SUZUKA, Japan -- Nico Rosberg beat Lewis Hamilton to pole position at the Japanese Grand Prix by just 0.013s as the two Mercedes drivers went head to head in an incredibly tight battle at Suzuka.Rosberg, who leads Hamilton by 23 points in the drivers standings, hooked up a 1:30.647 on his second attempt after a small mistake on his first effort left him behind Hamilton for the first time this weekend. Hamilton was marginally quicker than Rosberg in the first sector on his second attempt, but the lap time leaked away in sectors two and three to give Rosberg his eighth pole position of the season.Calculated in distance, the gap between the two Mercedes drivers equates to just 82cm. Ferraris Kimi Raikkonen secured third place on the grid with a slender 0.079s advantage over Ferrari teammate Sebastian Vettel. The German will be demoted three places on the grid for the penalty he incurred on the first lap of the Malaysian Grand Prix last weekend.The two Red Bulls were a further 0.2s adrift in fifth and sixth, but were also incredibly close with Max Verstappen 0.062s ahead of teammate Daniel Ricciardo. Closest of all were Sergio Perez and Romain Grosjean, who set identical times down to one thousandth of a second. Perezs Force India will start ahead of the Haas driver because he set his lap time earlier in the session, but an eighth-place starting position still represents progress for Grosjean and the American team.Nico Hulkenberg took ninth place in the second Force India ahead of Esteban Gutierrez in the second Haas. The two Williams were knocked out in Q2 after Valtteri Bottas and Felipe Massa completed just one flying lap compared to their rivals two. Bottas had his entry to the first Degner compromised by traffic and then locked up in the final chicane, leaving him just 0.078s off Perezs Q2 time and a place in Q3.The two Toro Rossos will start a row behind the Williams after Daniil Kvyat took 13th and Carlos Sainz spun at Spoon on his second attempt to settle for 14th. Fernando Alonso took 15th for McLaren-Honda on the Japanese manufacturers home turf, ahead of Jolyon Palmer who made his first Q2 appearance since the Belgian Grand Prix. McLarens struggle on Hondas home turf was underlined by Jenson Button being knocked out in Q1 after setting a time 0.032s slower than teammate Alonso in Q1. It looked briefly as though Kevin Magnussen could knock both of the Honda-powered cars out in Q1, but ultimately he finished 0.204s shy of the cut for the second stage of qualifying.Marcus Ericsson will start 19th ahead of Felipe Nasr in 20th and Manors Esteban Ocon in 21st. Pascal Wehrlein was 0.208s slower than his teammate, but with a gearbox penalty hanging over him he was destined to start from last place regardless. Jake Beckley Jersey . - Levi Browns tenure at left tackle for the Pittsburgh Steelers is over before it even began. Jake Daubert Jersey . - Raiders general manager Reggie McKenzie never doubted he would bring back coach Dennis Allen for a third year despite back-to-back 4-12 records. https://www.cheapredsjerseys.us/1825s-anthony-desclafani-jersey-reds.html . Breaking three of his own world records on his way to winning in Paris, Chan silenced the critics and left the audiences standing in appreciation and awe. Tom Browning Jersey . Calgary scored on the first shift, and Michael Cammalleri scored twice as the Flames cruised to a 5-2 win over the Washington Capitals on Saturday. Jim Bottomley Jersey .35 million, one-year contract that avoided salary arbitration. Plouffe batted .254 with 14 home runs and 52 RBIs in 477 at-bats last season, his second as a regular in the lineup.Lewis Hamilton has vowed to remain active across social media channels, despite being dogged by more controversy ahead of the new F1 season. The Mercedes driver was investigated by police in New Zealand after he allegedly filmed himself riding a Harley Davidson on a motorway and posted it on Snapchat.The two clips were apparently recorded while Hamilton stopped off in Auckland on his way to Melbourne for the season-opening Australian GP. But Hamilton, who has over three million followers on Twitter, is adamant tthat he will not ease up on his social media activities.dddddddddddd That is my channel to the people that do follow me, he told Sky Sports News HQ on Thursday.Theres people out here that have come from a long, long way away and that interaction I have with them - I personally enjoy it. Some of them may, and some of them may not, but I love doing it and so Im going to keep doing it.The first race of the 2016 F1 season, the Australian GP, is exclusively live on Sky Sports F1. The race in Melbourne starts at 5am on Sunday March 20. ' ' '