Pole sitters who failed to start from Pole position

[RasputinLives]

Suzuka 94 was run on aggregate.

I don't think Imola 94 was.

 

[Incubus]

Suzuka was indeed run on aggregate but so was Imola, berger actually jumped in the lead at the re-start but was in reality a couple of seconds behind Schumacher even though he was leading on the road until he pitted and retired.

 

[LifeW12]

Ah yes totally forgot about Suzuka, that was a true aggregate race.

Imola 94 wasn't even a race worthy of anything.

 

[The Artist.....]

2007 Hungarian GP (Hungaroring) - Fernando Alonso - Incurred 5 place penalty during Qualifying
2012 Spanish GP (Catalunya) - Lewis Hamilton - Excluded from Qualifying for fuel irregularity
2012 Monaco GP (Monte-Carlo) - Michael Schumacher - Took 5 place Grid Penalty from Spain

None of these were the "pole-sitter". These are cases where the "fastest time in qualifying" did not lead to a pole position, and these are not classed in their stats as pole positions. The only way you become a pole sitter is by being published on the official FIA starting grid as first position. This was not true in any of the three cases above.

 

[teabagyokel]

RasputinLives - Although it is scarcely the most notable or important thing about the 1994 San Marino Grand Prix, it did indeed run with aggregate times.

 

[The Artist.....]

Also, can we strike 1995 European GP from that list - Coulthard started the race from pole! - It was a case of Coulthard spinning on his way to the grid in the first place, but this didn't stop Coulthard from starting from pole - as he used his spare car!

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/motorsport/formula_one/8205495.stm

 

[KekeTheKing]

Not sure how we missed this one first time around. Schumacher at the 2006 Monaco GP. The infamous "parking" incident. After a bit of debate, he was sent to the back.

And yeah Artist, maybe we should just call the thread "Unusual circumstances arising from the end of Qualifying until the proper Grand Prix start"???