Lewis Hamilton takes pole in Malaysia - reaction

Summary

Hamilton on pole position by four tenths, Rosberg 2nd, Verstappen 3rd
Race coverage from 06:30 BST on Sunday (race at 08:00)
Ricciardo 4th, Vettel 5th, Raikkonen 6th
Grosjean hit by own wing mirror
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Gary Rose

Postpublished at 11:51 British Summer Time 1 October 2016
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No better way to finish than with that comment just below. If Lewis Hamilton and Nico Rosberg finish tomorrow's race where they start, then the gap in the title race will be down to just one point. The heat is very much on in Malaysia.
Join us for build up to the race from 06:30 BST tomorrow. I'll leave you with Andrew Benson's qualifying report. Until next time, goodbye.
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Formula 1: All you need to know ahead of the Malaysian Grand Prix
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Bishop Yinkus: Six races to go, six big fights to come @F1, external can not be better than this.
Postpublished at 11:41 British Summer Time 1 October 2016
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It's a big test for Lewis Hamilton tomorrow. He has more pole positions than any other drivers this season with eight but he has kept a lap-one lead just twice in his previous seven pole position starts.
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Nick Hughes: Here's hoping for a wet race tomorrow to shake #Mercedes, external off the front for either a Button or #Ferrari, external win.
Rachel T: Nothing wrong with either car and HAM thumps ROS. Now for the clutch tomorrow!
Ton up for Hamiltonpublished at 11:32 British Summer Time 1 October 2016
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'It will be close'published at 11:27 British Summer Time 1 October 2016
More from Lewis Hamilton, about the threat of the Red Bull and the Ferraris: "They will be very quick. If the conditions are like this the track is better, a lot smoother, and it will be close for sure because they have good long runs."
'Race pace is promising'published at 11:22 British Summer Time 1 October 2016
Max Verstappen, who qualified third: “I don’t know if we can beat them (Mercedes). This weekend there has been positive changes after Singapore. Long race pace is promising, we needed to improve the short work today and we did that.”
'Still optimistic'published at 11:20 British Summer Time 1 October 2016
Nico Rosberg, who took second: "I was going for pole, what else would I be doing out there? I woluld have come close but made a mistake at the last corner. I couldn't get the settings right at the last corner. Second place doesn't mean victory is not possible, we have seen that many times. I am still optimistic for tomorrow."
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Postpublished at 11:19 British Summer Time 1 October 2016
Lewis Hamilton just trying to deliver a little psychological blow to Nico Rosberg with that "could have been faster" line there...
'Could have been faster'published at 11:16 British Summer Time 1 October 2016
Lewis Hamilton, who took pole position: "Definitely pleased. Big thanks to all fans who turned up. A lot of British flags. Secondly, huge thanks to the team. We have improved. We’ve come here with the best the car has been this year. Great work done coming into this weekend. Could have been a faster lap."
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Postpublished at 11:13 British Summer Time 1 October 2016
Three successive pole positions for Lewis Hamilton and four in total. He is now second in the all-time list in Malaysia behind Michael Schumacher (five).
Just one victory for the Briton though.
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Lewis Hamilton's first Malaysian GP pole position was in 2012 when he was driving for McLaren. It was also McLaren's first and only pole position in Malaysia
Top work JBpublished at 11:10 British Summer Time 1 October 2016
Qualifying - the restpublished at 11:07 British Summer Time 1 October 2016
11) Bottas 12) Grosjean 13) Gutierrez 14) Magnussen 15) Kvyat 16) Sainz 17) Ericsson 18) Nasr 19) Palmer 20) Econ 21) Wehrlein 22) Alonso
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Postpublished at 11:06 British Summer Time 1 October 2016
Jack Nicholls
Radio 5 live Formula 1 commentator
Rosberg will be frustrated with how that turned out because he is a long way off his team-mate.
Postpublished at 11:05 British Summer Time 1 October 2016
Mark Gallagher
BBC Radio 5 live Formula 1 analyst
That was a superb performance from Hamilton while Rosberg was lucky to get away with that mishap at the last corner. That lap was all about damage limitations for Rosberg.
Get involved #bbcf1published at 11:04 British Summer Time 1 October 2016
Ashley Wilkinson: 6/10s down in Singapore, Lewis goes 4/10s up with a record lap next time out. Hope Mercedes have given him a working clutch now..
Qualifying top 10published at 11:04 British Summer Time 1 October 2016
1) Hamilton 2) Rosberg 3) Verstappen 4) Ricciardo 5) Vettel 6) Raikkonen 7) Perez 8) Hulkenberg 9) Button 10) Massa
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Chequered flagpublished at 11:02 British Summer Time 1 October 2016
Lewis Hamilton takes pole position for the Malaysian Grand Prix.
Postpublished at 11:01 British Summer Time 1 October 2016
Max Verstappen crosses the line, third quickest...
Postpublished at 11:00 British Summer Time 1 October 2016
...and the German goes second quickest, a wobble at the final corner costs him a bit of time and he crosses the line four tenths down on Lewis Hamilton, who is all set to clinch pole here.