Pole and fastest lap records per decade

POLE POSITIONS

2010s poles (until 2016)

1) Lewis Hamilton 44
2) Sebastian Vettel 41
3) Nico Rosberg 30
4) Mark Webber 12
5) Fernando Alonso 4
6) Jenson Button 1
= Nico Hulkenberg 1
= Felipe Massa 1
= Pastor Maldonado 1
= Daniel Ricciardo 1

2000s poles

1) Michael Schumacher 45
2) Fernando Alonso 18
3) Lewis Hamilton 17
4) Kimi Raikkonen 16
5) Felipe Massa 15
6) Juan Pablo Montoya 13
7) Rubens Barrichello 12
8) Jenson Button 7
9) Ralf Schumacher 6
10) Mika Hakkinen 5
= Sebastian Vettel 5
12) David Coulthard 4
= Jarno Trulli 4
14) Giancarlo Fisichella 3
15) Nick Heidfeld 1
= Mark Webber 1
= Robert Kubica 1
= Heikki Kovalainen 1

1990s poles

1) Ayrton Senna 23
= Michael Schumacher 23
3) Mika Hakkinen 21
4) Nigel Mansell 20
= Damon Hill 20
6) Alain Prost 13
= Jacques Villeneuve 13
8) Gerhard Berger 8
= David Coulthard 8
10) Riccardo Patrese 5
11) Jean Alesi 2
= Rubens Barrichello 2
= Heinz-Harald Frentzen 2
14) Thierry Boutsen 1
= Giancarlo Fisichella 1

1980s poles

1) Ayrton Senna 42
2) Nelson Piquet 24
3) Alain Prost 20
4) Rene Arnoux 16
5) Nigel Mansell 12
6) Keke Rosberg 5
= Patrick Tambay 5
8) Didier Pironi 4
= Gerhard Berger 4
10) Alan Jones 3
= Riccardo Patrese 3
= Elio de Angelis 3
= Teo Fabi 3
14) Jean-Pierre Jabouille 2
= Jacques Laffite 2
= Carlos Reutemann 2
= Michele Alboreto 2
18) Bruno Giacomelli 1
= Gilles Villeneuve 1
= Andrea de Cesaris 1
= Mario Andretti 1

1970s poles

1) Niki Lauda 24
2) Mario Andretti 16
3) Jackie Stewart 15
4) Ronnie Peterson 14
= James Hunt 14
6) Jacky Ickx 10
7) Emerson Fittipaldi 6
8) Clay Regazzoni 5
= Jacques Laffite 5
10) Carlos Reutemann 4
= Jean-Pierre Jabouille 4
12) Jochen Rindt 3
= Jean-Pierre Jarier 3
= Jody Scheckter 3
= Alan Jones 3
16) Chris Amon 2
= Rene Arnoux 2
18) Jo Siffert 1
= Peter Revson 1
= Denny Hulme 1
= Patrick Depailler 1
= Tom Pryce 1
= Vittorio Brambilla 1
= Carlos Pace 1
= John Watson 1
= Gilles Villeneuve 1
= Jack Brabham 1

1960s poles

1) Jim Clark 33
2) Graham Hill 13
3) Jack Brabham 12
4) John Surtees 8
5) Jochen Rindt 7
6) Phil Hill 6
7) Stirling Moss 5
8) Dan Gurney 3
= Chris Amon 3
= Jacky Ickx 3
11) Jackie Stewart 2
12) Mike Parkes 1
= Wolfgang von Trips 1
= Lorenzo Bandini 1
= Jo Siffert 1
= Mario Andretti 1
= Eddie Sachs 1 (INDY 500)

1950s poles

1) Juan Manuel Fangio 29
2) Alberto Ascari 14
3) Stirling Moss 11
4) Giuseppe Farina 5
5) Mike Hawthorn 4
6) Jose Froilan Gonzalez 3
= Tony Brooks 3
8) Eugenio Castellotti 1
= Stuart Lewis-Evans 1
= Joakim Bonner 1

INDY 500 poles
1950- Walt Faulkner
1951- Duke Nalon
1952- Fred Agabashian
1953- Bill Vukovich
1954- Jack McGrath
1955- Jerry Hoyt
1956- Pat Flaherty
1957- Pat O’Connor
1958- Dick Rathmann
1959- Johnny Thomson

FASTEST LAPS

2010s F1 fastest laps (until 2016)

1) Lewis Hamilton 28
2) Sebastian Vettel 25
3) Nico Rosberg 18
4) Mark Webber 16
5) Fernando Alonso 9
6) Kimi Raikkonen 8
= Daniel Ricciardo 8
8) Jenson Button 6
9) Felipe Massa 3
= Sergio Perez 3
11) Nico Hulkenberg 2
12) Bruno Senna 1
= Romain Grosjean 1
= Kamui Kobayashi 1
= Robert Kubica 1
= Vitaly Petrov 1
= Esteban Gutierrez 1
= Valtteri Bottas 1
= Daniil Kvyat 1
= Max Verstappen 1
= Michael Schumacher 1

