SEPANG, Malaysia (AP) — Mercedes driver Lewis Hamilton has taken pole position for the Malaysian Grand Prix after a wet qualifying session at the Sepang International Circuit.
Tropical rains delayed the start of qualifying for 50 minutes on Saturday, but even the wet track could not prevent Mercedes continuing the dominance it had shown all weekend, and Hamilton made it back-to-back poles to start the new Formula One season.
Red Bull’s Sebastian Vettel came close, but finished five hundredths of a second behind Hamilton and just in front of Mercedes’ Nico Rosberg, who qualified third.
Ferrari’s Fernando Alonso and Kimi Raikkonen qualified fourth and sixth, separated by Red Bull’s Daniel Ricciardo.
