Hamilton takes pole position at Malaysian Grand Prix

Kuala Lumpur, Oct 1 (IANS) Mercedes's British driver Lewis Hamilton will take the pole position at the Malaysian Grand Prix.

With this, Hamilton clinched the 57th pole position in his career by covering the circuit in one minute and 32.850 seconds, ahead of German teammate Nico Rosberg, who will start from the second place in Sunday's race,reports Efe.

Red Bull's Dutch Max Verstappen and Australian Daniel Ricciardo will start from third and fourth position respectively.