2000s F1 fastest laps

1) M. Schumacher 37
2) Kimi Raikkonen 35
3) Rubens Barrichello 17
4) Fernando Alonso 13
5) Mika Hakkinen 12
= Juan Pablo Montoya 12
= Felipe Massa 12
8) Ralf Schumacher 7
= David Coulthard 7
10) Lewis Hamilton 3
= Sebastian Vettel 3
= Mark Webber 3
13) Giancarlo Fisichella 2
= Jenson Button 2
= Nico Rosberg 2
= Heikki Kovalainen 2
= Nick Heidfeld 2
18) Jarno Trulli 1
= Pedro de la Rosa 1
= Adrian Sutil 1
= Timo Glock 1

1990s F1 fastest laps

1) M. Schumacher 39
2) Damon Hill 19
3) Nigel Mansell 17
4) Mika Hakkinen 13
5) Gerhard Berger 12
6) David Coulthard 11
7) Alain Prost 9
= Riccardo Patrese 9
= Jacques Villeneuve 9
10) Ayrton Senna 6
= Heinz-Harald Frentzen 6
12) Jean Alesi 4
13) Thierry Boutsen 1
= Roberto Moreno 1
= Bertrand Gachot 1
= Giancarlo Fisichella 1
= Eddie Irvine 1
= Alex Wurz 1
= Alessandro Nannini 1

1980s F1 fastest laps

1) Alain Prost 32
2) Nelson Piquet 22
3) Ayrton Senna 13
4) Nigel Mansell 13
5) Alan Jones 10
= Rene Arnoux 10
7) Gerhard Berger 9
8) Niki Lauda 8
9) Didier Pironi 5
= Michele Alboreto 5
11) Riccardo Patrese 4
12) Jacques Laffite 3
= Carlos Reutemann 3
= John Watson 3
= Keke Rosberg 3
16) Derek Warwick 2
= Patrick Tambay 2
= Teo Fabi 2
19) Gilles Villeneuve 1
= Marc Surer 1
= Brian Henton 1
= Andrea de Cesaris 1
= Alessandro Nannini 1
= Satoru Nakajima 1
= Mauricio Gugelmin 1
= Jonathan Palmer 1

1970s fastest laps

1) Niki Lauda 16
2) Clay Regazzoni 15
3) Jacky Ickx 10
= Mario Andretti 10
5) Ronnie Peterson 9
6) James Hunt 8
= Jackie Stewart 8
8) Gilles Villeneuve 7
9) Denny Hulme 6
= Emerson Fittipaldi 6
11) Carlos Pace 5
= Jody Scheckter 5
13) Jack Brabham 4
= Patrick Depailler 4
= Jacques Lafitte 4
16) Chris Amon 3
= Carlos Reutemann 3
= Jean-Pierre Jarier 3
= Alan Jones 3
20) Francois Cevert 2
= Jochen Mass 2
= John Watson 2
= Rene Arnoux 2
24) Henri Pescarolo 1
= Jo Siffert 1
= John Surtees 1
= Jochen Rindt 1
= Mike Hailwood 1
= Jean-Pierre Beltoise 1
= Gunnar Nilsson 1
= Vittorio Brambilla 1
= Nelson Piquet 1

1960s fastest laps

1) Jim Clark 28
2) Graham Hill 10
= John Surtees 10
4) Jack Brabham 7
= Jackie Stewart 7
6) Dan Gurney 6
7) Phil Hill 4
= Jacky Ickx 4
9) Richie Ginther 3
= Stirling Moss 3
= Denny Hulme 3
= Jean-Pierre Beltoise 3
= Jo Siffert 3
14) Bruce McLaren 2
= Lorenzo Bandini 2
= Jochen Rindt 2
17) Ludovico Scarfiotti 1
= Tony Brooks 1
= Giancarlo Baghetti 1
= Richard Attwood 1
= Pedro Rodriguez 1
= Jackie Oliver 1
= Jim Rathmann 1 (INDY 500)

1950s fastest laps

1) Juan Manuel Fangio 23
2) Stirling Moss 16
3) Alberto Ascari 12
4) Jose Frolian Gonzalez 6
= Mike Hawthorn 6
6) Giuseppe Farina 5
7) Bill Vukovich 3 (INDY 500)
8) Tony Brooks 2
= Phil Hill 2
10) Piero Taruffi 1
= Luigi Villoresi 1
= Hans Hermann 1
= Jean Behra 1
= Onofre Marimon 1
= Karl Kling 1
= Roberto Mieres 1
= Luigi Musso 1
= Bruce McLaren 1
= Maurice Trintignant 1

