Luck was again against him at Rockingham - after qualifying on pole the car had an electrical failure before race one.

He qualified on pole for the Indianapolis 500 but subsequently finished last (33rd).

He won ten races from 92 starts having qualified on pole 14 times.

Bear in mind that Stoner had topped every single free practice session and had qualified on pole, so he wasn't exactly under loads of pressure.

Jim Clark despite qualifying on pole made a mistake and spun into a ditch after using the wrong tyres.

A total of 28 cars qualified on pole day.

Piquet qualified on pole from Jones but used a car in fragile qualifying specification to do it.

He qualified on pole ahead of team mate Webber and went on to win with a lights-to-flag victory.

Bold indicates that the driver scored one bonus point for qualifying on pole.

Massa qualified on pole, however, the race was to be a major blow to his championship.