Nico Rosberg: “Surprised by the closeness of Ferrari and Red Bull”

Another perfect session for Nico Rosberg a Suzuka, the most important, that of Qualifying, where the German of Mercedes took the pole position of Japanese Grand Prix. With a time of 1:30.647, the driver of the Silver Arrows he kept his number one rival, his garage partner, and gradually all the others behind him, although with very small gaps this time. With a 23 point lead on Hamilton in the general classification, with five races to go 2016 World, Rosberg has placed a very important mortgage on his first world title, and in Sunday's race a very heated fight between the two standard-bearers of Brackley.

“The whole tour went well. I improved quite a bit in the first and last sectors, I found a few tenths and I did it,” explained the poleman of the day. “I'm quite surprised at the closeness of Ferrari e Red Bull, I would have thought that we would have been a little further in front but still 13 thousandths is quite a comfortable advantage. The victory is built in Qualifying, so we are already off to a good start, but tomorrow there is still all the work to do with start, strategy, race pace and everything else. It will be interesting,” concluded Nico.