Qualifying - Last-gasp Rosberg grabs home pole
Nico Rosberg snatched a dramatic home pole position at Hockenheim on Saturday, beating Mercedes team mate Lewis Hamilton by just 0.1s despite being restricted to a single run in the final Q3 shootout.
With Rosberg setting his time three minutes from the end,
Hamilton had time to respond, and was even up in the first sector - but a
mistake at the hairpin proved costly, and meant Hamilton could not deny
his team mate a second straight pole at the German circuit.
Red Bull locked out the second row, with Daniel Ricciardo labeling the lap that earned him third a 'beauty'. Like the two Mercedes drivers, just one tenth of a second split the Red Bull pair.
Ferrari likewise occupied the third row, Kimi Raikkonen this time getting the better of home favourite Sebastian Vettel, while Force India and Williams rounded out the top ten through Nico Hulkenberg, Valtteri Bottas, Sergio Perez and Felipe Massa respectively.
Esteban Gutierrez was unlucky to miss out on a Q3 berth, the Haas man winding up 11th ahead of McLaren's Jenson Button. The Briton's team mate Fernando Alonso was 14th, giving him a share of row seven with compatriot and Toro Rosso driver Carlos Sainz.
The latter's team mate Daniil Kvyat was the biggest surprise casualty in Q1, exiting alongside both Saubers, both Manors, and the Renault of Kevin Magnussen.
Eliminated in Q2 - Gutierrez, Button, Sainz, Alonso, Grosjean, Palmer.
Eliminated in Q1: Magnussen, Wehrlein, Kvyat, Haryanto, Nasr and Ericsson.
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Red Bull locked out the second row, with Daniel Ricciardo labeling the lap that earned him third a 'beauty'. Like the two Mercedes drivers, just one tenth of a second split the Red Bull pair.
Ferrari likewise occupied the third row, Kimi Raikkonen this time getting the better of home favourite Sebastian Vettel, while Force India and Williams rounded out the top ten through Nico Hulkenberg, Valtteri Bottas, Sergio Perez and Felipe Massa respectively.
Esteban Gutierrez was unlucky to miss out on a Q3 berth, the Haas man winding up 11th ahead of McLaren's Jenson Button. The Briton's team mate Fernando Alonso was 14th, giving him a share of row seven with compatriot and Toro Rosso driver Carlos Sainz.
The latter's team mate Daniil Kvyat was the biggest surprise casualty in Q1, exiting alongside both Saubers, both Manors, and the Renault of Kevin Magnussen.
Eliminated in Q2 - Gutierrez, Button, Sainz, Alonso, Grosjean, Palmer.
Eliminated in Q1: Magnussen, Wehrlein, Kvyat, Haryanto, Nasr and Ericsson.
See all here
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