pole position
Pole position means you start at the very front of the race. It’s given to whoever was fastest in the practice session.
Pole position is the first spot on the starting grid, awarded to the driver with the fastest lap in qualifying.
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"and it was the first time a japanese manufacturer had ever been on pole position at lamon yeah so nissan had like got this this a little bit of credibility from that as well"
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"I still think, his pole position in Brazil was 116394. It was something like that. It was a 91, you know,"
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"She recently was the first woman to win pole position in a Moto America race. And she's a tiny little thing, right?"
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