Nico Rosberg will start the United States Grand Prix in pole position after comfortably securing the top spot on Saturday.
The German outpaced chief rival and team-mate Lewis Hamilton by almost four-tenths, giving Mercedes a 1-2 and putting himself in prime position to challenge Hamilton’s points lead.
The Williams duo of Valtteri Bottas and Felipe Massa were third and fourth, albeit almost a second down on Rosberg’s pole time.
Daniel Ricciardo was the best non-Mercedes powered car in fifth ahead of Ferrari’s Fernando Alonso.
Jenson Button was seventh, but will serve a gearbox penalty and therefore drops out of the top ten.
Kevin Magnussen, Kimi Raikkonen and Sauber’s Adrian Sutil completed the top ten.
Qualifying – 2014 United States Grand Prix
| # | No | Driver | Team | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | 6 | Nico Rosberg | Mercedes | 1:38.303 | 1:36.290 | 1:36.067 |
| 02 | 44 | Lewis Hamilton | Mercedes | 1:37.196 | 1:37.287 | 1:36.443 |
| 03 | 77 | Valtteri Bottas | Williams | 1:38.249 | 1:37.499 | 1:36.906 |
| 04 | 19 | Felipe Massa | Williams | 1:37.877 | 1:37.347 | 1:37.205 |
| 05 | 3 | Daniel Ricciardo | Red Bull | 1:38.814 | 1:37.873 | 1:37.244 |
| 06 | 14 | Fernando Alonso | Ferrari | 1:38.349 | 1:38.010 | 1:37.610 |
| 07 | 22 | Jenson Button | McLaren | 1:38.574 | 1:38.024 | 1:37.655 |
| 08 | 20 | Kevin Magnussen | McLaren | 1:38.557 | 1:38.047 | 1:37.706 |
| 09 | 7 | Kimi Räikkönen | Ferrari | 1:38.669 | 1:38.263 | 1:37.804 |
| 10 | 99 | Adrian Sutil | Sauber | 1:38.855 | 1:38.378 | 1:38.810 |
| 11 | 13 | Pastor Maldonado | Lotus | 1:38.608 | 1:38.467 | |
| 12 | 11 | Sergio Perez | Force India | 1:39.200 | 1:38.554 | |
| 13 | 27 | Nico Hulkenberg | Force India | 1:38.931 | 1:38.598 | |
| 14 | 26 | Daniil Kvyat | Toro Rosso | 1:38.936 | 1:38.699 | |
| 15 | 25 | Jean-Eric Vergne | Toro Rosso | 1:39.250 | ||
| 16 | 21 | Esteban Gutierrez | Sauber | 1:39.555 | ||
| 17 | 1 | Sebastian Vettel | Red Bull | 1:39.621 | ||
| 18 | 8 | Romain Grosjean | Lotus | 1:39.679 |
