Nico Rosberg bags pole as Sainz escapes unhurt

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Mercedes’ German driver Nico Rosberg during qualifying.
Mercedes' German driver Nico Rosberg during qualifying.

Sochi - It was Rosberg's third pole of the season and the 18th of his career and came after a dramatic morning during which Spaniard Carlos Sainz of Toro Rosso escaped injury when he crashed heavily at Turn 13 after careering out of control at more than 300 kph.

By AFP

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Published: Sun 11 Oct 2015, 12:00 AM

Last updated: Sun 11 Oct 2015, 2:07 PM

 Nico Rosberg out-qualified his Mercedes teammate Lewis Hamilton to claim pole for the Russian Grand Prix at Sochi on Saturday. Rosberg, trailing Hamilton by 48 points in the world championship, claimed his third pole of the season by three tenths of a second with a time of 1 min 37.113 sec.
It was Rosberg's third pole of the season and the 18th of his career and came after a dramatic morning during which Spaniard Carlos Sainz of Toro Rosso escaped injury when he crashed heavily at Turn 13 after careering out of control at more than 300 kph.
Sebastian Vettel of Ferrari was fourth ahead of teammate Kimi Raikkonen and the two Force Indias of Nico Hulkenberg and Sergio Perez.
Romain Grosjean was eighth for Ferrari. 


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