All Formula 1 polesitters ever

Enter the names of all drivers who started a race from the pole position. Note: those who grabbed the first place in the qualifying and were subsequently moved back due to whatever reason do not count as polesitters (such as Michael Schumacher in Monaco in 2012)! Indy 500 polesitters are not included.

As of the 2024 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix

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Active years	No. of poles	Name	Nationality
2007–present	104	Lewis Hamilton	United Kingdom
1991–2006, 2010–12	68	Michael Schumacher	Germany
1984–94	65	Ayrton Senna	Brazil
2007–22	57	Sebastian Vettel	Germany
2015–present	40	Max Verstappen	Netherlands
1960–68	33	Jim Clark	United Kingdom
1980–91, 1993	33	Alain Prost	France
1980–92, 1994–95	32	Nigel Mansell	United Kingdom
2006–16	30	Nico Rosberg	Germany
1950–51, 1953–58	29	Juan Manuel Fangio	Argentina
1991–2001	26	Mika Häkkinen	Finland
2018–present	26	Charles Leclerc	Monaco
1971–79, 1982–85	24	Niki Lauda	Austria
1978–91	24	Nelson Piquet	Brazil
2001, 2003–18, 2021–present	22	Fernando Alonso	Spain
1992–99	20	Damon Hill	United Kingdom
2013–24	20	Valtteri Bottas	Finland
1968–72, 1974–82	18	Mario Andretti	United States
1978–89	18	René Arnoux	France
2001–09, 2012–21	18	Kimi Räikkönen	Finland
1965–73	17	Jackie Stewart	United Kingdom
1951–61	16	Stirling Moss	United Kingdom
2002, 2004–17	16	Felipe Massa	Brazil
1950–55	14	Alberto Ascari	Italy
1970–78	14	Ronnie Peterson	Sweden
1973–79	14	James Hunt	United Kingdom
1993–2011	14	Rubens Barrichello	Brazil
1955–70	13	Jack Brabham	Australia
1958–75	13	Graham Hill	United Kingdom
1967–79	13	Jacky Ickx	Belgium
1996–2006	13	Jacques Villeneuve	Canada
2001–06	13	Juan Pablo Montoya	Colombia
2002–13	13	Mark Webber	Australia
1984–97	12	Gerhard Berger	Austria
1994–2008	12	David Coulthard	United Kingdom
1964–70	10	Jochen Rindt	Austria
2019–present	9	Lando Norris	United Kingdom
1960–72	8	John Surtees	United Kingdom
1977–93	8	Riccardo Patrese	Italy
2000–17	8	Jenson Button	United Kingdom
1974–86	7	Jacques Laffite	France
1958–64, 1966	6	Phil Hill	United States
1972–82	6	Carlos Reutemann	Argentina
1970–80	6	Emerson Fittipaldi	Brazil
1974–75, 1977–81	6	Jean-Pierre Jabouille	France
1975–81, 1983, 1985–86	6	Alan Jones	Australia
1997–2007	6	Ralf Schumacher	Germany
2015–present	6	Carlos Sainz	Spain

Active years	No. of poles	Name	Nationality
1950–55	5	Nino Farina	Italy
1963–76	5	Chris Amon	New Zealand
1970–80	5	Clay Regazzoni	Switzerland
1978–86	5	Keke Rosberg	Finland
1977–79, 1981–86	5	Patrick Tambay	France
2019–present	5	George Russell	United Kingdom
1952–58	4	Mike Hawthorn	United Kingdom
1978–82	4	Didier Pironi	France
1996–2009	4	Giancarlo Fisichella	Italy
1997–2011	4	Jarno Trulli	Italy
1950–57, 1960	3	José Froilán González	Argentina
1956–61	3	Tony Brooks	United Kingdom
1959–68, 1970	3	Dan Gurney	United States
1971, 1973–83	3	Jean-Pierre Jarier	France
1972–80	3	Jody Scheckter	South Africa
1979–86	3	Elio de Angelis	Italy
1982, 1984–87	3	Teo Fabi	Italy
2011–22	3	Daniel Ricciardo	Australia
2011–present	3	Sergio Pérez	Mexico
1957–58	2	Stuart Lewis-Evans	United Kingdom
1962–71	2	Jo Siffert	Switzerland
1973–83, 1985	2	John Watson	United Kingdom
1977–82	2	Gilles Villeneuve	Canada
1981–94	2	Michele Alboreto	Italy
1989–2001	2	Jean Alesi	France
1994–2003	2	Heinz-Harald Frentzen	Germany
1955–57	1	Eugenio Castellotti	Italy
1956–71	1	Jo Bonnier	Sweden
1956–61	1	Wolfgang von Trips	Germany
1961–67	1	Lorenzo Bandini	Italy
1959, 1966–67	1	Mike Parkes	United Kingdom
1964, 1971–74	1	Peter Revson	United States
1965–74	1	Denny Hulme	New Zealand
1972, 1974–80	1	Patrick Depailler	France
1972–77	1	José Carlos Pace	Brazil
1974–80	1	Vittorio Brambilla	Italy
1974–77	1	Tom Pryce	United Kingdom
1977–83, 1990	1	Bruno Giacomelli	Italy
1980–94	1	Andrea de Cesaris	Italy
1983–93	1	Thierry Boutsen	Belgium
2000–11	1	Nick Heidfeld	Germany
2006–10, 2019, 2021	1	Robert Kubica	Poland
2007–13	1	Heikki Kovalainen	Finland
2010, 2012–20, 2022–present	1	Nico Hülkenberg	Germany
2011–2015	1	Pastor Maldonado	Venezuela
2017–present	1	Lance Stroll	Canada
2014–20, 2022–24	1	Kevin Magnussen	Denmark

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