Jenson Button will have been watching the last part of qualifying for the Brazilian GP from behind his hands, hoping that teammate and title rival Rubens Barrichello wouldn’t get too high up on the grid.
But sadly for Jenson, Rubens played Q3 perfectly and stuck himself on pole in front of his home crowd, a long way up the road from Button, who starts tomorrow’s race in 14th place.
Earlier it had looked to be gong so well for the Brit, when third place championship contender, Red Bull’s Sebastian Vettel, just couldn’t find the pace in monsoon like conditions, and found himself out of Q1 and down in 16th.
Only it wasn’t to work that well for Button, who didn’t manage to get himself out of Q2, and now has a long way to go to catch Barichello.
Jenson would be in a terrible position for the title if, like previous years, this was the last race of the season, but as it’s not, all is not lost.
Yet if they finish the race tomorrow as they’ll start it, Rubens will have cut his teammate’s championship lead to just four points, and it’ll make the season finale the nail-biter that Bernie Ecclestone is hoping for.
So what do you think? Bear in mind though, that if it rains as much as it did today, then literally anything could happen.
Cme on kimi, kimi to win, + hope rubens wins the title
P.S. first comment ever!!
btw, first comment
Lets hope that Button can pull something out of the bag… Hopefully he can gain a few places off the start and carry on from there. But it will be interesting to see the championship finished at Yas Marina.
rubens desreves to win the title, plus his car is set-up for the dry conditions so its in his favor
It looks like Ferrari is going to get third place in constructors, which is great!
happy birthday KImi!!!!
real vs fake
http://www.youtube.com/wa tch?v=z4VlOGp8JFg
what do you think?
Rubens for the win!!!!!!!!
That was the wettest Ove seen F1! Did you see Liuzzi’s crash? Heres hoping it will be the same tomorrow!
@canadakid2
yes, that would be great, with kimi up at the front and hamilton at the back, plus i think kimi could snatch 4th place in the drivers championship from mark webber if he doesnt watch out, only 6.5points in it!
Correction:
That was the wettest I’ve ever seen F1! Did you see Liuzzi’s crash? Here’s hoping it will be the same tomorrow!
Does anyone know if 2 hours and 41 minutes made it the longest qualifying session in F1? Also, quali was amazing. I still want Trulli to win, though; and that’s not impossible from 4th
GLAD that it will go to the final race (unless rubinho retires out of the race for some reason.).
Hope button doesnt crash out in 14th like he did in belgium and coulthard did last year at THIS VERY CIRCUIT.
Hope jensen gets a point or two to keep up his points-in-every-race-this -season (apart from belgium where SOMEONE ELSE crashed into him).
Also hope jensen doesnt crack under the pressure at abu dhabi.
Yes, Yes, yyyyyyyyyyyes.
You have to fight to get something.
It was looking easy when Vettel went 16th.
And now the fight is on.
Just hope that Rubens will not have any ’strange’ failures on his car.
Bernie got what he wanted.
Q3 was a real thriller, after 3 hours of waiting.
Shit’s just got real.
Please Button, just win the damn championship already i just can’t cope with any more tense moments, please do it for Britan and do it for all the Jenson Button fans out there
Go Rubeno!! hope Lewis does wat he used 2 and just go made over taking everyone and hopefully got a podium
@ Myself (#10): Checking at formula1.com, that qualifying session was indeed the longest in F1
Jamie, is it possible if you could tell us who’s on a wet set-up and who’s on a dry and stuff? That’ll be telling come the race start
rubens win
Well that makes it even more interesting.
Bitten off all my nails & now working slowly up my arms.
i think adrian sutil is the real shock this quailify he came 3rd thats amazing and well dont to rubans incredible
just got in from work and missed it!!!!! come on jb!!! sounds like a wicked quli session!!! y did it go on for so long?
has the fuel amonts been relised yet?
top 8 could look like this:
1. barrichello
2. webber
3. sutil
4. raikkonen
5. trulli
6. buemi
7. kubica
8. alonso
COME ON RUBENS!!!!!
Q3: Definitely worth the wait…although with Eddie Jordon getting so much air-time, it was tough going!!
Congrats to Rubens!! A sensational pole position!! I would love to see him win in front of his home crowd – he is driving his heart out this year
@ andy: Qualifying was delayed due to torrential rain, red flags, and the drivers saying that the circuit was undriveable. The fuel amounts haven’t been published yet so try again tomorrow morning
Deffinately dont want Rubens Barrichello to win the championship, Button deserves this one, 2 consecutive brit winners! come on button!
Rubinho!!!!!!!
I hope he will win tomorrow – can anybody imagine that he at the end will win the world championship?
I only remember that he had bad luck in the worst moments – but he is a great character.
Come on Button, you can get something back, show us why you deserve it!!!!!
But congrats to ruby anyhow, he’s a great guy.
Congrats for Rubens!! I hope he’ll get Championship
I want Rubens to win tomorrow, with vettel not scoring, and Button coming 8th, then for Button to win in Abu Dhabi and Rubens on the podium, therefore Button winning the WDC.
Whether it will happen or not is another question.
Ross Brawn will tell Rubens to crash and Button will win the race from p14!!!
Vettel hasn’t ruled out a race victory for him yet:
http://www.formula1.com/n ews/interviews/2009/10/10 107.html
Hope he does finish high up there and Button non-scoring so there’ll be a three-way at Abu Dhabi
Rubens for the championship. Come on RUBENS!!!!!!
Rubinho FTW!!!
Just a few more hours!!!!! Yeah!!!!
siibarragi did the theme for the victory of Rubens Barrichello check out:
Good thing Carl Edwards isn’t there or else he’d win every race.
