Six in a row for pole sitter Rosberg

ByReuters

Published 28/11/2015 at 14:18 GMT

Nico Rosberg won an Abu Dhabi qualifying battle with Mercedes team mate Lewis Hamilton on Saturday to take his sixth successive pole position.

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The German, who races with the number six on his car, beat triple Formula One world champion Hamilton to the top slot for the second year in a row by three tenths of a second under the Yas Marina floodlights.

Ferrari's Kimi Raikkonen and Force India's Sergio Perez filled the second row behind the two Mercedes drivers, who will be chasing a record 12th one-two finish of the season in Sunday's day-to-night race.

Raikkonen's four times world champion team mate Sebastian Vettel, winner of three races this year, could qualify only 16th.

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