Button takes pole in Barcelona

Winner of three out of four races this season already, Briton takes pole in Spanish GP

Winner of three out of four races this season already, Briton takes pole in Spanish GP

Championship-leading Briton Jenson Button continued his early-season domination of Formula One on Saturday by grabbing a last-gasp pole position for the Spanish Grand Prix.

Brawn GP's Button zooms ahead in qualifying. pic/ap

The 29-year-old Englishman, winner of three of this season's four races, delivered a dramatic final fastest lap in his Brawn GP car to outpace nearest rival German Sebastian Vettel of Red Bull by just one-tenth of a second to take the prime starting position on the grid.

"That's by far my best lap of the weekend. And it was a bit of a surprise in a way, but the way I managed to squeeze in the time when I did was probably more luck than judgement," Button said.

"I'm delighted to be P1. I had to throw the car around a bit because this is such a strange circuit and I really took a risk, but it was worth it," he added.

Spanishu00a0GP Starting grid:
1) Jenson Button (Brawn)
2) Sebastian Vettel (Red Bull)
3) Rubens Barrichello (Brawn)
4) Felipe Massa (Ferrari)
5) Mark Webber (Red Bull)
6) Timo Glock (Toyota)
7) Jarno Trulli (Toyota)
8), Fernando Alonso (Renault)
9) Nico Rosberg (Williams)
10) Robert Kubica (BMW)

Force India in 10th row
Force India will begin yet another race from the back of the starting grid in Sunday's Spanish GP. On Saturday's Force India's Adrian Sutil and Giancarlo Fisichella were placed 19th and 20th respectively in qualifying.