Well, things just got a little more interesting at the U.S. Grand Prix. Mercedes' Lewis Hamilton during Friday's practices, but it's his teammate Nico Rosberg who will start on pole tomorrow afternoon.
Of course, Hamilton — winner of the inaugural race in 2012 — isn't far behind him. He'll start in second, followed by Valtteri Bottas in third.
"Great day, I'm very happy," Rosberg said at a post-qualifying press conference. "The balance was good. It was quite a challenge because the wind was changing." It's a breezy, cool and sunny day out at Circuit of the Americas, and while it's nowhere near as hot as last year's race, it has warmed up quite a bit throughout the day.
Hamilton experienced some issues with his brakes locking up during qualifying, the Mercedes cars have been having all season.
The official qualifying results are below . Should be a good race!
Pos | No | Driver | Team | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Laps |
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1 | 6 | Nico Rosberg | Mercedes | 1:38.303 | 1:36.290 | 1:36.067 | 20 |
2 | 44 | Lewis Hamilton | Mercedes | 1:37.196 | 1:37.287 | 1:36.443 | 16 |
3 | 77 | Valtteri Bottas | Williams-Mercedes | 1:38.249 | 1:37.499 | 1:36.906 | 19 |
4 | 19 | Felipe Massa | Williams-Mercedes | 1:37.877 | 1:37.347 | 1:37.205 | 20 |
5 | 3 | Daniel Ricciardo | Red Bull Racing-Renault | 1:38.814 | 1:37.873 | 1:37.244 | 17 |
6 | 14 | Fernando Alonso | Ferrari | 1:38.349 | 1:38.010 | 1:37.610 | 16 |
7 | 22 | Jenson Button | McLaren-Mercedes | 1:38.574 | 1:38.024 | 1:37.655 | 17 |
8 | 20 | Kevin Magnussen | McLaren-Mercedes | 1:38.557 | 1:38.047 | 1:37.706 | 16 |
9 | 7 | Kimi Räikkönen | Ferrari | 1:38.669 | 1:38.263 | 1:37.804 | 22 |
10 | 99 | Adrian Sutil | Sauber-Ferrari | 1:38.855 | 1:38.378 | 1:38.810 | 15 |
11 | 13 | Pastor Maldonado | Lotus-Renault | 1:38.608 | 1:38.467 | 16 | |
12 | 11 | Sergio Perez | Force India-Mercedes | 1:39.200 | 1:38.554 | 16 | |
13 | 27 | Nico Hulkenberg | Force India-Mercedes | 1:38.931 | 1:38.598 | 16 | |
14 | 26 | Daniil Kvyat | STR-Renault | 1:38.936 | 1:38.699 | 17 | |
15 | 25 | Jean-Eric Vergne | STR-Renault | 1:39.250 | 10 | ||
16 | 21 | Esteban Gutierrez | Sauber-Ferrari | 1:39.555 | 10 | ||
17 | 1 | Sebastian Vettel | Red Bull Racing-Renault | 1:39.621 | 3 | ||
18 | 8 | Romain Grosjean | Lotus-Renault | 1:39.679 | 8 |