Lewis Hamilton on pole for Brazilian Grand Prix

ByReuters

Updated 12/11/2016 at 17:26 GMT

Lewis Hamilton claimed pole position for Sunday's Brazilian Grand Prix.

Lewis Hamilton (Mercedes) - GP of Brazil 2016

Image credit: Daimler AG

The pole was the 60th of Hamilton's career, eight short of Michael Schumacher's record, and his first in Brazil since 2012 when he was at McLaren.

Rosberg will take his first title if he wins Sunday's penultimate race of the season but Hamilton, 19 points adrift, showed he will do all he can to take the fight down to the wire in Abu Dhabi with another dominant qualifying display.

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Ferrari's Kimi Raikkonen qualified third with Red Bull's Max Verstappen joining the 2007 world champion on the second row of the grid.

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