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Hamilton snaps Rosberg’s hold on pole position
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LEWIS Hamilton broke Mercedes teammate Nico Rosberg’s recent stranglehold on pole position by qualifying ahead of the championship leader at the Italian Grand Prix yesterday — although the rivalry between the pair remains as heated as ever.
Rosberg had taken four straight poles and six of the last seven.
Hamilton clocked 1 minute, 24.109 seconds at the Monza circuit, Rosberg was second in 1:24.383 and Valtteri Bottas of Williams qualified third in 1:24.697.
It’s Hamilton’s fifth pole of the season and 36th of his career. He hasn’t started first since the Spanish GP back in May.
Rosberg enters today’s race with a 29-point lead over Hamilton in the drivers’ standings — the biggest it has been all season. A big part of that gap was built in the controversial Belgium GP two weeks ago, when Rosberg finished second after crashing into Hamilton early and sending his teammate out of the incident-packed race.
Rosberg didn’t seem interested in congratulating Hamilton on his pole position. Likewise, Hamilton appeared to do his best to ignore Rosberg after both drivers got out of their cars.
Rosberg was disciplined by Mercedes for the incident at Spa but no team orders were installed.
“That was the decision last week so it continues as usual,” Hamilton said.
Rosberg reportedly received a hefty fine but said it wouldn’t affect him here. “Second place is still a good position for tomorrow. It’s a long race and anything can happen. We just need to work toward the race and having a good start.”
Felipe Massa of Williams qualified fourth and Kevin Magnussen of McLaren was fifth. Home Ferrari favorite Fernando Alonso was only seventh, defending champion Sebastian Vettel was eighth and his Red Bull teammate Daniel Ricciardo, who won the past two races, ninth.
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