Monaco Grand Prix 2014: It’s a Mercedes front row – but it’s Rosberg on pole

It will be a Mercedes front row at the 2014 Monaco Grand Prix after Nico Rosberg, controversially, stopped Lewis Hamilton from taking pole.

Nico Rosberg has taken pole position for tomorrow’s Monaco Grand Prix, but the way in which he took pole position does leave room for doubt.

Rosberg did seem quicker in final qualifying, but he ‘went off’ at the Mirabeau corner as final qualifying was coming to a close and depriving Lewis Hamilton of the chance to grab pole on his last qualifying lap.

Did Rosberg go off on purpose to wreck Hamilton’s final run? It’s under investigation, but it did look like it.

Behind the Mercedes cars it was Daniel Ricciardo in third place for Red Bull ahead of team mate Sebastian Vettel and a Ferrari third row with Alonso in front of Raikkonen.

Behind the Mercedes, Red Bull and Ferrari first three rows it’s Toro Rosso’s Jean-Eric Vergne in seventh and Kevin Magnussen out-qualify Button with eighth place (Button is in 12th), and the Toro Rosso of Daniil Kvyat and the Force India of Sergio Perez finishing the top ten.

Whatever the outcome of the investigation in to Rosberg’s off at the end of final qualifying, it will add a certain tension to tomorrow’s race, because if Rosberg is penalised Mercedes will be apoplectic, and if he isn’t Hamilton will be raging.

It’ll be interesting.