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Rosberg beats Hamilton to Belgium pole
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FORMULA One leader Nico Rosberg swept to pole position at the Belgian Grand Prix yesterday with Mercedes teammate and title rival Lewis Hamilton alongside on the front row after a wet qualifying session.
Red Bull’s four-time world champion Sebastian Vettel, last year’s winner at the Spa circuit, qualified in third place and was joined on the second row by Ferrari’s Fernando Alonso.
Rosberg leads 2008 world champion Hamilton by 11 points after 11 of 19 races.
The pole was Rosberg’s seventh of the season, with dominant Mercedes taking 11 of the 12 so far, fourth in a row and 11th of his Formula One career. It was also his first at Spa in typically tricky conditions and reinforced his team’s pace, with Rosberg’s pole time of two minutes 05.591 seconds comparing to Vettel’s best lap of 2:07.717 — a hefty margin.
“It’s awesome. This is one of the most special tracks of the year so to be in front here is great,” said the German. “It’s always difficult on this track in the wet.”
Australian Daniel Ricciardo, winner in Hungary, qualified fifth for Red Bull with Finland’s Valtteri Bottas alongside in a Williams.
Danish rookie Kevin Magnussen was seventh for McLaren with Ferrari’s four-time Spa winner Kimi Raikkonen eighth and Brazilian Felipe Massa ninth for Williams.
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