{"id":3754,"date":"2026-10-10T12:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-10-10T15:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/grandepremio.com\/en\/?p=3754"},"modified":"2026-10-10T11:59:09","modified_gmt":"2026-10-10T14:59:09","slug":"verstappen-reaches-50-f1-poles-in-singapore-and-joins-hamilton-schumacher-and-senna","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/grandepremio.com\/en\/f1\/verstappen-reaches-50-f1-poles-in-singapore-and-joins-hamilton-schumacher-and-senna\/","title":{"rendered":"Verstappen reaches 50 F1 poles in Singapore and joins Hamilton, Schumacher and Senna"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">News Summary<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Max Verstappen reached 50 career Formula 1 pole positions<\/strong> after topping qualifying for the 2026 Singapore Grand Prix.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Only <strong>Lewis Hamilton, Michael Schumacher, Ayrton Senna and Sebastian Vettel<\/strong> have achieved more poles in F1 history.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Verstappen remains fifth in the all-time ranking, <strong>seven poles behind Vettel<\/strong>, who finished his career with 57.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Max Verstappen joined one of Formula 1&#8217;s most exclusive statistical groups on Saturday, October 10, by claiming his <strong>50th career Grand Prix pole position<\/strong> during qualifying for the Singapore GP at Marina Bay.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Red Bull driver set a <strong>1:31.373<\/strong> to beat Charles Leclerc by just 0.054s, with Lewis Hamilton third, 0.123s behind. The result gave Verstappen his second consecutive Grand Prix pole following Sepang and took him to a milestone previously achieved by only four drivers in the championship&#8217;s history.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Hamilton, Michael Schumacher, Ayrton Senna and Sebastian Vettel are the only other drivers to have reached 50 poles<\/strong>, placing Verstappen fifth in the all-time standings and within seven of Vettel&#8217;s career total.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Only five drivers have reached 50 F1 poles<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Hamilton remains the outright record holder with 104 poles, having surpassed Schumacher&#8217;s previous record of 68 during the 2017 season.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Schumacher occupies second place, ahead of Senna, whose 65 poles established a benchmark that stood for more than a decade.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Vettel is fourth with 57, followed by Verstappen, who has now reached 50 with Red Bull.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Most Formula 1 pole positions \u2014 all-time ranking<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table class=\"has-fixed-layout\"><tbody><tr><th>Rank<\/th><th>Driver<\/th><th>Nationality<\/th><th class=\"has-text-align-right\" data-align=\"right\">Pole positions<\/th><\/tr><tr><td><strong>1<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>Lewis Hamilton<\/strong><\/td><td>Great Britain<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-right\" data-align=\"right\"><strong>104<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>2<\/td><td>Michael Schumacher<\/td><td>Germany<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-right\" data-align=\"right\">68<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>3<\/td><td>Ayrton Senna<\/td><td>Brazil<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-right\" data-align=\"right\">65<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>4<\/td><td>Sebastian Vettel<\/td><td>Germany<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-right\" data-align=\"right\">57<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>5<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>Max Verstappen<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>Netherlands<\/strong><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-right\" data-align=\"right\"><strong>50<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The figures include pole positions for Formula 1 Grands Prix, rather than separate sprint qualifying results.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Verstappen has now moved <strong>17 poles clear of Alain Prost and Jim Clark<\/strong>, who each recorded 33, according to the conventional historical statistics used for the championship.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/grandepremio.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/f1-2026-singapura-classificacao-marina-bay-red-bull-max-verstappen-13-1024x576.png\" alt=\"F1 2026, SINGAPURA, MARINA BAY, CLASSIFICA\u00c7\u00c3O, RED BULL, MAX VERSTAPPEN, CARRO\" class=\"wp-image-1020317815\" srcset=\"https:\/\/grandepremio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/f1-2026-singapura-classificacao-marina-bay-red-bull-max-verstappen-13-1024x576.png 1024w, https:\/\/grandepremio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/f1-2026-singapura-classificacao-marina-bay-red-bull-max-verstappen-13-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/grandepremio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/f1-2026-singapura-classificacao-marina-bay-red-bull-max-verstappen-13-768x432.png 768w, https:\/\/grandepremio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/f1-2026-singapura-classificacao-marina-bay-red-bull-max-verstappen-13-1536x864.png 1536w, https:\/\/grandepremio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/f1-2026-singapura-classificacao-marina-bay-red-bull-max-verstappen-13-1200x675.png 1200w, https:\/\/grandepremio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/f1-2026-singapura-classificacao-marina-bay-red-bull-max-verstappen-13-150x84.png 150w, https:\/\/grandepremio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/f1-2026-singapura-classificacao-marina-bay-red-bull-max-verstappen-13.png 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Max Verstappen (Photo: Red Bull Content Pool)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Singapore milestone follows Red Bull&#8217;s recovery<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Verstappen&#8217;s 50th pole came during a weekend in which Red Bull demonstrated a significant improvement in competitiveness.