In qualifying at the Circuit de Barcelona - Catalunya last year, Lewis Hamilton put in a 1:22.000 to
snatch pole position.
Both Castroneves and Hunter - Reay found that out in IndyCar qualifying at Pocono Raceway, with two large accidents as they attempted to
snatch pole position.
It was only his second F1 season and
he snatched pole position at the 1994 Belgian GP, but it took him quite some time to repeat the achievement.
Finishing less than a second behind the winning Starworks car, the PR1 / Mathiasen Motorsports entry driven by Tom Kimber - Smith was in with a shout after
snatching pole position, but in the end couldn't match the pace set by the # 8 car.
Not exact matches
Just like Bahrain, it looked like Kimi Raikkonen was set for
pole position and, just like Bahrain, once again his teammate
snatched it from him in the dying moments.
The three - time champion lined up on
pole position for the season opener in Australia but an earlier pitstop, getting stuck behind Max Verstappen and Vettel's pace allowed the Ferrari to
snatch the lead.
Vettel was on a great lap during the final moments of qualifying and looked set to
snatch an unlikely
pole position, but a bad final sector cost him time to Lewis Hamilton and he had to settle for second.
Back in GTD, qualifying saw Lamborghini and Audi
snatch the first three qualifying spots, with the # 16 Change Racing Huracan of Spencer Pumpelly taking
pole position and the two Stevenson Motorsports Audi R8s in close pursuit.