Lewis Hamilton continued his fighting late-season defence of his world title by grabbing pole position ahead of his Mercedes team-mate Nico Rosberg in Saturday’s tense qualifying session for Sunday’s Mexican Grand Prix.
The defending three-time world champion dominated the session and delivered a best lap in one minute and 18.704 seconds, two-tenths of a second clear of championship leader Rosberg who salvaged a front row starting spot with the last lap of the top-ten shootout action.
Hamilton’s success brought him his 10th pole position of the season and the 59th of his career.
š» "Lewis this is @jpmontoya. Congratulations on that 10th pole of the year"
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PROVISIONAL CLASSIFICATION (END OF QUALIFYING): @MercedesAMGF1 title rivals set for front row duel at the #MexicoGP š²š½ pic.twitter.com/pqiKugF8VN
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