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Rosberg secures pole as Hamilton crashes

Nico Rosberg Nico Rosberg will start the inaugural European Grand Prix at Baku from pole position after an eventful qualifying session that saw Lewis Hamilton hit trouble. The Mercedes driver had spent much of Q3 on the back foot before producing a 1:42.758s effort late on to take pole. 'It was great. It was one of the more challenging sessions but everything went well,' said Rosberg. Rosberg escaped a brush with the wall during his pole lap but he fared much better than team-mate Hamilton, who clouted the barrier at Turn 9, bringing out the red flags with two minutes remaining. The Brit had dominated the weekend heading into qualifying but the reigning world champion made several mistakes...
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