pole position
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A quarter of an hour before the qualifying session which delivered the biggest surprise pole position in Formula 1 for years, Alpine's Pierre Gasly was playing online chess with Mercedes driver George Russell and winning.
From BBC ● Sep. 5, 2026
Spain's Alex Palou, the season points leader who has won six times this year, captured his seventh pole position of the campaign with a qualifying lap of 56.899 seconds after topping practice laps at 56.614.
From Barron's ● Aug. 22, 2026
The small group of entrepreneurs in pole position to bring sodium-ion batteries to the U.S. at scale includes a pair of former Tesla engineers teaming up to compete with their old boss.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 7, 2026
With gas prices pushing higher again, California continues to preserve its pole position as the state with the most expensive pump prices.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 31, 2026
While it seemed as if PSG were in the pole position, the European champions officially declared they were out of the race a few days ago, citing issues with the agency during negotiations.
From BBC ● Jul. 29, 2026
