Nico Rosberg takes pole in shortened qualifying at United States Grand Prix

Rosberg takes pole in shortened qualifying

Nico Rosberg will start in pole position at the United States Grand Prix.

The third qualifying session was cancelled due to thunderstorms so times from the second qualifying session were taken.

Mercedes completed a front row lockout with Lewis Hamilton trailing his teammate by a tenth of a second.

Red Bull's Daniel Ricciardo finished a second back and will start in third with Daniil Kvyat in fourth.

The Ferrari pair of Sebastian Vettel and Kimi Raikkonen finished fifth and eighth respectively, but will start in 15th and 18th after picking up 10-place grid penalties.

Results in full:

1. Nico Rosberg 2. Lewis Hamilton 3. Daniel Ricciardo 4. Daniil Kvyat 5. Sebastian Vettel 6. Sergio Perez 7. Nico Hulkenberg 8. Kimi Raikkonen 9. Felipe Massa 10. Max Verstappen 11. Fernando Alonso 12. Jenson Button 13. Romain Grosjean 14. Jenson Button 15. Pastor Maldonado 16. Marcus Ericsson 17. Felipe Nasr 18. Alexander Rossi 19. Will Stevens 20. Carlos Sainz

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