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Rosberg takes pole position for Monaco GP

Nico Rosberg set the fastest qualifying time at the Monaco Grand Prix on Saturday to secure his third consecutive pole position and a fourth straight for Mercedes.The German driver finished ahead of teammate Lewis Hamilton. With Monaco's track the hardest to overtake on in Formula One, Mercedes has a chance to clinch its first win of the season on Sunday.The 27-year-old Rosberg, who has spent much of his life in Monaco, climbed out of the cockpit and clenched both fists."Very special for sure, I've grown up here, gone to school here," he said. "The way I race through the tunnel is the way I went to school."Defending F1 champion Sebastian Vettel starts from third, ahead of Red Bull teammate and last year's winner Mark Webber.Red Bull were 1-2 with just over one minute remaining in qualifying, but Mercedes again showed it is near-untouchable on one-lap speed, despite tricky weather conditions with the track damp from frequent bursts of rainfall around lunchtime and again early into the a...

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