Lewis Hamilton is keeping his slim F1 title hopes alive by beating team mate and rival Nico Rosberg to pole position for Sunday’s Brazilian Grand Prix.
The British driver is 19 points behind his Mercedes colleague and must win at the Interlagos circuit in Sao Paulo Sunday to have any chance of taking the championship to a decider in Abu Dhabi.
He finished 0.1 seconds ahead of the German driver who is looking for his first world title.
Ferrari’s Kimi Raikkonen will start in third place, ahead of Red Bull’s Max Verstappen and Sebastian Vettel in the other Ferrari.
Daniel Riccardo, Romain Grosjean, Nico Hulkenberg, Sergio Perez and Fernando Alonso make up the rest of the top 10 on the grid.
Both Williams cars, driven by Valtteri Bottas and Felipe Massa, failed to make the last round of qualifying and will start lower down the grid.
It will be particularly disappointing for Massa who is racing in his last home grand prix after announcing his retirement at the end of the season.
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