Mighty Rosberg takes pole again

Nico Rosberg continued his fine form by taking his fifth consecutive pole position ahead of the Brazilian Grand Prix.

The German put together two outstanding laps in Q3 to edge out his Mercedes team-mate Lewis Hamilton by less than a tenth.

It seemed that Rosberg had it wrapped up on the final runs, but Hamilton pushed him closer than expected.

Rosberg will chase his second successive win in Brazil tomorrow in what is set to be a cracking race. The Mercedes pair seem very even, although the German holds a slight edge.

Sebastian Vettel will once again start from third, while Valtteri Bottas takes fourth for Williams.

Kimi Raikkonen will start fifth ahead of Force India's Nico Hulkenberg- who excels around the track.

Daniil Kvyat, Felipe Massa, Daniel Ricciardo and Max Verstappen complete the top 10.

There was more misery in the McLaren garage as Fernando Alonso pulled out of qualifying with reliability problems and Jenson Button finished 17th.

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