Rosberg can hold on to Championship lead
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Nico Rosberg 13-8
Nine years ago Fernando Alonso prevented his then-McLaren teammate Lewis Hamilton from improving his qualifying time at the Hungaroring by deliberately holding him up in the pits at the end of the session.
Yesterday, the Spaniard cost Hamilton pole position, unintentionally this time, by spinning in front of him on their final qualifying lap.
Nico Rosberg was just far enough behind not to be affected by the incident and took the 26th pole position of his career in a weather-affected qualifying that lasted twice as long as scheduled.
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