Lewis Hamilton secured the 40th pole of his grand prix career at a rain-hit Sepang on Saturday but the question afterwards was whether Nico Rosberg had attempted to block him in qualifying . And both men were asking it . At the Mercedes press conference , Rosberg put his hand up . Lewis Hamilton shakes hands with Sebastian Vettel after qualifying with Nico Rosberg in the background . Rosberg has been accused of attempting to block Hamilton during qualifying for the Malaysian Grand Prix . Click here to read Jonathan McEvoy 's report as Hamilton secures pole ahead of Sebastian Vettel and Nico Rosberg . 'Nico Rosberg , Mercedes AMG Petronas , ' he started , imitating a journalist . 'There are a lot of comments on Twitter saying Nico blocked you . Is it true he blocked you on your second timed lap ? ' Hamilton replied , smiling : ' I think you should probably ask him . I think he 'll have a good opinion on that . ' The room laughed , but Rosberg appeared to be annoyed . He shook his head and twice said : 'That 's not funny . ' Rosberg , going slowly , appeared to stay on the racing line as Hamilton was on a flying lap in the final qualifying session . Hamilton ( right ) was on a fast lap when he approached the back of Rosberg who had already slowed down . Rosberg ( left ) remained on the racing line despite his Mercedes team-mate being on a quick lap . Hamilton ( right ) overtakes Rosberg . It was claimed hat the German had intentionally blocked his rival . But it made no difference because , as it transpired , Hamilton already had pole position sewn up . Rosberg was third fastest . The German was then asked by a reporter if he did indeed intentionally block Hamilton . 'You best ask Lewis about that , he said . 'No , it is not even a relevant discussion because we were both on slow-down laps at that point in time . And that was very , very clear . ' Informed Hamilton had set a personal best in the first sector , Rosberg said : 'Yeah , but if you bail out of a lap it turns into a slow-down lap , does n't it ? ' It was then suggested to Rosberg that Hamilton only slowed as he came upon the German , to which he said : 'That is not true . He backed off way before coming up on me . ' Hamilton mastered the difficult conditions in Malaysia to secure the 40th pole of his grand prix career . The Briton will start ahead of Ferrari 's Sebastian Vettel as he bids to secure his second straight victory . Although the next question was on a different subject , Rosberg chose not to let the matter drop and remarked : 'How do we make that a fact , that he bailed out before he came across me ? 'That is the interesting one because me just saying it is n't going to bear much weight . So , we need to think of one , which I do n't have an answer for to make that a fact for you . I will have to think about something later on . Or you can ask Toto ( Wolff , Mercedes motorsport boss ) who is coming . That is maybe a good one . That will give some more weight to it . ' Unfortunately for Rosberg , Wolff was unavailable for his session , and so could not offer an opinion . It is not the first time Rosberg has been accused of blocking Hamilton in qualifying . At last year 's Monaco Grand Prix , Rosberg appeared to scupper his team-mate 's best shot at pole by deliberately running off the circuit . Yellow flags were subsequently deployed , and Hamilton , running behind his rival on the track , was forced to slow down . Hamilton salutes the crowd after posting the quickest lap in qualifying for tomorrow 's Malaysian Grand Prix .
Nico Rosberg accused of trying to block Lewis Hamilton in qualifying . Rosberg imitated a journalist in post-qualifying press conference and put the question to his rival . Hamilton provoked laughter by saying 'you should probably ask him that ' But Rosberg did n't appear amused saying : 'That 's not funny ' Hamilton to start German GP on pole with Rosberg only third .