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Rosberg claims a Wet Pole

Published on 25 Oct 2015 16:15
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By: Harry Shovelar

Nico Rosberg claimed his consecutive pole position at the US Grand Prix, with Lewis Hamilton starting second and Red Bull's Daniel Ricciardo third.

Unconventional day of Sunday Qualifying saw Q3 abandoned due to the weather conditions, meaning the times from Q2 stood legitimately as a result. The weather also swallowed Carlos Sainz's fortunes, aquaplaning off the track and ending his chances of matching the ever so impressive Verstappen's effort of making Q3.

Alonso's new Honda Power Unit fired him up to 9th place, whereas team mate Button bemoaned the track conditions, stating how undrivable and unsafe it was, Kimi Raikkonen also took the same view.

OCT 25 - GRAND PRIX OF UNITED STATES OF AMERICA - QUALIFIER

	DRIVER	TEAM	TIME	DIFFERENCE
1.	Nico Rosberg	___Escaped_link_62f037e381e7f___	1:56.824
2.	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes GP	1:56.929	+0.105
3.	Daniel Ricciardo	___Escaped_link_62f037e381e83___	1:57.969	+1.145
4.	Daniil Kvyat	Red Bull Racing	1:58.434	+1.610
5.	Sebastian Vettel	___Escaped_link_62f037e381e87___	1:58.596	+1.772
6.	Sergio Perez	___Escaped_link_62f037e381e89___	1:59.210	+2.386
7.	Nico Hulkenberg	Force India	1:59.333	+2.509
8.	Kimi Räikkönen	Ferrari	1:59.703	+2.879
9.	Felipe Massa	___Escaped_link_62f037e381e8f___	1:59.999	+3.175
10.	Max Verstappen	___Escaped_link_62f037e381e91___	2:00.199	+3.375

Q2
11.	Fernando Alonso	___Escaped_link_62f037e381e93___	2:00.265	+3.441
12.	Valtteri Bottas	Williams	2:00.334	+3.510
13.	Romain Grosjean	___Escaped_link_62f037e381e97___	2:00.595	+3.771
14.	Jenson Button	McLaren	2:01.193	+4.369
15.	Pastor Maldonado	Lotus	2:01.604	+4.780

Q1
16.	Marcus Ericsson	___Escaped_link_62f037e381e9d___	2:02.212	+5.388
17.	Felipe Nasr	Sauber	2:03.194	+6.370
18.	Alexander Rossi	___Escaped_link_62f037e381ea1___	2:04.176	+7.352
19.	Will Stevens	Manor F1 Team	2:04.526	+7.702
20.	Carlos Sainz jr	Toro Rosso	2:07.304	+10.480

Kimi Raikkonen and Sebastian Vettel will incur a 10 place Grid Penalty. The race starts 7GMT.

Written by Harry Shovelar

F1 News Max Verstappen Fernando Alonso Jenson Button Valtteri Bottas Felipe Massa Romain Grosjean Pastor Maldonado Daniel Ricciardo Daniil Kvyat Lewis Hamilton Nico Rosberg Sebastian Vettel Carlos Sainz Jr Felipe Nasr Marcus Ericsson Will Stevens Alexander Rossi Sergio Perez Lotus F1 Mercedes Red Bull Racing Williams McLaren Force India Ferrari Sauber Manor Motorsport Honda

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calle.itw

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Would be so nice for him if he could finally get a win, since the bad luck last time and the foul move from his team mate in Japan, I definitely think he deserve this win.
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- Oct 25 2015 - 18:13