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Formula 1: Drivers with the Highest Pole Percentage

Name the drivers who have achieved the most pole positions per an entered Grand Prix-race.
As of Abu Dhabi Grand Prix 2025
Does not include drivers who participated exclusively in Indy 500
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Pole %
Driver
Active years
Country
56.9
Juan Manuel Fangio
1950-1951, 1953-1958
Argentina
45.8
Jim Clark
1960-1968
United Kingdom
43.8
Alberto Ascari
1950-1955
Italy
40.4
Ayrton Senna
1984-1994
Brazil
27.4
Lewis Hamilton
2007-
United Kingdom
24.2
Stirling Moss
1951-1961
United Kingdom
22.1
Michael Schumacher
1991-2006, 2010-2012
Germany
20.6
Max Verstappen
2015-
Netherlands
19.0
Sebastian Vettel
2007-2022
Germany
17.2
Damon Hill
1992-1999
United Kingdom
Pole %
Driver
Active years
Country
17.1
Nigel Mansell
1980-1992,1994-1995
United Kingdom
17.0
Jackie Stewart
1965-1973
United Kingdom
16.7
Mike Parkes
1959, 1966-1967
United Kingdom
16.7
Jochen Rindt
1964-1970
Austria
16.4
Alain Prost
1980-1991, 1993
France
16.1
Mika Häkkinen
1991-2001
Finland
15.6
Charles Leclerc
2018-
Monaco
15.2
James Hunt
1973-1979
United Kingdom
14.7
Giuseppe Farina
1950-1955
Italy
14.6
Nico Rosberg
2006-2016
Germany
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