Qualifying – Rosberg beats Hamilton to Suzuka pole

Nico Rosberg stormed to his eighth pole position of the season in Saturday afternoon’s qualifying session in Japan, seeing off the challenge of Mercedes team mate Lewis Hamilton by just under two tenths of a second.

The Williams duo of Valtteri Bottas and Felipe Massa locked out the second row, with Ferrari’s Fernando Alonso and Red Bull’s Daniel Ricciardo completing the top six