Lewis Hamilton had gearbox problems in Bahrain Credit: PA
Nico Rosberg will be on pole for tomorrow's Bahrain Grand Prix in his Mercedes.
It's the first time the Brackley based team has had back-to-back pole positions since their return to Formula One at the start of 2010.
Rosberg pipped reigning world champion Sebastian Vettel for Red Bull and Fernando Alonso in his Ferrari.
His Mercedes team mate Lewis Hamilton was fourth fastest, but will start ninth on the grid after being handed a five-place penalty after his gearbox broke and his mechanics had to fit a new one.
Lewis Hamilton's first day behind the wheel of his Mercedes F1 car built at Brackley in Northamptonshire resulted in a crash into a tyre barrier. It was on the second day of testing at the Spanish Circuito de Jerez this morning.
The 28-year-old from Stevenage locked up into turn six and ploughed through a gravel trap into the tyre barrier. It's thought a fault in the front suspension caused the crash.
Yesterday Hamilton's team mate Nico Rosberg ground to a halt after just 14 laps when an electrical fault led to a fire in the rear of the new Mercedes.
422 in both directions closed due to accident, a single vehicle involved between A43 / Oxford Road (Brackley South Roundabout, Brackley) and Charlton Way / Cockley Road (Farthinghoe).
