Also known as pole
first position on a motor-racing starting grid
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Pole position markings at the Nürburgring in Germany. The checkered line above it is the circuit's start/finish line.
In a motorsports race, pole position is the best position on the track at the start and thus, by definition, the participant in pole position is starting it from first place.
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