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 Azerbaijan Grand Prix 2024

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
29.8	Lewis Hamilton	2007-	United Kingdom
24.2	Stirling Moss	1951-1961	United Kingdom
22.1	Michael Schumacher	1991-2006, 2010-2012	Germany
19.8	Max Verstappen	2015-	Netherlands
19.0	Sebastian Vettel	2007-2022	Germany
18.3	Charles Leclerc	2018-	Monaco

Pole %	Driver	Active years	Country
17.2	Damon Hill	1992-1999	United Kingdom
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
15.2	James Hunt	1973-1979	United Kingdom
14.7	Giuseppe Farina	1950-1955	Italy
14.6	Nico Rosberg	2006-2016	Germany