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Felipe Massa claims pole position for Austrian Grand Prix

Felipe Massa claims pole position for Sunday's Austrian Grand Prix.

Williams's Felipe Massa has claimed pole position for Sunday's Austrian Grand Prix.

The Brazilian, who last started a race in pole five years ago, finished ahead of teammate Valtteri Bottas in qualifying as Williams set up a one-two.

Nico Rosberg clocked the third-fastest time, but Mercedes teammate Lewis Hamilton struggled in Q3 as he had to settle for ninth.

Fernando Alonso of Ferrari clinched fourth spot in qualifying, one position ahead of Red Bull's Daniel Ricciardo, but Sebastian Vettel failed to qualify for Q3 and will start tomorrow in 13th place on the grid.

1. Felipe Massa (Williams)
2. Valtteri Bottas (Williams)
3. Nico Rosberg (Mercedes)
4. Fernando Alonso (Ferrari)
5. Daniel Ricciardo (Red Bull)
6. Kevin Magnussen (McLaren)
7. Daniil Kvyat (Toro Rosso)
8. Kimi Raikkonen (Ferrari)
9. Lewis Hamilton (Mercedes)
10. Nico Hulkenberg (Force India)
11. Sergio Perez (Force India)
12. Jensen Button (McLaren)
13. Sebastian Vettel (Red Bull)
14. Pasto Maldonado (Lotus)
15. Jean-Eric Vergne (Toro Rosso)
16. Romain Grosjean (Lotus)
17. Adrian Sutil (Sauber)
18. Esteban Gutierrez (Sauber)
19. Jules Bianchi (Marussia)
20. Kamui Kobayashi (Caterham)
21. Max Chilton (Marussia)
22. Marcus Ericsson (Caterham)

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