Formula One championship leader Nico Rosberg swept to pole position at the Belgian Grand Prix today with Mercedes team mate and title rival Lewis Hamilton alongside on the front row after a wet qualifying session.
Red Bull's four times world champion Sebastian Vettel, last year's winner at Spa, qualified third and was joined on the second row by Ferrari's Fernando Alonso.
Rosberg leads Hamilton by 11 points after 11 of 19 races. This was his fourth successive pole position.
1. Nico Rosberg (Germany) Mercedes 2:05.591 2. Lewis Hamilton (Britain) Mercedes 3. Sebastian Vettel (Germany) RedBull - Renault 4. Fernando Alonso (Spain) Ferrari 5. Daniel Ricciardo (Australia) RedBull - Renault 6. Valtteri Bottas (Finland) Williams-Mercedes 7. Kevin Magnussen (Denmark) McLaren 8. Kimi Raikkonen (Finland) Ferrari 9. Felipe Massa (Brazil) Williams-Mercedes 10. Jenson Button (Britain) McLaren - - - - - - - - - - 11. Daniil Kvyat (Russia) Toro Rosso - Renault 12. Jean-Eric Vergne (France) Toro Rosso - Renault 13. Sergio Perez (Mexico) Force India - Mercedes 14. Adrian Sutil (Germany) Sauber - Ferrari 15. Romain Grosjean (France) Lotus - Renault 16. Jules Bianchi (France) Marussia - Ferrari - - - - - - - - - - 17. Pastor Maldonado (Venezuela) Lotus - Renault 18. Nico Huelkenberg (Germany) Force India - Mercedes 19. Max Chilton (Britain) Marussia - Ferrari 20. Esteban Gutierrez (Mexico) Sauber - Ferrari 21. Andre Lotterer (Germany) Caterham - Renault 22. Marcus Ericsson (Sweden) Caterham - Renault - - - - - - - - - - 1-10: third and final qualifying session 11-16: second qualifying session 17-22: first qualifying session