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

Nico Rosberg of Mercedes GP prepares to drive during practice for the Australian Formula One Grand Prix on March 14, 2014
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Nico Rosberg will start in pole position at the United States Grand Prix with Lewis Hamilton in second.

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

 Lewis Hamilton of Great Britain and Mercedes GP lifts the trophy on the podium after winning the Formula One Grand Prix of Italy at Autodromo di Monza on September 6, 2015
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