Monaco Grand Prix wins from pole position: All-time stats for F1's most famous race

Antonelli, Hamilton, Verstappen, Monaco — Photo: © IMAGO

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Monaco Grand Prix wins from pole position: All-time stats for F1's most famous race

Does pole guarantee a win in Monaco?

Graham Shaw Consultant Editor

Digital sports specialist running global brands for 30 years

Sunday 7 June 2026 11:30 Updated: 12:05

Perceived wisdom tells us that getting pole position for Monaco Grand Prix is the biggest guarantee of a race win in F1, but is that really true?

Italian teenager Kimi Antonelli will start this afternoon's 2026 edition from P1 after a blistering lap around the principality. Ahead of Red Bull's Max Verstappen and Lewis Hamilton of Ferrari.

The oddsmakers definitely believe Antonelli will be tough to pass on a tight street circuit where overtaking is notoriously difficult - they make him a 1/2 shot to become the youngest ever winner of this famous race.

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The stats tell us that Antonelli has an even chance of claiming top spot on the podium, and if you look at recent history, even better than that.

We have had 71 editions of the race since it joined the F1 calendar, and it has been won 33 times so far from pole position. A conversion rate of 46.5%.

If we narrow things down to the last 21 runnings, since 2004, it's even more difficult to win if you are not on pole.

In those races - starting with Jarno Trulli's 2004 victory - the pole sitter has won 15 times, a dominant win percentage of 71.43%.

As cars become more reliable (and bigger until recent rule changes) so it becomes more unlikely a car fails from pole, and more unlikely it loses track position.

Monaco Grand Prix wins from pole position

Here is the full list of every time the Monaco Grand Prix has been won from pole position:

Year	Driver	Team
1950	Juan Manuel Fangio	Alfa Romeo
1957	Juan Manuel Fangio	Maserati
1960	Stirling Moss	Lotus-Climax
1961	Stirling Moss	Lotus-Climax
1964	Graham Hill	BRM
1968	Graham Hill	Lotus-Ford Cosworth
1971	Jackie Stewart	Tyrrell-Ford Cosworth
1973	Jackie Stewart	Tyrrell-Ford Cosworth
1975	Niki Lauda	Ferrari
1976	Niki Lauda	Ferrari
1979	Jody Scheckter	Ferrari
1984	Alain Prost	McLaren-TAG
1986	Alain Prost	McLaren-TAG
1988	Ayrton Senna	McLaren-Honda
1989	Ayrton Senna	McLaren-Honda
1990	Ayrton Senna	McLaren-Honda
1994	Michael Schumacher	Benetton-Ford Cosworth
1998	Mika Hakkinen	McLaren-Mercedes
2004	Jarno Trulli	Renault
2005	Kimi Raikkonen	McLaren-Mercedes
2006	Fernando Alonso	Renault
2007	Fernando Alonso	McLaren-Mercedes
2009	Jenson Button	Brawn GP-Mercedes
2010	Mark Webber	Red Bull-Renault
2011	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull-Renault
2012	Mark Webber	Red Bull-Renault
2013	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes
2014	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes
2018	Daniel Ricciardo	Red Bull-TAG Heuer
2019	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes
2023	Max Verstappen	Red Bull-Honda RBPT
2024	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari
2025	Lando Norris	McLaren-Mercedes

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Graham Shaw - Consultant Editor

Digital sports leader with 30 years of senior level experience running global brands. Built sportinglife.com to be a behemoth in the UK as well as being in charge of the Planet Sport network of sites including planetf1.com, football365.com, teamtalk.com and planetrugby.com. Then grew goal.com to be the world's biggest soccer website in 18 languages and 37 territories. Was GM of Portals for Perform Group (now DAZN) with overall responsibility for sportingnews.com, spox.de and voetbalzone.nl.

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