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Qualifying - Rosberg beats Hamilton to Suzuka pole

Nico Rosberg took a key step forward in his quest to wrest back the lead of the world championship from Mercedes team mate Lewis Hamilton when he beat the Briton to pole position by 0.197s in Saturday afternoon's qualifying session in Japan.Hamilton had shrugged off his morning crash in FP3 to beat Rosberg by 0.060s in Q1, where he topped the times with 1m 33.611s on the hard-compound Pirellis. Further back, both Saubers vaulted into Q2 in the dying moments on the medium rubber, at the expense of the Lotuses which struggled for traction. Pastor Maldonado ended up 17th on 1m 35.917s with Romain Grosjean 18th on 1m 35.984s. But having used his sixth engine this weekend, Maldonado will drop...
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