Lewis Hamilton held off the very impressive Daniel Ricciardo to beat the Australian to pole position at his home grand prix. In what proved to be a thrilling Q3 on a wet track, Hamilton and Nico Rosberg appeared to have the edge but Ricciardo would not give up the fight. He clocked a 1:44.548 to hold provisional pole for a few seconds before Hamilton pipped him by 0.317s. It was the Mercedes driver's 32 pole position, however, more notably it was Ricciardo's first front row start to great applause from the partisan crowd. Rosberg had to settle for third while McLaren rookie Kevin Magnussen claimed fourth place ahead of double World Champion Fernando Alonso. Both Toro Rossos were inside the...
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