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Mercedes' Hamilton takes wet pole at F1 Malaysian GP

Xinhua, March 28, 2015 Adjust font size:

Reigning F1 world champion Lewis Hamilton took pole position by defeating Ferrari's Sebastian Vettel on

Saturday's qualifying session at the Malaysian Grand Prix.

Hamilton clocked a time of one minute and 49.834 seconds at the rain-affected Sepang International Circuit, beating Vettel by less than

a 10th of a second.

His Mercedes teammate Nico Rosberg finished third, with Red Bull's Daniel Ricciardo and Daniil Kvyat following as the fourth and fifth.

A rainfall came mid-way through Q2, delaying the pole position deciding Q3. Endi