Australian GP, ​​Brawn GP dominance: Button in pole position

Double for Brawn GP in qualifying for the Australian Grand Prix. In Melbourne Jenson Button took pole position ahead of his teammate, Rubens Barrichello. After the controversies linked to the speakers, Ross Brawn's team has therefore confirmed its potential. Third time for Vettel (Red Bull), ahead of Kubica (BMW), Rosberg (Williams) and Glock (Toyota). Disappointing qualifying for Ferrari in seventh and ninth position with Felipe Massa and Kimi Raikkonen. Eighth time for Trulli with the other Toyota, tenth Webber with the Red Bull. McLaren Mercedes disaster with Kovalainen 14th and Hamilton 15th. The world champion didn't even take part in the second session due to a suspected gearbox problem.

Q1 news:
Giancarlo Fisichella with Force India is the first to take to the track, followed gradually by all the other drivers. Fisico laps in 1.28.840 with the soft tyres, Rosberg immediately does better with the Williams and the hard Bridgestone tyres, 1.27.833 while Massa takes second place. Rosberg drops to 1.27.083 but his teammate Nakajima does even better, 1.26.752.

Raikkonen was also on track and, after the hydraulic problems in the morning, moved into third position with a 1.27.254. The Finn continues to push and takes the lead, overtaking the two Williams with 1.26.615. Shortly afterwards Webber is third. Hamilton, Button, Alonso and Heidfeld were also on track midway through the session.

The Spaniard from Renault takes the lead but is immediately overtaken by Barrichello's Brawn GP in 1.26.247. Shortly afterwards Hamilton moved into second place, two tenths behind the Brazilian but Button did better than his compatriot. Barrichello lowers the limit again, 1.25.815 while Rosberg fits in between the two Brawn GPs. Meanwhile, the Ferraris of Raikkonen and Massa slipped to ninth and 16th position. The Brazilian uses soft tires while Kubica climbs to sixth place behind Heidfeld and Nakajima. Massa obtained the best partial in the first stretch and closed his lap with the second time in 1.25.844. Raikkonen also improved with the soft tires and was fourth due to a mistake at turn 14 after the best partial times in the first and second sections. With one minute left Webber takes the lead with 1.25.427. All the drivers on the track are on soft tyres. Trulli recovers and climbs to eighth position. Alonso and Kovalainen also improved. Barrichello finishes with the best time with 1.25.006 ahead of Button. Hamilton meanwhile slipped to 15th position but still managed to get through the round. However, Buemi (Toro Rosso), Piquet (Renault), Fisichella (Force India), Sutil (Force India) and Bourdais were eliminated.

The ranking of the top 15 after Q1:
Barrichello
Button
Webber
Glock
Heidfeld
Sponge
Rosberg
Raikkonen
Kubica
Hag
Alonso
Nakajima
Kovalainen
Trulli
Hamilton

Q2 news:
Raikkonen is the first to take to the track in the second session. Hamilton, however, did not take part in the second session due to a technical problem. Raikkonen on the soft tires laps in 1.25.380 while Massa is second ahead of Trulli. Button climbs to first position with 1.25.205 ahead of Glock and Barrichello. All riders are on soft tyres. Red Bull competitive in this phase with Vettel first with 1.25.121 and Webber third with 1.25.241. Shortly afterwards Rosberg is second just two thousandths behind his compatriot.

Kubica, who unlike Heidfeld does not have KERS, moves into third place. The German is 12th instead. Massa dropped to eighth place, Raikkonen to ninth.

The Brawn GPs of Barrichello and Button take the lead again. The Brazilian laps in 1.24.783. In addition to Hamilton, already out of the car, Kovalainen was also eliminated along with Nakajima, Alonso and Heidfeld. The Ferraris of Massa and Raikkonen therefore managed to access the final session. The ranking of the top ten fighting for pole:
Barrichello
Button
Hag
Rosberg
Kubica
Webber
Trulli
Glock
Sponge
Raikkonen

Q3 news:
The Brawns of Button and Barrichello are the first cars to take to the track, followed by Rosberg in the Williams. The Ferraris were also on track immediately. Button sets the first benchmark time with 1.26.600, Barrichello is second ahead of Rosberg and Raikkonen. Webber moves into third place, followed by Vettel and Kubica. Rosberg sixth ahead of the Toyotas of Glock and Trulli. Ninth and tenth times for Raikkonen and Massa. The Brazilian was very slow and reported some problems via radio.

After the tire change the drivers begin the last run. Barrichello gets the best partial in the first and second sectors and takes the lead with 1.26.505. Button responds with partial records in the first and second sectors while Kubica is third ahead of Rosberg, Glock and Raikkonen. Button moves into pole position with 1.26.202. Vettel takes third place, Glock is sixth ahead of Massa, Trulli, Raikkonen and Webber.

Australian GP qualifying times:

Pos Driver Team Q1 Q2 Q3 Laps 1. Button Brawn-Mercedes (B) 1:25.211 1:24.855 1:26.202 19 2. Barrichello Brawn-Mercedes (B) 1:25.006 1:24.783 1:26.505 21 3. Vettel Red Bull -Renault (B) 1:25.938 1:25.121 1:26.830 21 4. Kubica BMW-Sauber (B) 1:25.922 1:25.152 1:26.914 19 5. Rosberg Williams-Toyota (B) 1:25.846 1:25.123 1 :26.973 21 6. Glock Toyota (B) 1:25.499 1:25.281 1:26.975 19 7. Massa Ferrari (B) 1:25.844 1:25.319 1:27.033 21 8. Trulli Toyota (B) 1:26.194 1:25.265 1:27.127 20 9. Raikkonen Ferrari (B) 1:25.899 1:25.380 1:27.163 21 10. Webber Red Bull-Renault (B) 1:25.427 1:25.241 1:27.246 20 11. Heidfeld BMW-Sauber (B) 1:25.827 1:25.504 14 12. Alonso Renault (B) 1:26.026 1:25.605 12 13. Nakajima Williams-Toyota (B) 1:26.074 1:25.607 16 14. Kovalainen McLaren-Mercedes (B) 1:26.184 1 :25.726 15 15. Hamilton McLaren-Mercedes (B) 1:26.454 no time 5 16. Buemi Toro Rosso-Ferrari (B) 1:26.503 10 17. Piquet Renault (B) 1:26.598 12 18. Fisichella Force India-Mercedes (B) 1:26.677 10 19. Sutil Force India-Mercedes (B) 1:26.742 9 20. Bourdais Toro Rosso-Ferrari (B) 1:26.964 10