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.
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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.
"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.
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