Jenson Button confirms

Q3

Kimi Räikkönen was the first to start and necessarily the first to take pole position, in 1:37:020. A time which will logically be beaten.

All the drivers did a fast lap. Jenson Button was the fastest, in 1:35:773, ahead of Sebastian Vettel, Jarno Trulli, Mark Webber and Rubens Barrichello.

Jarno Trulli reacts and dislodges Button from provisional pole position. Thanks to very clean driving, Trulli is first with a lap completed in 1:35:769. Everyone returns to put on new tires for a final attempt.

Tenth beat, Fernando Alonso ends his session. The Spaniard does not consider it useful to return to the track and prefers to preserve his tires and himself.

Rubens Barrichello in turn took provisional pole position in 1:35:651. The reply, however, comes from his teammate Jenson Button. 1:35??181, he is now the provisional pole sitter.

Sebastian Vettel sets the second fastest time while Jarno Trulli is still on track. The Italian failed nine hundredths behind Button. Second consecutive pole position for Jenson Button and Brawn GP.

Classification :
1. J. Button
2. J. Trulli
3. S.Vettel
4. R. Barrichello
5. T.Glock
6. N. Rosberg
7. Mr. Webber
8. R. Kubica
9. K. Raikkonen
10. F. Alonso

Q2

Let's go for fifteen minutes. You must be in the top ten to participate in Q3.

A little scare for Kimi Räikkönen who catches up with his car at the last moment. Nick Heidfeld, Jenson Button then Jarno Trulli follow one another at the top of the timesheet. With a lap completed in 1:34:250, Trulli further improved the reference time.

Sebastian Vettel, who will be demoted ten places on the starting grid regardless, achieves the second performance. He is ahead of the Brawn of Button and Barrichello.

Mid-session, Heikki Kovalainen, Robert Kubica, Kazuki Nakajima, Timo Glock and Sébastien Bourdais are eliminated. 10th, Lewis Hamilton is in the hot seat.

1:33:784, Jenson Button improves the best time. Timo Glock and Robert Kubica improve on their last lap. Fernando Alonso is then eliminated, but he is still on the track. The Spaniard, on the wire, takes 10th place? and qualifies for Q2.

Jenson Button sets the best time ahead of Jarno Trulli, Mark Webber, Timo Glock and Sebastian Vettel. Both McLaren are eliminated.

Those eliminated are:
11. N. Heidfeld
12. K.Nakajima
13. L.Hamilton
14. H.Kovalainen
15. S. Bourdais

Q1
No observation round and sixteen cars set off as soon as the green flag was presented. Nico Rosberg immediately took command in 1:36:596, on hard tires.

Kimi Räikkönen sets off on soft tires and does the essentials. He immediately set the fastest time of the weekend, 1:35:476. He is then ahead of Jenson Button, Felipe Massa and Jarno Trulli. Mark Webber, Sebastian Vettel, Heikki Kovalainen and Fernando Alonso have yet to complete a single fast lap.

The fastest now is Jenson Button, in 1:35:173. The Brawn is ahead of the Ferrari of Kimi Räikkönen and Felipe Massa, while Rubens Barrichello and 4th, ahead of Trulli and Hamilton. The differences are very small.

Sebastien Vettel climbs directly to 5th place. Giancarlo Fisichella, Sebastien Buemi, Kazuki Nakajima, Nelson Piquet and Fernando Alonso are eliminated for the moment.

Button improves again, 1 before returning to the pits. Traffic becomes less dense on the track. Nakajima takes advantage and climbs to second place. Kovalainen also improved and moved up to 35th place.

There are only five minutes left. Bourdais, Sutil, Heidfeld, Rosberg and Fisichella are the five drivers eliminated for the moment. Nico Rosberg, this time on soft tires, took second place.

Jarno Trulli is the first to go below the 1:35 mark. With a lap completed in 1?34??745.

Until the end this session is undecided. It?s Barrichello?s turn to take the lead, in 1:34??681. The ranking is completely changed in the last round. Barrichello sets the best time ahead of Jarno Trulli, Timo Glock and Sebastian Vettel. 16th Felipe Massa is not qualified for Q2! With only four laps on the clock, the 2008 Vice-Champion was surprised.

Sébastien Buemi was well on his way to improving, but the Swiss failed in the gravel trap.

The eliminated are
16. F.Massa
17. N. Piquet
18. G. Fisichella
19. A. Sutil
20. S. Buemi.