Great Britain’s Lewis Hamilton stormed to pole position at the Malaysian Grand Prix qualifying on Saturday.
The defending champion was 0.414 seconds quicker than Mercedes teammate Nico Rosberg, with the Red Bull duo of Max Verstappen and Daniel Ricciardo coming in at third and fourth places respectively. Hamilton has a great opportunity to cut the eight-point deficit that Rosberg has over him in the Drivers' Championship.
Hamilton lost the championship lead to Rosberg following the German's victory in Singapore two weeks ago. The Malaysian GP offers him a chance to reclaim the lead from Rosberg at the race on Sunday.