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Saturday, 18 June 2016
Rosberg cashes in on Hamilton misfortune
Nico Rosberg will begin on post for the inaugural European Grand Prix in Baku with his Mercedes colleague Lewis Hamilton just tenth after a disastrous qualifying session on the precarious road circuit on Saturday.
Hamilton was speediest in each of the three practice sessions yet the title holder had a mistake strewn qualifying coming full circle in him smashing his Mercedes in Q3.
Rosberg exploited Hamilton's disaster.
The title driving German cut the divider on his quickest lap in Q3 on his way to a lap in one moment and 42.758 seconds after Hamilton did likewise, yet all the more extremely in the track's tightest segment, harming his front right tire.
Hamilton was compelled to pull up and, as he left, the session was red-hailed to a stop with two minutes staying as marshals cleared the garbage.
At the point when the activity continued, Sergio Perez ended up second quickest for Force India, yet the Mexican will begin from seventh in the wake of getting a five-place punishment for a gearbox change in the wake of slamming in the last free practice.
This implied Australian Daniel Ricciardo, who was third for Red Bull, will begin Sunday's race close by Rosberg on the front column.
The two Ferraris of four-time champion Sebastian Vettel and Kimi Raikkonen were fourth and fifth in front of Felipe Massa of Williams, Daniil Kvyat of Toro Rosso and Valtteri Bottas in the second Williams.
The beginning lattice:
1. Nico Rosberg (Mercedes), 2. Daniel Ricciardo (Red Bull), 3. Sebastian Vettel (Ferrari), 4. Kimi Raikkonen (Ferrari), 5. Felipe Massa (Williams), 6. Daniil Kvyat (Toro Rosso), 7. Sergio Perez (Force India), 8. Valtteri Bottas (Williams), 9. Max Verstappen (Red Bull), 10. Lewis Hamilton (Mercedes), 11. Romain Grosjean (Haas), 12. Nico Hulkenberg (Force India), 13. Carlos Sainz Jr (Toro Rosso), 14. Fernando Alonso (McLaren), 15. Esteban Gutierrez (Haas), 16. Felipe Nasr (Sauber), 17. Rio Haryanto (Manor), 18. Pascal Wehrlein (Manor), 19. Jenson Button (McLaren), 20. Marcus Ericsson (Sauber), 21. Kevin Magnussen (Renault), 22. Jolyon Palmer (Renault).
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