Sentences with phrase «first pole position»

First pole position for Corvette Racing at Daytona since 2000 DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (Jan. 22, 2015)-- For the first time in 15 years, Corvette...

With only Schumacher left to run, Kimi looked set to take his first pole position when the Ferrari driver pretty much drifted his way around turn two.

Argentine racer Jose Froilan Gonzalez competed in F1's debut season in 1950, and the following year scored his first pole position in the sport at the 1951 British Grand Prix — driving for Ferrari.

So, Bottas stormed to his first pole position in F1, with Hamilton locking out the front row for Mercedes.

He secured his first pole position during that initial on / off stint in F1, at the 1968 United States Grand Prix, but it took him until the 1976 Japanese Grand Prix (driving for Lotus) to return to the front of the grid, eight years and 18 days later.

The first pole position of a F1 driver's career is obviously a very special moment, but it probably feels even better when it's also a new lap record.

Fittingly he did so with a stunning lap at Montreal, the scene of his first pole position and victory back in 2007 and a track where he's always been pretty damn quick.

There was a gap of just 14 days between his first pole position at the Monaco GP and his second, which was at the Swiss Grand Prix.

Vettel finished Q3 at the Sochi Autodrom at the top of the timesheets with a 1:33.194, giving Ferrari its first pole position since Singapore 2015.

Dan Gurney was one of F1's fastest drivers for much of the 1960s, as evidenced by the fact that his first pole position at the Nordschleife in 1962.

The Finnish driver snatched first place on the grid from his Ferrari team - mate Sebastian Vettel in Monaco, his first pole position since France 2008 (yep, ages ago).

LONG BEACH — Wayne Taylor Racing's Ricky Taylor captured his first pole position since 2012 with the fastest qualifying time for the Tequila Patrón Sports Car Showcase following Friday's qualifying at the Long Beach street circuit.

Magnussen fastest GTLM qualifier in No. 3 Corvette LONG BEACH, Calif. (April 11, 2014)-- Jan Magnussen captured the first pole position for the new...

It is the first pole position for Magnussen at Daytona and comes as he and Garcia begin defense of their GTLM Championship from 2017.

LONG BEACH, Calif. — Jan Magnussen captured the first pole position for the new Chevrolet Corvette C7.R on Friday with the fastest lap in qualifying for Saturday's Patrón Sports Car Showcase at the Long Beach street circuit.

It is the first pole position for Corvette Racing since the Baltimore street circuit in 2012.

Magnussen fastest GTLM qualifier in No. 3 Corvette; Fittipaldi third overall in No. 5 Corvette DP LONG BEACH, Calif. — Jan Magnussen captured the first pole position for the new Chevrolet Corvette C7.R on Friday with the fastest lap in qualifying for Saturday's Patrón Sports Car Showcase at the Long Beach street circuit.

[2] Hand has also raced sporadically in the American LeMans Series; in 2006, Hand was involved in a spectacular end - over-end crash at the Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course, [3] while in 2009, he won the first pole position for a BMW in eight years in the ALMS at Road America.

LONG BEACH, Calif. (April 11, 2014)-- Jan Magnussen captured the first pole position for the new Chevrolet Corvette C7.R on Friday with the fastest lap in qualifying for Saturday's Patrón Sports Car Showcase at the Long Beach street circuit.

The Drivers Fresh off clinching his first pole position at Canadian Tire Motorsports Park, Mike Hedlund will be the sole driver in the NO. 45 Audi R8 LMS GT4.