Mercedes Formula One driver Nico Rosberg (R) of Germany standing next to team mate Lewis Hamilton of Britain, celebrates after winning pole position in the qualifying session of the Japanese F1 Grand Prix at the Suzuka Circuit October 4, 2014. Hamilton qualified second. REUTERS/Yuya Shino
SUZUKA Japan (Reuters) - Nico Rosberg seized pole position for the Japanese Grand Prix ahead of team mate and Formula One championship leader Lewis Hamilton, who completed a front-row lockout for Mercedes in qualifying on Saturday. Rosberg, who relinquished the championship lead to Hamilton after retiring from the last race in Singapore, lapped the 5.8 km Suzuka Circuit in one minute 32.506 seconds to claim his first pole since the Belgian Grand Prix at the end of August.
"I'm not thinking about Singapore at all," Rosberg, who trails Hamilton by three points after a steering wheel failure led to an early retirement at the Marina Bay Street Circuit, told reporters.
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