Nico Rosberg beats Lewis Hamilton to pole for F1 Japanese GP
Mercedes pair fill front row for Japan Grand Prix after qualifying Sebastian Vettel will leave Red Bull for Ferrari at end of season
As the run-in for the title fight reaches its final five races, Nico Rosberg struck first to put his nose ahead by taking pole at Suzuka for the Japanese Grand Prix. He trails team-mate Lewis Hamilton by three points in the championship and edged him into second spot here by two-tenths of a second.
Rosberg, who had a mechanical failure at the last race in Singapore which, after a victory for Hamilton, cost him the championship lead, consistently had the edge in the middle sector, and after the first runs in the final session he was three-tenths up on the British driver. Heading out for a second time, Rosberg put in a flawless lap while Hamilton suffered a small lock-up at the hairpin and could not match his team-mate. By the recent standards of the pairs proximity in qualifying, the gap was palpable.
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