F1 Rosberg on pole in Japan: the Mercedes back to fly – The Republic

Suzuka – You return to the classic, with the Mercedes elusive for all: the fight for pole position was in fact a very private matter between Rosberg and Hamilton . At the end won by a whisker Rosberg, after a good fight it lasted all day. In the morning it was just Rosberg to be the fastest, but Hamilton had always been there, a whisker. Too bad that the final duel there was because the poor could not groped Hamilton fastest lap due to a bad accident Kvyat. The pilot of the Red Bull has indeed crashed into the barriers and Commissioners discontinued abruptly official practice. He finished second so Bottas, then Vettel and Raikkonen sixth only.
“Today maybe we could have come third,” – he said Raikkonen just stepped out of the car. And from this it soon becomes clear that the Red Army was never able to compete on equal terms with Mercedes …

In fact the disappointment for the interruption of the evidence has not been felt by many because of the incident Kvyat was really impressive and shocked a bit ‘all: his Red Bull hit the barriers with unprecedented violence, capsized lost the wheels and then remained as a wreck on the lawn. Fortunately there were no consequences for the pilot, but the fear was great. Certainly, from what it was understood before the interruption, Hamilton could really snatch pole Rosberg (was faster in many parts of the track) and Vettel for his part could have claimed a third place. “We can be reasonably happy – explained honestly Vettel – of these tests, but tomorrow will be difficult in the race with the Mercedes. In fact we must be careful to Red Bull and Williams are very strong here.”

The Mercedes drivers do not hide the satisfaction, “It ‘a great day for us, in Singapore had gone very badly but we came back strong, as it should be. We are the fastest and it is important”: Nico Rosberg enjoys pole . Only a hint of bitterness instead for non-pole in the words of Lewis Hamilton: “In the first lap I lost the pole
because I made a mistake at turn 11 that is decisive, but this year as it was in pole fantastic and I can not complain. ” For Mercedes a feeling that seems found. “The car has given good feeling this weekend – said the world champion in office on Sky Sports -, I do not know what the differences from the last race but it is certainly going better.”

Starting grid
1 N. ROSBERG 1: 32,584
2 L. HAMILTON 1: 32,660
3 V. Bottas 1: 33,024
4 S . Vettel 1: 33,245
5 F. GROUND 1: 33,337
6 K. RAIKKONEN 1: 33,347
7 D. RICCIARDO 1: 33,497
8 R. GROSJEAN 1: 33,967
9 S. PEREZ

11 C. 10 D. Kvyat SAINZ
12 P. MALDONADO
13 F. ALONSO
14 N. Hulkenberg *
15 J. BUTTON
16 M. ERICSSON
17 F. NASR
18 M. VERSTAPPEN **
19 W. STEVENS
20 A. ROSSI

* Hulkenberg penalized three grid positions for causing the incident with Massa at the Grand Prix of Singapore
** Verstappen penalized three grid positions for endangering other drivers with his maneuver during Q1

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