INDY 500:
Johnnie Parsons (1950)
Lee Wallard (1951)
Jack McGrath (1954)
Paul Russo (1956)
Jim Rathmann (1957)
Tony Bettenhausen (1958)
Johnny Thomson (1959)

List of must-have Grands Prix

MUST-STAY:

Australia (Albert Park, Melbourne)
China (Jiading, Shanghai)
Spain (Montmeló, Barcelona)
Monaco (Monte Carlo, Monaco)
Canada (Montreal, Quebec)
Austria (Red Bull Ring, Spielberg)
Britain (Silverstone, Northampton)
Hungary (Hungaroring, Budapest)
Belgium (Spa-Francorchamps, Stavelot)
Italy (Monza, Lombardy)
Japan (Suzuka, Mie)
United States (Austin, Texas)
Mexico (Hermanos Rodriguez, Mexico City)
Brazil (Interlagos, São Paulo)

POSSIBLE:

South Africa (Kyalami, Midrand)
France (Paul Ricard, Le Castellet)
Germany (Hockenheimring, Hockenheim)
Portugal (Portimão, Algarve)

EXCLUDE:

Bahrain (Sahkir)
Russia (Sochi)
Europe (Baku, Azerbaijan)
Malaysia (Sepang, Kuala Lumpur)
Singapore (Marina Bay)
Abu Dhabi (Yas Marina)

 

Top 20 Indycar Drivers since 1979 (CART, Champ Car, INDYCAR & IRL)

1) Rick Mears (4x Indy 500/ 3x CART championships)
2) Michael Andretti (1991 CART champion/ 42 CART wins)
3) Scott Dixon (2008 Indy 500/ 4x IRL/INDYCAR championships)
4) Dario Franchitti (3x Indy 500/ 4x INDYCAR championships)
5) Al Unser Jr. (2x Indy 500/ 2x CART championships)
6) Alex Zanardi (2x CART championships/ 15 CART wins/ never raced Indy 500)
7) Bobby Rahal (1986 Indy 500/ 3x CART championships)
8) Gil de Ferran (2003 Indy 500/ 2x CART championships)
9) Mario Andretti (1984 CART champion/ 19 CART wins/ 1969 Indy 500 (USAC sanctioned))
10) Will Power (2014 INDYCAR champion/ 30 Champ Car/INDYCAR wins/ 2015 Indy 500 runner-up)
11) Emerson Fittipaldi (2x Indy 500/ 1989 CART champion)
12) Simon Pagenaud (2016 INDYCAR champion/ 9 INDYCAR wins)
13) Al Unser Sr. (2x CART champion/ 4x Indy 500- 1987 (CART sanctioned))
14) Kenny Brack (1999 Indy 500/ 1998 IRL champion/ 2001 CART runner-up)
15) Greg Moore (5 CART wins/ never raced Indy 500)
16) Helio Castroneves (3x Indy 500/ 4x IRL/INDYCAR runner-up)
17) Danny Sullivan (1985 Indy 500/ 1988 CART champion)
18) Sam Hornish Jr. (2006 Indy 500/ 3x IRL/INDYCAR champion)
19) Dan Wheldon (2x Indy 500/ 2005 IRL champion)
20) Raul Boesel (Best CART driver to never win a race)

F1’s Most Underrated Driver: Ukyo Katayama

Ukyo Katayama is widely remembered as the laughing stock of F1 back in the 1990’s. His Mild Seven/Cabin sponsorship gave him the hallmarks of a prototypical pay driver, but after two undistinguished seasons, the diminutive Japanese surprised everyone in 1994. The banning of electronic aids helped the underfunded Tyrrell squad build a neat and nimble chassis in the 022, courtesy of Harvey Poslethwaite, Mike Gascoyne and Jean-Claude Migeot.

Along with valiant point scoring drives at Interlagos, Imola & Silverstone, Katayama set a fastest lap a mammoth 1.6 seconds quicker than his highly-regarded team-mate Mark Blundell in the race at Barcelona. Blundell’s eventual podium finish was a cruel blow for Katayama, as his Yamaha engine failed after just sixteen laps in a race where Michael Schumacher’s Benetton became stuck in fifth gear for two-thirds of Spanish Grand Prix. The German would savage second place, whilst championship rival Damon Hill won his first race of the year. This proved to be a moral-boosting lift for the beleaguered Williams squad still coming to terms with Senna’s death, but one wonders whether how close Katayama could have pushed Hill for victory. The Tyrrell stalwart would redeem himself further at that year’s German Grand Prix, qualifying a career-best fifth, 0.756 seconds ahead of Blundell. Thanks to an electrical failure for Jean Alesi and a collision with Damon Hill, damaging the latter’s suspension, Katayama was able to charge after Gerhard Berger and Schumacher in third place, only for his throttle cable to snap after just six laps.

