pole position

noun

: the front position at the start of a car race

He won the pole position by having the fastest qualifying time.

Examples of pole position in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Aston Villa’s Morgan Rogers seems to be in pole position, but there is still Cole Palmer at Chelsea, Phil Foden at Manchester City and the lingering conundrum of how Real Madrid’s Jude Bellingham fits in. —Rob Tanner, New York Times, 24 Feb. 2026

The 24-song set reeled in an impressive 280,000 equivalent album units, stiff-arming a surging Bad Bunny from pole position. —Carl Lamarre, Billboard, 19 Feb. 2026

The cars’ papaya and black liveries have been hand-painted, and Norris and Piastri each have their signatures emblazoned on the cars, along with the locations of each win, pole position, and fastest lap in the 2025 F1 season. —Erik Shilling, Robb Report, 4 Feb. 2026

In 2025, Chase Briscoe captured the pole position. —Edgar Thompson, The Orlando Sentinel, 31 Jan. 2026

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