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.
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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.
Really happy about the young gun @Charles_Leclerc 😀👍🏻🔥
BREAKING: @Charles_Leclerc takes his debut pole in Bahrain He becomes F1's 99th pole sitter in our 999th race 👏 #BahrainGP 🇧🇭 #F1
Of course, let’s take a minute to offer our congratulations to @Charles_Leclerc for his first ever F1 Pole Position! 🇲🇨 #BahrainGP
Feeling very proud of our 2017 champion right now 😁 Congratulations on your first ever #F1 pole position, @Charles_Leclerc! #BahrainGP 🇧🇭 #RoadToF1
BREAKING: @Charles_Leclerc takes his debut pole in Bahrain He becomes F1's 99th pole sitter in our 999th race 👏 #BahrainGP 🇧🇭 #F1
First @F1 Pole Position for @Charles_Leclerc : amazing performance, congratulations #F1 #BahrainGP 🇧🇭
BREAKING: @Charles_Leclerc takes his debut pole in Bahrain He becomes F1's 99th pole sitter in our 999th race 👏 #BahrainGP 🇧🇭 #F1
Complimenti, super pole di wooow per @Charles_Leclerc. Well done to @ScuderiaFerrari and #Vettel5 for a front row. #essereFerrari
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
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!
When you beat your mustached four-time world champion teammate to claim your first ever F1 pole #F1 @Charles_Leclerc
LECLERC: "I'm extremely happy. Seb is an amazing driver, but today I'm very happy to be on pole" #BahrainGP 🇧🇭 #F1
Great job @Charles_Leclerc 👏🏻 Can you predict tomorrow’s TOP 3?😏💭 ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ #F1 #AzerbaijanGP #F1Baku #StreetFighters
