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Rosberg relishing Mercedes battle
Nico Rosberg is adamant he was not surprised to beat Lewis Hamilton to pole position in Bahrain despite the Brit setting the early pace.
Hamilton dominated the practice sessions in the lead up to qualifying, quickest in all three ahead of Rosberg.
However, on Saturday night it was the German who came to the fore.
Rosberg crossed the line with a 1:33.185 to beat his team-mate by 0.279s and in doing so ended Hamilton's pole position run.
Asked if he was 'surprised' given Hamilton's earlier advantage, Rosberg said: "Lewis is always tough to beat. Everything needs to go right to be ahead, and here it worked out.
"So surprised? My mind is on pole when I go into qualifying, and that is...
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