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Dutchman had already taken pole for Friday&#8217;s sprint qualifying, before winning Saturday&#8217;s rain-affected sprint ahead of Hamilton and Leclerc.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The sprint was delayed by heavy rain and featured several incidents, including George Russell&#8217;s early crash and the final-lap collision between McLaren teammates Lando Norris and Oscar Piastri.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/grandepremio.com\/en\/f1\/verstappen-finally-wins-in-singapore-as-rain-crashes-and-mclaren-chaos-wreck-f1-sprint\/\">GRANDE PR\u00caMIO<\/a><\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/grandepremio.com\/en\/f1\/verstappen-finally-wins-in-singapore-as-rain-crashes-and-mclaren-chaos-wreck-f1-sprint\/\">reported in its complete Singapore sprint coverage<\/a>, the victory was Verstappen&#8217;s first at Marina Bay, a circuit where he had previously struggled to convert his competitiveness into wins.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The four-time world champion then returned to the track for Grand Prix qualifying and produced the fastest lap of Q3, beating both Ferrari drivers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/grandepremio.com\/en\/f1\/verstappen-denies-hamilton-first-f1-pole-in-three-years-with-late-singapore-lap\/\">The complete Singapore qualifying classification<\/a><\/strong> shows Verstappen ahead of Leclerc and Hamilton, with championship leader Kimi Antonelli fourth.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Vettel&#8217;s 57 poles become Verstappen&#8217;s next historical target<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Verstappen remains fifth in the ranking, with Vettel the next driver ahead of him.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The German secured 57 poles during his Formula 1 career, including his dominant years with Red Bull and his later spell at Ferrari.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">To equal Vettel, <strong>Verstappen needs seven more Grand Prix poles<\/strong>. Eight would move him into fourth place outright.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Senna&#8217;s total of 65 is a further eight beyond Vettel, while Schumacher and Hamilton remain considerably further ahead.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Verstappen&#8217;s latest achievement also extends his record as the most successful Dutch qualifier in Formula 1 history, with all 50 poles coming for Red Bull.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/grandepremio.com\/en\/f1\/singapore-gp-schedule-changes-after-rain-chaos-when-are-qualifying-and-the-race\/\">updated Singapore GP schedule, including Sunday&#8217;s race time<\/a><\/strong> is available in <strong>GRANDE PR\u00caMIO<\/strong>, which follows the latest <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/grandepremio.com\/en\/f1\/\">Formula 1<\/a><\/strong> news throughout the Singapore GP weekend.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Max Verstappen becomes only the fifth driver in Formula 1 history to reach 50 Grand Prix pole positions, joining Lewis Hamilton, Michael Schumacher, Ayrton Senna and Sebastian Vettel<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1020317774,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"42wp_featured_image_caption":"Max Verstappen and Lewis Hamilton","42wp_featured_image_credits":"F1","42wp_featured_video":"","42wp_featured_image_hidden":false,"42wp_authors_list":[{"id":7,"location":""}],"footnotes":"","42wp_breaking_news":false},"categories":[5],"tags":[423,64,66,248],"42wp_author":[7],"class_list":["post-3754","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-f1","tag-f1-records","tag-max-verstappen","tag-red-bull","tag-singapore-gp","42wp_author-victor-martins"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/grandepremio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3754","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/grandepremio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/grandepremio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/grandepremio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/grandepremio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3754"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/grandepremio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3754\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3756,"href":"https:\/\/grandepremio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3754\/revisions\/3756"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/grandepremio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1020317774"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/grandepremio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3754"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/grandepremio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3754"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/grandepremio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3754"},{"taxonomy":"42wp_author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/grandepremio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/42wp_author?post=3754"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}