(Reporting from Sepang) - Jenson Button takes pole position in qualifying

Jenson Button took his second successive pole position today in qualifying for the Malaysian Grand Prix at the Sepang International Circuit, maintaining his and the Brawn GP team's perfect start to the 2009 Formula One season.

Team-mate Rubens Barrichello qualified in fourth after battling understeer with his car throughout qualifying.

However, Rubens will incur a five-place grid penalty ahead of tomorrow's 56-lap race after a gearbox change.

The Brawn-Mercedes drivers topped the times in all three qualifying sessions with Rubens going quickest at the end of Q1 on the soft option tyre, and Jenson posting the fastest lap of Q2 on his first set of options having used the harder prime tyre for his previous runs.

Both drivers completed two runs in Q3, with Jenson coming out on top to secure his second pole of the season. Jenson did the fastest lap in 01:35.181.

"Achieving pole position today in Malaysia is possibly even more special than last week in Australia. It's not easy to get one pole but two successive poles is just fantastic and it's a first for me in my Formula One career," said Jenson Button.

It was a different tune from Rubens Barichello though. "Unfortunately on my side of the garage, the car developed understeer in qualifying and we were not able to resolve the problem." He, however, remain optimistic, citing the performance of the car in race conditions is "strong".


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