F1 pole positions
Polesitters
Notes (drivers)
- Max Verstappen took pole position for the British Grand Prix by winning sprint qualifying
- Valtteri Bottas won sprint qualifying at the Italian Grand Prix but was forced to start the race from the back of the grid for use of additional power unit elements. Therefore, Max Verstappen, who finished second in sprint qualifying, was promoted to pole position
- Valtteri Bottas took pole position for the Sao Paulo Grand Prix by winning sprint qualifying
- First pole position (drivers)
- Lando Norris
- Last pole position (drivers)
- Valtteri Bottas
- Lewis Hamilton
- Lando Norris
- First pole position (constructors)
- No constructor took their first pole position in 2021
- Last pole position (constructors)
- McLaren
- First pole position since…
- 2012 for McLaren
- 2019 for Charles Leclerc and Ferrari
- First pole position by a…
- Monegasque driver since 2019