Katayama would repeat his qualifying feats of Hockenheim by placing his Tyrrell 022 on fifth place for the following race at Hungaroring, but he retired due to an unfortunate collision with the two Jordans of Eddie Irvine & Rubens Barrichello on the first lap. Further hard-charging drives at Monza, Estoril & Jerez proved enough for Katayama to be awarded “Most improved driver of 1994” title by Autosport magazine’s Nigel Roebuck and rumours of a “top team” -most likely Benetton with Ukyo’s Mild Seven connections- offering a seat circulated, but Katayama claimed “he had to turn it down”. It later transpired the Japanese ace had developed back cancer, which sadly hobbled him for the remainder of his ailing F1 career, where he would be heavily outpaced by Mika Salo at Tyrrell and Jarno Trulli at Minardi. The new high cockpit sides mandated by the deaths of Roland Ratzenberger & Ayrton Senna at Imola and Karl Wendlinger’s coma-inducing crash at Monaco in 1994 would impair the peripheral vision of the diminutive Japanese star. The new weight regulations, starting in 1995, which mandated the inclusion of the driver’s weight into the new 600kg total car weight limit, would additionally impede Katayama as the advantage of being one of the lightest drivers on the grid was abruptly removed.

The remainder of Katayama’s F1 career is notably remembered for his start-line barrel roll in 1995 Portuguese Grand Prix, but he never lost his sense of humour and humility. Experts later estimated the Japanese stalwart could have scored up to 25 points had it not been for mechanical issues and pure bad luck accumulated during 1994. This would have placed Katayama in the heady heights of fifth place within the FIA Formula 1 World Drivers’ Championship, ahead of Alesi and just behind Mika Hakkinen, rather than his lowly classification of 17th with five points.

For just one season in 1994, Ukyo was one of the best five racing drivers in the world.

Top 3 F1 Drivers 1999-2015

1999

1st Heinz-Harald Frentzen (Jordan-Mugen Honda)
2nd Ralf Schumacher (Williams-Supertec)
3rd Rubens Barrichello (Stewart-Ford)

2000

1st Michael Schumacher (Ferrari)
2nd Mika Hakkinen (McLaren-Mercedes)
3rd Jacques Villeneuve (BAR-Honda)

2001

1st Michael Schumacher (Ferrari)
2nd Juan Pablo Montoya (Williams-BMW)
3rd Fernando Alonso (Minardi-European)

2002

1st Michael Schumacher (Ferrari)
2nd Giancarlo Fisichella (Jordan-Honda)
3rd Mark Webber (Minardi-Asiatech)

2003

1st Kimi Raikkonen (McLaren-Mercedes)
2nd Fernando Alonso (Renault)
3rd Mark Webber (Jaguar-Cosworth)

2004

1st Michael Schumacher (Ferrari)
2nd Jenson Button (BAR-Honda)
3rd Giancarlo Fisichella (Sauber-Petronas)

2005

1st Kimi Raikkonen (McLaren-Mercedes)
2nd Fernando Alonso (Renault)
3rd Michael Schumacher (Ferrari)

2006

1st Fernando Alonso (Renault)
2nd Michael Schumacher (Ferrari)
3rd Mark Webber (Williams-Cosworth)

2007

1st Kimi Raikkonen (Ferrari)
2nd Lewis Hamilton (McLaren-Mercedes)
3rd Nick Heidfeld (BMW Sauber)

2008

1st Lewis Hamilton (McLaren-Mercedes)
2nd Robert Kubica (BMW Sauber)
3rd Sebastian Vettel (Toro Rosso-Ferrari)

2009

1st Fernando Alonso (Renault)
2nd Nico Rosberg (Williams-Toyota)
3rd Kimi Raikkonen (Ferrari)

2010

1st Fernando Alonso (Ferrari)
2nd Lewis Hamilton (McLaren-Mercedes)
3rd Robert Kubica (Renault)

2011

1st Sebastian Vettel (Red Bull-Renault)
2nd Jenson Button (McLaren-Mercedes)
3rd Fernando Alonso (Ferrari)

2012

1st Fernando Alonso (Ferrari)
2nd Lewis Hamilton (McLaren-Mercedes)
3rd Kimi Raikkonen (Lotus-Renault)

2013

1st Sebastian Vettel (Red Bull-Renault)
2nd Fernando Alonso (Ferrari)
3rd Nico Hulkenberg (Sauber-Ferrari)

2014

1st Fernando Alonso (Ferrari)
2nd Lewis Hamilton (Mercedes)
3rd Daniel Ricciardo (Red Bull-Renault)

2015

1st Sebastian Vettel (Ferrari)
2nd Lewis Hamilton (Mercedes)
3rd Max Verstappen (Toro Rosso-Renault)