Qualy: Rosberg on pole ahead of Verstappen

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As many expected, Nico Rosberg secured pole position for the Belgian Grand Prix while crowd favourite Max Verstappen will join him on the front row.

On an afternoon where Lewis Hamilton was out of contention given his 55-place grid penalty, it was left to Rosberg to fly the Mercedes flag.

The German did just that, posting a 1:46.744 to claim pole position.

The crowd, though, was firmly behind the driver that finished second, Verstappen.

The Dutchman, who was born 50 miles from the Spa-Francorchamps circuit, clocked a 1:46.893 to become the youngest driver to line up on the front row of an F1 grid.

Kimi Raikkonen was third ahead of Sebastian Vettel, Daniel Ricciardo and Sergio …

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