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It all fell apart when it mattered for Lewis Hamilton. The Briton was hampered with brake problems in qualifying as Nico Rosberg cruised to pole position.

Hamilton has won the last four races, though, and had no problem catching and passing Rosberg to secure victory on a number of occasions this season. Will it all come good tomorrow? I can't wait to find out. Until then, it's goodnight from me.

I'll be back at 19:00 GMT tomorrow to begin building up to the 2014 United States Grand Prix, round 17 of the Formula 1 World Championship. BBC Radio 5 live join us at 19:30 with the lights going out at 20:00. Highlights of the race will be available on BBC One at 22:30.

Catch up with that session here or wait until 22:00 GMT when the highlights go out on BBC Two and online. And don't forget we'll have all the latest news from the Austin paddock on the F1 pages and @bbcf1 throughout the evening.

Lewis Hamilton looks relaxed, with no sunglasses in sight, as he carries out a number of TV interviews in the paddock. If the 2008 world champion can get his brakes sorted for the race, he'll know that victory is still a possibility tomorrow evening.

Adeel Ejaz, external: Feel sorry for Lewis Hamilton. The brake issues need to be sorted for the race tomorrow!

Vicky Sanderson, external: Not quite 'hammer time' for Hamilton.

1) Nico Rosberg 2) Lewis Hamilton 3) Valtteri Bottas 4) Felipe Massa 5) Daniel Ricciardo 6) Fernando Alonso 7) Jenson Button 8) Kevin Magnussen 9) Kimi Raikkonen 10) Adrian Sutil

11) Pastor Maldonado 12) Sergio Perez 13) Nico Hulkenberg 14) Daniil Kvyat

15) Jean-Eric Vergne 16) Esteban Gutierrez 17) Sebastian Vettel 18) Romain Grosjean

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"Nico did a great job," says Lewis Hamilton, who starts second. "I was struggling with braking. The left brake was always about 100 degrees less than the right, and kept catching, no matter what I did - even if I braked earlier, it was still locking.

"Perhaps that's where I lost a lot of the time. Even if that was the case Nico was quicker today. Potentially [the braking] is a problem for the race so we need to see if they can scrub them down or something."

"It was a pretty good qualifying again for me," says Valtteri Bottas, who starts Sunday's race in third. "I'm pleased with two good laps in Q3 and happy to have locked out the second row for the team (Williams team-mate Felipe Massa starts fourth) It's an important race as we try to keep a good position in the constructors' championship."

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"Great day, very happy," says Nico Rosberg, who will start on pole. "It worked out really well. Together with my engineers, I arrived in qualifying with a car that I was really happy with for qualifying.

"This morning, the conditions were quite different so it wasn't easy to get everything right. First place today is awesome, but the race is what counts, so I need to fully focus on tomorrow and try and bring it home. Of course the start is going to be important, I need to make the most of that and stay ahead."

It's time for the top three news conference and they all look delighted to be there.

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Mercedes on Twitter, external: IT'S POLE FOR @nico_rosberg in Texas! Stunning, stunning lap - top job that man!!

Vicky Sanderson, external: Rosberg shows why he can be champion, playing Hamilton at his own game. Epic!

Patrick, external: DAMN IT! Unlucky Lewis, there is always tomorrow.

Bishop Yinkus, external: That was a real marker from Rosberg, could Hamilton be nursing feeling about his break? All credit to Nico.

Nico Rosberg and Valtteri Bottas are kept waiting for the top three qualifying photo by Lewis Hamilton. The 2008 world champion turns up, sunglasses on. A couple of short, sharp handshakes follow.

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McLaren's Jenson Button will start 12th, having qualified seventh, as he has a five-place grid penalty for a gearbox change.

Nico Rosberg's streak of consecutive front row starts moves onto nine. He now leads Mercedes team-mate Lewis Hamilton 10-7 in the qualifying head-to-head.

1) Nico Rosberg 2) Lewis Hamilton 3) Valtteri Bottas 4) Felipe Massa 5) Daniel Ricciardo 6) Fernando Alonso 7) Jenson Button 8) Kevin Magnussen 9) Kimi Raikkonen 10) Adrian Sutil

"Great job guys, thank you very much," says Nico Rosberg on team radio. That's his ninth pole position of the season.

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Nico Rosberg takes pole position for the United States Grand Prix.

Nico Rosberg goes even quicker with a 1:36.067 to go 0.376 seconds clear! Lewis Hamilton isn't looking too quick in the middle sector...

So Valtteri Bottas will cross the line first, followed by Nico Rosberg, Felipe Massa and Lewis Hamilton. Two minutes to go.