Best Pole to Win Conversion in F1
Max Verstappen leads on 77.1% %, ahead of Alberto Ascari on 64.3%.
Record holder
77.1%%
| # | Driver | Converted |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | Max Verstappen | 77.1% |
| 2nd | Alberto Ascari | 64.3% |
| 3rd | Fernando Alonso | 63.6% |
| 4th | Michael Schumacher | 58.8% |
| 5th | Lewis Hamilton | 58.7% |
| 6th | Alain Prost | 54.5% |
| 7th | Sebastian Vettel | 54.4% |
| 8th | Nigel Mansell | 53.1% |
| 9th | Lando Norris | 52.9% |
| =10th | Felipe Massa | 50.0% |
| =10th | George Russell | 50.0% |
| =10th | James Hunt | 50.0% |
| =10th | Nico Rosberg | 50.0% |
| 14th | Jackie Stewart | 47.1% |
| 15th | Jack Brabham | 46.2% |
| 16th | Juan Fangio | 44.8% |
| 17th | Ayrton Senna | 44.6% |
| 18th | Mario Andretti | 44.4% |
| 19th | Jim Clark | 44.1% |
| 20th | Gerhard Berger | 41.7% |
| 21st | Stirling Moss | 41.2% |
| =22nd | Jacques Villeneuve | 38.5% |
| =22nd | Mika Häkkinen | 38.5% |
| 24th | Niki Lauda | 37.5% |
| 25th | Rubens Barrichello | 35.7% |
How this is measured
How often a driver converted pole position into victory, for drivers with at least 10 poles.
- Pole is counted as starting first on the grid. Session-by-session qualifying data only exists from 1994, so grid position is used across the whole of history. A small number of P1 grid slots therefore belong to drivers who inherited them through another driver’s penalty.
- The 1950–1960 Indianapolis 500 rounds counted towards the world championship but were run to American rules with roughly 33-car grids and almost no overlap in entrants. They are excluded from every leaderboard on this site.
Most F1 Pole Positions
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Most F1 Poles by a Constructor
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