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                          
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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               
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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               
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1-10: third and final qualifying session
11-16: second qualifying session
17-22: first qualifying session

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