Rosberg, Red Bulls keep places after investigation

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Nico Rosberg will retain his pole position while both Red Bulls will keep their times as well following two separate investigations into Saturday’s qualifying session at the Hungarian Grand Prix.

Race stewards conducted an investigation into pole-sitter Rosberg’s conduct during qualifying, but after examining the data they determined the German’s time would stand.

Rosberg’s team-mate Hamilton had missed out on grabbing pole after slowing down as a result of Fernando Alonso’s spin right at the end rain-hit qualifying session, which brought out the yellow flags.

Rosberg barely appeared to slow down during the incident, with Hamilton and Red Bull boss Christian Horner questioning how he was able to set the fastest time in the middle sector – the same sector in which Alonso spun out – during his pole lap.

Stewards announced an investigation but subsequently cleared the German, finding that he had indeed  “reduced speed sufficiently …

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