Button pips Raikkonen to Pole in Monaco

Jenson Button secured his fourth pole position in six races at Monaco with a last gasp flying lap. The World Championship leader stole pole position from Ferrari’s Kimi Raikkonen who had looked set to take the top spot. Sandwiching Raikkonen was the second Brawn of Rubens Barrichello in third.

Qualifying proved to be disastrous for Lewis Hamilton as the reigning World Champion crashed out in the first session and could not continue.

No Driver               Team                 Q1       Q2       Q3
1  Jenson Button        Brawn-Mercedes       1:15.210 1:15.016 1:14.902
2  Kimi Räikkönen       Ferrari              1:15.746 1:14.514 1:14.927
3  Rubens Barrichello   Brawn-Mercedes       1:15.425 1:14.829 1:15.077
4  Sebastian Vettel     RBR-Renault          1:15.915 1:14.879 1:15.271
5  Felipe Massa         Ferrari              1:15.340 1:15.001 1:15.437
6  Nico Rosberg         Williams-Toyota      1:15.094 1:14.846 1:15.455
7  Heikki Kovalainen    McLaren-Mercedes     1:15.495 1:14.809 1:15.516
8  Mark Webber          RBR-Renault          1:15.260 1:14.825 1:15.653
9  Fernando Alonso      Renault              1:15.898 1:15.200 1:16.009
10 Kazuki Nakajima      Williams-Toyota      1:15.930 1:15.579 1:17.344
11 Sebastien Buemi      STR-Ferrari          1:15.834 1:15.833
12 Nelsinho Piquet      Renault              1:16.013 1:15.837
13 Giancarlo Fisichella Force India-Mercedes 1:16.063 1:16.146
14 Sebastien Bourdais   STR-Ferrari          1:16.120 1:16.281
15 Adrian Sutil         Force India-Mercedes 1:16.248 1:16.545
16 Lewis Hamilton       McLaren-Mercedes     1:16.264
17 Nick Heidfeld        BMW Sauber           1:16.264
18 Robert Kubica        BMW Sauber           1:16.405
19 Jarno Trulli         Toyota               1:16.548
20 Timo Glock           Toyota               1:16.788  

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