Local favourite races to his first pole at German Grand Prix
Williams' driver Felipe Massa (left), Mercedes' driver Nico Rosberg (center) and Williams' driver Valtteri Bottas pose for a photo after the qualification in Hockenheim, Germany on Saturday (Photo: AP)
Hockenheim: Nico Rosberg grabbed pole position for his home German Grand Prix for the first time on Saturday, taking advantage of a 260 kilometer per hour crash by his Mercedes teammate Lewis Hamilton.Rosberg now has a 5-4 advantage over Hamilton in poles this year and he has perfect opportunity to regain the momentum in their duel for the drivers’ title.
Rosberg who has never won the German Grand Prix, raced to the fastest laps in all three sessions, culminating in a blistering best of 1 minute 16.54 seconds to seize fourth pole in five races.
Behind Rosberg, Finn Valtteri Bottas secured the second front row start of his career and his second in three races for Williams ahead of teammate Felipe Massa of Brazil and Danish rookie Kevin Magnussen, who was fourth for McLaren. Daniel Ricciardo again outgunned his Red Bull teammate defending champion Sebastian Vettel by taking fifth place.
( Source : AFP )
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