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One-hit Formula 1 polesitters

After a look at the solo winners last week, it's time for the one-time polesitters to get the AUTOSPORT treatment. Kevin Turner looks at a rarefied group of drivers who had their one day in the qualifying sun

Thierry Boutsen
1990 Hungarian GP
Williams FW13B

"Forgive me Thierry, I was wrong," wrote AUTOSPORT's Nigel Roebuck. "I had my doubts you could ever win a race like this, from the front, in the dry, under pressure. In Hungary, though, you took pole, led from the start and - give or take a few hundred revs - made no mistakes."

Boutsen's great opportunity had come with a move to Williams in 1989 and he duly took two wet-weather wins. But at the Hungaroring the following season, the FW13B was strong in the dry.

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