Brawn GP dominates 2009 Australian GP qualifying
Jenson Button on pole position, Rubens Barrichello on P2
The newly formed Brawn GP F1 team has dominated the 2009 Australian GP qualifying by locking out Sunday’s front row. Jenson Button took his first pole position (1:26.202) since 2006, beating his teammate Rubens Barrichello (1:26.505) by 0.303 seconds in the last seconds of Q3. Third time for Sebastian Vettel (1:26.830), ahead of BMW’s Robert Kubica (1:26.914), Williams’ Nico Rosberg (1:26.973) and Toyota’s Timo Glock (1:26.975).
The qualifying session proved rather disappointing for Scuderia Ferrari – despite being the only team with KERS to finish in the top ten – as Felipe Massa managed to come up only to P7 while Kimi Raikkonen to P8.
For McLaren-Mercedes things went even worst. Reigning world champion Lewis Hamilton was able to make it to Q2 but a drivetrain problem on his MP4-24 at the end of Q1 left him in P15 without actually taking part in Q2. His teammate, Heikki Kovalainen, did marginally better by finishing on P14.
2009 Australian Grand Prix, Qualifying Session results:
| Pos. | No | Driver | Team | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Laps |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 22 | Jenson Button | Brawn-Mercedes | 1:25.211 | 1:24.855 | 1:26.202 | 19 |
| 2 | 23 | Rubens Barrichello | Brawn-Mercedes | 1:25.006 | 1:24.783 | 1:26.505 | 21 |
| 3 | 15 | Sebastian Vettel | RBR-Renault | 1:25.938 | 1:25.121 | 1:26.830 | 21 |
| 4 | 5 | Robert Kubica | BMW Sauber | 1:25.922 | 1:25.152 | 1:26.914 | 19 |
| 5 | 16 | Nico Rosberg | Williams-Toyota | 1:25.846 | 1:25.123 | 1:26.973 | 21 |
| 6 | 10 | Timo Glock | Toyota | 1:25.499 | 1:25.281 | 1:26.975 | 19 |
| 7 | 3 | Felipe Massa | Ferrari | 1:25.844 | 1:25.319 | 1:27.033 | 21 |
| 8 | 9 | Jarno Trulli | Toyota | 1:26.194 | 1:25.265 | 1:27.127 | 20 |
| 9 | 4 | Kimi Räikkönen | Ferrari | 1:25.899 | 1:25.380 | 1:27.163 | 21 |
| 10 | 14 | Mark Webber | RBR-Renault | 1:25.427 | 1:25.241 | 1:27.246 | 20 |
| 11 | 6 | Nick Heidfeld | BMW Sauber | 1:25.827 | 1:25.504 | 14 | |
| 12 | 7 | Fernando Alonso | Renault | 1:26.026 | 1:25.605 | 12 | |
| 13 | 17 | Kazuki Nakajima | Williams-Toyota | 1:26.074 | 1:25.607 | 16 | |
| 14 | 2 | Heikki Kovalainen | McLaren-Mercedes | 1:26.184 | 1:25.726 | 15 | |
| 15 | 1 | Lewis Hamilton | McLaren-Mercedes | 1:26.454 | no time | 5 | |
| 16 | 12 | Sebastien Buemi | STR-Ferrari | 1:26.503 | 10 | ||
| 17 | 8 | Nelsinho Piquet | Renault | 1:26.598 | 12 | ||
| 18 | 21 | Giancarlo Fisichella | Force India-Mercedes | 1:26.677 | 10 | ||
| 19 | 20 | Adrian Sutil | Force India-Mercedes | 1:26.742 | 9 | ||
| 20 | 11 | Sebastien Bourdais | STR-Ferrari | 1:26.964 | 10 |
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