Nico Rosberg takes pole at Suzuka ahead of team-mate Lewis Hamilton
Rosberg gets the early advantage as he seeks to overhaul Hamilton with five races to go in the drivers championship
Nico Rosberg struck first as the run-in for the Formula One title reaches its final five races, 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, whose mechanical failure at the last race in Singapore 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 second time Rosberg put in a flawless lap but Hamilton had 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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