Ferrari’s new recruit Charles LeClerc scored his maiden pole position in Formula One and broke several records in the process. He is the first Monegasque driver on pole since Louis Chiron and the second youngest pole sitter. He is the 99th pole sitter in the 999th Formula One race. He even broke the lap record at the Bahrain GP.
Scuderia Ferrari have dominated the weekend so far, so it was just a matter of which Ferrari would snatch pole. This is also the 62nd front row lockout for Scuderia Ferrari. In other words, Sebastian Vettel will be joining him in 2nd. The Mercedes duo of Lewis Hamilton and Valtteri Bottas lock out the second row. Finally, Max Verstappen rounds out the top 5.
Naturally, many flooded Twitter to congratulate the 21-year old.
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Really happy about the young gun @Charles_Leclerc 😀👍🏻🔥 https://t.co/jlHmiED40b
— Sophia Floersch (@SophiaFloersch) March 30, 2019
Of course, let’s take a minute to offer our congratulations to @Charles_Leclerc for his first ever F1 Pole Position! 🇲🇨 #BahrainGP pic.twitter.com/l4dZyZU1wC
— SportPesa Racing Point F1 Team (@RacingPointF1) March 30, 2019
Feeling very proud of our 2017 champion right now 😁
Congratulations on your first ever #F1 pole position, @Charles_Leclerc!#BahrainGP 🇧🇭 #RoadToF1 https://t.co/Mpo3zTvqJl
— Formula 2 (@FIA_F2) March 30, 2019
First @F1 Pole Position for @Charles_Leclerc : amazing performance, congratulations#F1 #BahrainGP 🇧🇭 https://t.co/b1n1bT4hkz
— Jean Todt (@JeanTodt) March 30, 2019
Complimenti, super pole di wooow per @Charles_Leclerc. Well done to @ScuderiaFerrari and #Vettel5 for a front row. #essereFerrari pic.twitter.com/v1ffnmVHft
— Marc Gené (@marc_gene) March 30, 2019
Leclerc becomes the second youngest polesitter in the history of F1: 21 years and 4 months, after Vettel, 21 years and 2 months.
Also, beats Jacky Ickx record of youngest Ferrari polesitter (23 years and 7 months), a record standing since 1968— Tancredi Palmeri (@tancredipalmeri) March 30, 2019
First front row lock out by @ScuderiaFerrari in at least a decade… congrats to young @Charles_Leclerc on his first pole position in only his second race for Ferrari! Hoping for a competitive season. Also for the return of @MrSteveMatchett and @MrDavidHobbs to commentary box! pic.twitter.com/mytJMlsVj9
— Lou Paskalis (@LouPas) March 30, 2019
When you beat your mustached four-time world champion teammate to claim your first ever F1 pole #F1 @Charles_Leclerc pic.twitter.com/oGY5wdX68j
— Bec Clancy (@becclancy) March 30, 2019
The moment @MattyWTF1 watched @Charles_Leclerc take his first pole position pic.twitter.com/zoFcAlEcRk
— WTF1 (@wtf1official) March 30, 2019
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LECLERC: "I'm extremely happy. Seb is an amazing driver, but today I'm very happy to be on pole" #BahrainGP 🇧🇭 #F1 pic.twitter.com/yxVjz8u2ab
— Formula 1 (@F1) March 30, 2019
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Great job @Charles_Leclerc 👏🏻
Can you predict tomorrow’s TOP 3?😏💭
⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀#F1 #AzerbaijanGP #F1Baku #StreetFighters pic.twitter.com/I8e1IrRmsX— Baku City Circuit (@BakuCityCircuit) March 30, 2019
