Top 50 drivers according to the number of pole positions
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     Driver                  Races  Wins    Points  Average     Poles
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1    Senna, Ayrton             161    41     648     4.025        65
2    Clark, Jim                 72    25     299     4.153        33
3    Mansell, Nigel            187    31     501     2.679        32
=    Prost, Alain              199    51     847     4.256        32
5    Fangio, Juan Manuel        51    24     303     5.941        28
6    Lauda, Nicki              170    25     446     2.624        24
=    Piquet, Nelson            202    23     509     2.520        24
8    Andretti, Mario           128    12     192     1.500        18
=    Arnoux, Rene              149     7     190     1.275        18
10   Stewart, Jackie            99    27     387     3.909        17
11   Moss, Stirling             66    16     204     3.091        16
12   Ascari, Alberto            31    13     151     4.871        14
==   Hunt, James                92    10     192     2.087        14
==   Peterson, Ronnie          123    10     217     1.764        14
15   Brabham, Jack             126    14     284     2.254        13
==   Hill, Graham              176    14     306     1.739        13
==   Ickx, Jacky               116     8     192     1.655        13
18   Berger, Gerhard           180     9     341     1.894        11
==   Hill, Damon                51    13     229     4.490        11
20   Rindt, Jochen              60     6     115     1.917        10
==   Rodriguez, Pedro           55     2      73     1.327        10
==   Schumacher, Michael        69    19     303     4.391        10
23   Surtees, John             111     6     186     1.676         9
24   Patrese, Riccardo         255     6     285     1.118         8
25   Laffite, Jacques          174     6     249     1.431         7
26   Fittipaldi, Emerson       144    14     297     2.063         6
==   Hill, Phil                 48     3     101     2.104         6
==   Jabouille, Jean-Pierre     49     2      23     0.469         6
==   Jones, Alan               116    12     218     1.879         6
==   Reutemann, Carlos         146    12     324     2.219         6
31   Amon, Chris                95            83     0.874         5
==   Coulthard, David           25     1      62     2.480         5
==   Farina, Giuseppe           33     5     140     4.242         5
==   Regazzoni, Clay           132     5     217     1.644         5
==   Rosberg, Keke             114     5     166     1.456         5
==   Tambay, Patrick           113     2     105     0.929         5
37   Hawthorn, Mike             45     3     131     2.911         4
==   Pironi, Didier             68     3     104     1.529         4
39   Angelis, Elio de          108     2     122     1.130         3
==   Brooks, Tony               38     6      84     2.211         3
==   Fabi, Teo                  64            20     0.313         3
==   Gonzalez, Jose Froilan     26     2    77.5     2.981         3
==   Gurney, Dan                86     4     137     1.593         3
==   Jarier, Jean-Pierre       136            33     0.243         3
==   Scheckter, Jody           109    10     265     2.431         3
46   Alboreto, Michele         194     5     185     0.954         2
==   Lewis-Evans, Stuart        14            16     1.143         2
==   Ligier, Guy                12             1     0.083         2
==   Siffert, Jo                96     2      70     0.729         2
==   Villeneuve, Gilles         67     6     113     1.687         2
==   Watson, John              152     5     173     1.138         2


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SOURCE: Darren Galpin, e-mail py3dlg@bath.ac.uk
        http://www.bath.ac.uk/~py3dlg/motorsport/        
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