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Grand Prix Poles
Qualifying is an art unto itself in Formula One, with the very best — like Senna, Schumacher, Clark and Vettel — mastering the ability to turn in a hot lap at the precise moment when track and car conditions are optimal. In the past few decades, as chicanes and tighter circuits have made overtaking increasingly difficult and as "knock out" qualifying rounds were introduced to F1, the importance of pole position has correspondingly been heightened.