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Button got pole in Monaco ahead of Raikkonen

Jenson Button once again got pole position this season at Monaco Grand Prix. Despite his struggle in early stages of Qualify today he did an exceptional lap at dying moments of Q3 and secured pole position. Raikkonen was second just 0.025 seconds behind Button despite he was the fastest man in Q2 with almost six tenths quicker than last years best Q2 time. Barrichello from Brawn was third ahead of Vettel in fourth who didn’t seem to be on pace this week. Massa was fifth who crashed his car at the beginning of Q1 but was lucky enough to continue. Rosberg was sixth, Kovalainen seventh and Webber was eight before tomorrow’s race.

The real drama was Hamilton’s crash at first session after posting the best first sector time. Hamilton seemed very strong all week here and he could deliver a very strong performance today if he didn’t crash. Another big surprise was seeing both cars of teams BMW and Toyota to be knocked out in Q1 while Force India and Torro Rosso drivers were in top 15. Car weights are yet to be published by FIA, but most of the time strategy is more important at this circuit than the raw speed.

Here are the full results of Qualification today;

Pos No Driver Team Q1 Q2 Q3 Laps
1 22 Jenson Button Brawn-Mercedes 1:15.210 1:15.016 1:14.902 25
2 4 Kimi Räikkönen Ferrari 1:15.746 1:14.514 1:14.927 31
3 23 Rubens Barrichello Brawn-Mercedes 1:15.425 1:14.829 1:15.077 26
4 15 Sebastian Vettel RBR-Renault 1:15.915 1:14.879 1:15.271 27
5 3 Felipe Massa Ferrari 1:15.340 1:15.001 1:15.437 28
6 16 Nico Rosberg Williams-Toyota 1:15.094 1:14.846 1:15.455 23
7 2 Heikki Kovalainen McLaren-Mercedes 1:15.495 1:14.809 1:15.516 24
8 14 Mark Webber RBR-Renault 1:15.260 1:14.825 1:15.653 20
9 7 Fernando Alonso Renault 1:15.898 1:15.200 1:16.009 24
10 17 Kazuki Nakajima Williams-Toyota 1:15.930 1:15.579 1:17.344 28
11 12 Sebastien Buemi STR-Ferrari 1:15.834 1:15.833 17
12 8 Nelsinho Piquet Renault 1:16.013 1:15.837 22
13 21 Giancarlo Fisichella Force India-Mercedes 1:16.063 1:16.146 18
14 11 Sebastien Bourdais STR-Ferrari 1:16.120 1:16.281 19
15 20 Adrian Sutil Force India-Mercedes 1:16.248 1:16.545 19
16 1 Lewis Hamilton McLaren-Mercedes 1:16.264 4
17 6 Nick Heidfeld BMW Sauber 1:16.264 11
18 5 Robert Kubica BMW Sauber 1:16.405 12
19 9 Jarno Trulli Toyota 1:16.548 11
20 10 Timo Glock Toyota 1:16.788 12
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2 comments for “Button got pole in Monaco ahead of Raikkonen”

  1. It seems Ferrari is really back to the fighting. That’s really exciting.

    But BMW and Toyota really disappointed me. Even Toro Rosso and Force India was better. How ridicilous :(

    Posted by OsaidNo Gravatar | May 23, 2009, 10:52 pm
  2. BMW is in real trouble. Their last chance is next grand prix where they will introduce their new double decker diffuser, but I’m afraid it will be too late to fight for championship.

    Ferrari and McLaren showed everybody that it’s possible to develop a bad car during the season. Raikkonen just missed pole and Hamilton would most probably be on first row if he hadn’t crashed at Q1.

    Posted by The F1 BloggerNo Gravatar | May 23, 2009, 11:22 pm

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