Stewards investigate after Nico Rosberg claims Monaco pole

May 24, 2014

Nico Rosberg took pole position for the Monaco Grand Prix on Saturday, but the raw Mercedes team-mate Lewis Hamilton in qualifying held up the final moments of the event, which was under investigation by the race stewards .Rosberg lost control of his car and took the road to escape at Mirabeau , when both men were on his last flying lap .Presentation for him on the first sector of a second ahead of Hamilton, who was two hundred behind , got the yellow flag waived and eventually had to slow up as his attempts were abandoned.Fastest Lap - Circuit de MonacoAlain Prost : Why I love MonacoMonaco, the path to the centerHow safe is a Monaco F1 race ?Read : View of Monaco winner WebberIt runs from the penultimate slow clock Rosberg is one minute 15.989 0.059 seconds with Hamilton from previous efforts , it has meant in the first place on the web.But it is clear , fuming and before he went on his teammates to take pole "targets" in the post- qualifying press conference , insisted that the rest of Hamilton.Rosberg , " just try to push it a little further and went over the edge ," he argued , but for the second straight year , was delighted to have the rod in Monte Carlo." - It could not be better , home to polar fantastic, I really, really happy. "Behind the back of the all - conquering Mercedes couples and four - time defending champion Red Bull team-mate Sebastian Vettel's Australian Daniel Ricciardo , who had got the better of the third and fourth on the grid.Two - time former world champion Fernando Alonso in his Ferrari before teammate Kimi Räikkönen will occupy the third row .McLaren's Toro Rosso and Danish troops to Frenchman Jean - Eric Vergne Kevin Magnussen was quickest in the seventh and eighth.Another rookie , Russian Daniil Kvyat ninth in the second Toro Rosso and Force India Mexican Sergio Perez completed the top 10.Read : Grit and Glamour, Monaco magicHamilton, after winning the last four races , Rosberg leads the title race with three points, but the tight street circuit in Monte Carlo on the pole position for Sunday's race to virtually guarantee victory.Hamilton failed to finish Rosberg took the Australian season opener , but their own private battle for the world championship, with signs of tension between the two men , in the last four rounds of the Briton had to settle for second place.