Longest Gap Between Pole Positions
Driver Gap Races Mario Andretti 8 years, 0 months, 18 days US Grand Prix 1968 until Japanese Grand Prix 1976 Giancarlo Fisichella 6 years, 7 months, 8 days Austrian Grand Prix 1998 until Australian Grand Prix 2005 Riccardo Patrese 5 years, 11 months, 2 days Italian Grand Prix 1983 until Hungarian Grand Prix 1989 Rubens Barrichello 4 years, 9 months, 30 days Belgian Grand Prix 1994 until French Grand Prix 1999 Jack Brabham 4 years, 9 months, 8 days US Grand Prix 1961 until British Grand Prix 1966 Jean Pierre Jarier 3 years, 8 months, 12 days Brazilian Grand Prix 1975 until Canadian Grand Prix 1978 Alain Prost 3 years, 8 months, 5 days French Grand Prix 1989 until South African Grand Prix 1993 Carlos Reutemann 3 years, 5 months, 27 days US Grand Prix 1974 until US West Grand Prix 1978 Chris Amon 3 years, 2 months, 13 days Dutch Grand Prix 1968 until Italian Grand Prix 1971 José Froilan Gonzalez 3 years, 1 month, 8 days British Grand Prix 1951 until Swiss Grand Prix 1954 Jean Alesi 2 years, 11 months, 27 days Italian Grand Prix 1994 until Italian Grand Prix 1997 Jo Siffert 2 years, 9 months, 12 days Mexican Grand Prix 1968 until Austrian Grand Prix 1971 Gerhard Berger 2 years, 9 months, 11 days Japanese Grand Prix 1991 until German Grand Prix 1994 Nigel Mansell 2 years, 8 months, 20 days Mexican Grand Prix 1987 until French Grand Prix 1990 Ronnie Peterson 2 years, 7 months, 16 days Argentinian Grand Prix 1974 until Dutch Grand Prix 1976 David Coulthard 2 years, 5 months, 21 days Pacific Grand Prix 1995 until Argentinian Grand Prix 1998 Heinz Harald Frentzen 2 years, 4 months, 15 days Monaco Grand Prix 1997 until European Grand Prix 1999 Jacques Laffite 2 years, 4 months, 9 days Italian Grand Prix 1976 until Argentinian Grand Prix 1979 Keke Rosberg 2 years, 3 months, 24 days Brazilian Grand Prix 1983 until French Grand Prix 1985 Nino Farina 2 years, 1 month, 1 day Belgian Grand Prix 1950 until British Grand Prix 1952 Juan Pablo Montoya 2 years, 1 month, 1 day German Grand Prix 2003 until Italian Grand Prix 2005 Gilles Villeneuve 2 years, 0 months, 25 days US West Grand Prix 1979 until San Marino Grand Prix 1981 Juan Manuel Fangio 1 years, 11 months, 7 days Italian Grand Prix 1951 until Swiss Grand Prix 1953 Didier Pironi 1 years, 10 months, 31 days British Grand Prix 1980 until Canadian Grand Prix 1982 Ralf Schumacher 1 years, 10 months, 31 days French Grand Prix 2001 until Monaco Grand Prix 2003 Clay Regazzoni 1 years, 10 months, 16 days Belgian Grand Prix 1974 until US West Grand Prix 1976 John Surtees 1 years, 10 months, 16 days Mexican Grand Prix 1966 until Italian Grand Prix 1968 Jody Scheckter 1 years, 9 months, 27 days German Grand Prix 1977 until Monaco Grand Prix 1979 Dan Gurney 1 years, 9 months, 19 days German Grand Prix 1962 until Dutch Grand Prix 1964 Graham Hill 1 years, 8 months, 1 day US Grand Prix 1965 until Dutch Grand Prix 1967 Stirling Moss 1 years, 6 months, 6 days Argentinian Grand Prix 1957 until British Grand Prix 1958 Ayrton Senna 1 years, 4 months, 24 days Canadian Grand Prix 1992 until Australian Grand Prix 1993 Elio De Angelis 1 years, 2 months, 22 days Brazilian Grand Prix 1984 until Canadian Grand Prix 1985 Jenson Button 1 years, 1 month, 18 days San Marino Grand Prix 2004 until Canadian Grand Prix 2005 Tony Brooks 1 years, 1 month, 17 days Monaco Grand Prix 1958 until French Grand Prix 1959 Alberto Ascari 1 years, 1 month, 11 days Italian Grand Prix 1953 until Spanish Grand Prix 1954 John Watson 1 years, 1 month, 10 days Monaco Grand Prix 1977 until French Grand Prix 1978 Michael Schumacher 1 years, 1 month, 3 days Hungarian Grand Prix 1997 until Italian Grand Prix 1998 Teo Fabi 1 years, 0 months, 13 days German Grand Prix 1985 until Austrian Grand Prix 1986 Nelson Piquet 1 years, 0 months, 13 days Austrian Grand Prix 1982 until Dutch Grand Prix 1983 Emerson Fittipaldi 1 years, 0 months, 6 days Austrian Grand Prix 1972 until Austrian Grand Prix 1973 NOTE: Only the longest gap for each driver is shown.
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