Nico Rosberg rose to the occasion to claim pole position for the German Grand Prix, making the most of a single opportunity in Q3 to guaranteed himself a top spot start on home soil.
Rosberg’s best lap of 1:14.363 was good enough to earn him his 27th Formula 1 career pole, and put him tied 6-6 in qualifying against Mercedes teammate and main title rival Lewis Hamilton.
The German aborted his first lap, and had only one stab at a flying lap in which he made no mistake.
Hamilton went on the attack a few minutes later and was up by a tenth in the first sector but then overdid it into the hairpin, which in the end cost him vital time and forced him to settle for second best.
Chasing hard, as has become the custom of late, was Red Bull’s Daniel Ricciardo who dug deep to set the third best time and potentially setting himself as the thorn in the side of the Silver Arrows duo.
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