25 May,2014 10:54 AM IST | | AFP
Nico Rosberg will start from pole position in Sunday's Monaco Grand Prix after an inquiry by race officials cleared the Mercedes driver of any underhand tactics in qualifying
Mercedes' drivers Lewis Hamilton (left) and Nico Rosberg after Saturday's qualifying session for Sundayu00c3u00a2u00c2u0080u00c2u0099s Monaco GP. Pic/AFP
Monaco: Nico Rosberg will start from pole position in Sunday's Monaco Grand Prix after an inquiry by race officials cleared the Mercedes driver of any underhand tactics in qualifying.
Mercedes' drivers Lewis Hamilton (left) and Nico Rosberg after Saturday's qualifying session for Sunday's Monaco GP. Pic/AFP
The German's performance in Saturday's qualifying triggered an official investigation after he lost control and left the circuit, causing yellow flags to be waved in the final minutes of a tense session.
Rosberg's teammate Lewis Hamilton, whose lap was wrecked by the flags, was incensed, claiming that he would have taken pole if he had completed his lap at full speed.
Suspicions were raised that Rosberg had "done a Schumacher" - in 2006 Michael Schumacher was stripped of pole after race stewards decided that he had stopped deliberately after running wide at the Rascasse corner in his Ferrari. But with the inquiry clearing him of any wrongdoing, Rosberg keeps pole from Hamilton.
