16	12
31	CAN	J Villeneuve Jnr	163	13	12.538
32	GB	T Brooks	38	3	12.666
33	BRZ	F Massa	191	15	12.733
34	GB	G Hill	176	13	13.538
35	GB	J Surtees	111	8	13.875
36	AUS	M Webber	215	13	16.538
37	FRA	D Pironi	70	4	17.5
38	NZ	C Amon	96	5	19.2
39	AUS	A Jones	116	6	19.333
40	AUT	G Berger	235	12	19.583
41	GB	D Coulthard	246	12	20.5
42	ITA	T Fabi	64	3	21.333
43	FRA	P Tambay	114	5	22.8
44	BRZ	R Barrichello	322	14	23
45	BRZ	E Fittipaldi	144	6	24
46	ARG	C Reutemann	146	6	24.333
47	FRA	J Laffite	176	7	25.142
48	GER	W Von Trips	27	1	27
49	FIN	K Rosberg	139	5	27.8
50	US	D Gurney	86	3	28.66
51	GER	R Schumacher	180	6	30
52	US	P Revson	30	1	30
53	GB	J Button	247	8	30.875
54	SWI	G Regazzoni	157	5	31.4
55	ITA	R Patrese	256	8	32
56	CAN	G Villeneuve	67	2	33.5
57	ITA	E De Angelis	108	3	36
58	GER	N Rosberg	147	4	36.75
59	SA	J Scheckter	111	3	37
60	ITA	L Bandini	42	1	42
61	GB	T Pryce	42	1	42
62	FRA	J-P Jarier	134	3	44.66
63	SWI	J Siffert	96	2	48
64	GER	N Hulkenberg	57	1	57
65	ITA	G Fisichella	229	4	57.25
66	VEN	P Maldonado	58	1	58
67	ITA	J Trulli	252	4	63
68	ITA	B Giacomelli	69	1	69
69	BRZ	C Pace	71	1	71
70	ITA	V Brambilla	74	1	74
71	GB	J Watson	152	2	76
71	POL	R Kubica	76	1	76
73	GER	H-H Frentzen	156	2	78
74	FRA	P Depailler	95	1	95
75	ITA	M Alboreto	198	2	99
76	FRA	J Alesi	201	2	100.5
77	SWE	J Bonnier	104	1	104
78	FIN	H Kovalainen	111	1	111
79	NZ	D Hulme	112	1	112
80	BEL	T Boutsen	163	1	163
81	GER	N Heidfeld	183	1	183
82	ITA	A De Cesaris	208	1	208
83	GB	J Herbert	160
84	GB	M Brundle	158
85	FRA	O Panis	157
86	GB	D Warwick	146
87	GB	E Irvine	145
88	US	E Cheever	132
89	ITA	P-L Martini	119
90	FRA	P Alliot	109
91	FIN	M Salo	109
92	GER	A Sutil	109
93	NED	J Verstappen	106
94	GER	J Mass	104
95	SPA	De La Rosa	104
96	NZ	B McLaren	100
97	BRZ	P Diniz	98
98	JPN	U Katayama	94
99	ITA	I Capelli	93
100	GER	T Glock	91
101	JPN	T Sato	90
102	FRA	J-P Beltoise	84
103	FRA	M Trintignant	82
104	SWI	M Surer	82
105	GB	J Palmer	82
106	ITA	V Liuzzi	80
107	ITA	A Nannini	76
108	ITA	P Ghinzani	75
109	GER	H-J Stuck	74
110	JPN	S Nakajima	74
111	BRZ	M Gugelmin	74
112	ITA	S Modena	70
113	AUT	A Wurz	69
114	ITA	G Morbidelli	67
115	JPN	A Suzuki	63
116	FIN	J Jarvilehto	62
117	GB	M Blundell	61
118	JPN	K Kobayashi	60
119	FRA	E Comas	59
120	GB	P Di Resta	58
121	ITA	A Merzario	57
122	SWE	S Johansson	57
123	RUS	V Petrov	57
124	FRA	H Schell	56
125	FRA	H Pescarolo	56
126	ITA	A Caffi	56
127	MEX	S Perez	56
128	SWI	S Buemi	55
129	MEX	P Rodriguez	54
130	GB	M Hailwood	53
131	GER	R Stommelen	53
132	FRA	P Streiff	53
133	FRA	J Behra	52
134	US	R Ginther	52
135	GB	I Ireland	50
136	ITA	L Badoer	50
137	AUS	D Ricciardo	50
138	IRE	D Daly	49
139	ITA	N Larini	49
140	AUT	C Klien	49
141	GB	J Oliver	48
142	GB	R Salvadori	47
143	GER	Man Winkelhock	47
144	BEL	B Gachot	47
145	FRA	F Cevert	46
146	IND	N Karthikeyan	46
147	NED	C Albers	46
148	SPA	J Alguersuari	46
149	BRZ	B Senna	46
150	FRA	E Bernard	45
151	FRA	R Grosjean	45
152	ITA	A Zanardi	42
153	MEX	H Rebaque	41
154	BRZ	R Moreno	41
155	FRA	O Grouillard	41
156	AUT	K Wendlinger	41
157	BRZ	C Fittipaldi	40
158	FRA	J-E Vergne	39
159	FRA	L Rosier	38
160	US	M Gregory	38
161	ITA	G Tarquini	38
162	POR	T Monteiro	37
163	GB	M Spence	36
164	ITA	M Baldi	36
165	ITA	E Pirro	36
166	SPA	M Gene	36
167	BRZ	R Zonta	36
168	JPN	K Nakajima	36
169	NZ	H Ganley	35
170	BRZ	W Fittipaldi	35
171	GER	C Danner	35
172	AUS	T Schenken	34
173	US	B Lunger	34
174	JPN	S Nakano	33
175	GB	P Collins	32
176	POR	P Lamy	32
177	JPN	T Takagi	32
178	ITA	L Villoresi	31
179	SWE	G Nilsson	31
180	GB	P Gethin	30
181	ITA	A De Adamich	29
182	FRA	R Manzon	28
183	NED	C De Beaufort	28
184	GB	M Beuttler	28
185	BRZ	E Benoldi	28
186	BRZ	C Da Matta	28
187	US	S Speed	28
188	BRZ	N Piquet	28
189	GB	T Taylor	27
190	GB	P Courage	27
191	FRA	S Bourdais	27
192	SPA	L Perez-Sala	26
193	BRZ	R Rosset	26
194	SA	A Maggs	25
195	GB	R Anderson	25
196	GB	R Keegan	25
197	NED	H Rothengatter	25
198	ITA	L Musso	24
199	CHI	E Salazar	24
200	AUS	D Brabham	24
201	DEN	J Magnussen	24
202	BRZ	T Marques	24
203	BEL	J Claes	23
204	NED	J Lammers	23
205	BRZ	R Boesel	23
206	FRA	Y Dalmas	23
207	SWI	E De Graffenried	22
208	SWE	R Wisell	22
209	ITA	G Baghetti	21
210	COL	R Guerrero	21
211	ARG	G Mazzacane	21
212	GER	S Bellof	20
213	BRZ	A Pizzonia	20
214	HUN	Z Baumgartner	20

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