Malaysia 2009: Qualifying Result

Jenson Button has captured his second consecutive pole of the 2009 Formula One World Championship, taking the fastest lap in the Malaysian Grand Prix qualifying session. The surprise of Saturday’s running was how dialled-in the Toyota’s were, with Jarno Trulli on the front row and team mate Timo Glock in fifth, and also the Ferraris, who could only manage ninth with Kimi Raikkonen and a lowly sixteenth for Felipe Massa. After looking good in practice yesterday, the Scuderia could only watch has both drivers fell down the tables in Q1.

Rubens Barrichello will take a five grid slot penalty and Sebastian Vettel will be demoted ten places following penalties incurred here and in Australia last weekend. These will be reflected in the grid post a little later this afternoon.

The qualifying report can be viewed here: Malaysia 2009: Two In A Row For Jenson Button.

The grid (inclusive of penalties) can be viewed here: Malaysia 2009: The Grid.

Malaysia 2009 Qualifying Results		Q1 20 minutes	Q2 15 minutes	Q3 10 minutes
1.	Jenson Button Brawn	1m35.058s	1m33.784s	1m35.181s
2.	Jarno Trulli Toyota	1m34.745s	1m33.990s	1m35.273s
3.	Sebastian Vettel Red Bull Racing	1m34.935s	1m34.276s	1m35.518s
4.	Rubens Barrichello Brawn	1m34.681s	1m34.387s	1m35.651s
5.	Timo Glock Toyota	1m34.907s	1m34.258s	1m35.690s
6.	Nico Rosberg Williams	1m35.083s	1m34.547s	1m35.750s
7.	Mark Webber Red Bull Racing	1m35.027s	1m34.222s	1m35.797s
8.	Robert Kubica BMW	1m35.166s	1m34.562s	1m36.106s
9.	Kimi Raikkonen Ferrari	1m35.476s	1m34.456s	1m36.170s
10.	Fernando Alonso Renault	1m35.260s	1m34.706s	1m37.659s
11.	Nick Heidfeld BMW	1m35.110s	1m34.769s
12.	Kazuki Nakajima Williams	1m35.341s	1m34.788s
13.	Lewis Hamilton McLaren	1m35.280s	1m34.905s
14.	Heikki Kovalainen McLaren	1m35.023s	1m34.924s
15.	Sebastien Bourdais Scuderia Toro Rosso	1m35.507s	1m35.431s
16.	Felipe Massa Ferrari	1m35.642s
17.	Nelson Piquet Jr. Renault	1m35.708s
18.	Giancarlo Fisichella Force India	1m35.908s
19.	Adrian Sutil Force India	1m35.951s
20.	Sebastien Buemi Scuderia Toro Rosso	1m36.107s