adminNico Rosberg snatched pole position from Lewis Hamilton in a nail-biting battle at the Brazilian Grand Prix.
Hamilton appeared to have turned the tables on his Mercedes team-mate, who had topped every session, when he went fastest with his final lap.But Rosberg was still out on track and as he flashed across the line he was faster by just 0,033 seconds.
It means Rosberg wins the new pole position trophy this year for the man who has qualified fastest most often.
It sets up another mouth-watering race between the two Mercedes drivers in their tense and season-long title battle.
Rosberg heads into the race 24 points behind Hamilton, who has won 10 races to the German’s four this year, with 75 points still available in the remaining races here and in Abu Dhabi in two weeks’ time.
Rosberg, who started from pole in the US last weekend only to be beaten by Hamilton in the race, said: “It’s only a perfect job if I win. I need to make it happen, unlike in Austin last weekend.”
Hamilton said: “It was great fun, Nico did a great lap. I lost bit of time in Turn 10 and perhaps a tiny bit in Turn One. But that’s what qualifying should be about — just having to keep going out and finding more time.
“It is a long race and it should be quite exciting. I’m here and I want to win. I hope we get to have a race.”
Felipe Massa drew huge cheers from the local fans in the packed grandstands around the venue by taking third place, 0,224secs adrift of Rosberg.
The Brazilian’s team-mate Valtteri Bottas was fourth ahead of the McLaren of Jenson Button, making it five Mercedes-powered cars in the top five. — BBC Sport
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