Heres to hoping Barrichello finally wins his home race, and that mclaren recover from that pathetic showing. Oh and yes, Button and Kimi must finish outside of the points
LOLage, can you imagine a race with weather conditions like in the quali? I’d bet on a lot of crashes, Pace car(or boat)laps. maybe we’ll see some new “snorchel-designs”on driver helmets.
any1 who says tht rubens dsnt deserve to win is an idiot
he is the onle current driver who deserves it more than any1 in the grid even more then button
rubbens wld have been a champ already if he was treated fairly n same as shummi in ferrari
rubens and kimi!
If this was the last race Button would’ve won already
Liuzzi gets a 5 place drop for a gearbox change – so Vettel will move up a place and start beside Button!! That will be interesting
Good one Rubens! As for Jenson, bad luck? By the way
this was the longest qualifying I can remember due to rain, Suzuka 2002 was also very long – McNish crash. I hope Rubens wins this one, he deserves it.
I honestly hope the weather conditions improve or the same thing might happen like in Sepang earlier this year. Race ends before the 70% criteria and only half the points will be awarded..
Rubens is a fantastic driver & he will most definetly win in brazil if he can outpace webber. But in Abu Dhabi it would be hard 4 rubens to get 5 points out of jenson. Rubens will need to go all out to win these 2 races.
RUBENS BARRICHELLO WDC 2009!!!!!
Please stay at Brawn in 2010!
The fact that Button has not even been on the podium for a long time is evidence that he is not World Championship material. Off for one or two races but winning in a car that has bent the rules more than the others is not enough.
jenson will win the championship if rains today in brazil rubens cant win
@ 47 Anonymous:
Thanks for that clever remark, I totally agree!
Like I said before, it is just painful to watch Button go round a race-track in a tempo that is quite similar to my mother in law’s…
He should get a suspended race ban for lying to all of us that the pressure is not affecting him !
I hope Rubens nails him by one point in the last corner of the Abu Dhabi GP.
I want Buemi to finish on the podium.
Ideal top 10:
Vettel
Buemi
Webber
Sutil
Alguersauri
Raikkonen
Fisichella
Rosberg
Button
Barrichello
How much does JB rue not getting full points in Sepang?
It’d be funny if it rains as hard today and it gets red flagged leaving the drivers half points. For that to happen though, those heavy on fuel will bag points.
Also, lets not forget Barrichello is a TERRIBLE started in races. I believe he’ll get jumped by everyone upto Raikonnen and Trulli will cause his trade mark train leaving Webber to win with Sutil second.
If there is a lot of rain, Williams are in for a shout as well after seeing their Q1 and practice pace.
he has messed it up like a typical brit!
hope it rains like that again then it will be like 2003 all over again P.S. don’t rule out Vettel he is good in the wet
@51
Barrichello does sometimes indeed mess up , BUT only rarely and when he doesn’t mess up his start is brilliant.
WHOOO WEBBER FTW
@Irish Stiggy: look up Brasil 2001 on youtube then. I’ve never seen so many crashes. Even worse than the Blues Brothers!
It’d be a shame to see Button lose the title at the finish, but actually I want Barri to win. He deserves it, after all those years.
@50
You’re post is bad. You should feel bad. Vettel is out an dBuemi is a punk. Red Bull is for males who can’t man up and stay awake with sheer willpower.
Or 2003? I forget. Verstappen was still there and Fisichella won, after a ruling.
@57 Are you talking about the drink or the team?
If the weather is even half as bad as it was in qualifying, we’re probably going to see a very high attrition rate. What concerns me will be the length of safety car periods, because there aren’t enough wide run-off spaces so the track is likely to end up covered in debris after every shunt. I can see the race being decided based on yellow flag tactics, which would be tragic this far into the season.
@57.. sheer will power wouldn’t do if you’re driving within the speed limit on a very long unlit highway in the middle of the night.
on another note.. try spiking your red bull.. (but don’t drive)
@ Jolly Club
That is such a stupid statement.
The rest, why does rubens deserve the title???? button won 6 races at the start of the season with rubens having the same car. The fact is rubens didnt take advantage when he had the chance and button did.
As long as its wet in the race later i can see button picking up some points and webber having a big part in the race.
rubens is running light but not by much.. Forza Rubhino!
If he wins Brazil and ends up winning the title next race.. that’ll be great way to end his career!
@skid racer – The word is he won’t be retiring at the end of the year anyway, he’ll be going to Williams
tbh..i dont care what all you die hard british have 2 say to this, but your unbelievable…last year u crawled up hamiltons ass saying he was the best driver on the grid…this year ive heard his name mentioned no-more than 10 times…as your all to busy crawling up jensons ass now!
I think out of everyone on the grid Rubens deserves the title….i think saying he never ‘took advantage’ in the opening races as button did is just biast…the car was just obviously better suited to buttons well known driving style, rubens sorted it out, and has blown jenson away lately…im not saying jenson is a shit driver, hes just cracking under pressureand you brits are making up excuses for him..just admit it..hes bottled it!
Rubens or Kimi for win!!!!
Button will get tooled at the start by KERS-equipped McLarens. Then we’ll see a huge crash in turn one which takes Jenson and Hamilton out. 50% chance for rain.
Button will lose the title to Rubens and it will be awesome.
@Greeny: because he is a nice guy, who’s always let his teammates pass when ordered. And because he’s happy as a puppy when he wins. Because I saw his darling wife&kids on tv, and they deserve to see daddy win the championship at least once.
Sport is not always about competition. Sometimes it’s about being a good sport.
button will win the championship i have faith
Why is it that every time Sutil does well he’s got Kimi either behind or just in front of him………….it’s a bit strange to say the least.
Rubens for the win tommorow.
Mclaren seems to be as rigid in their thinking as the suspension setup on their cars. I mean, they finally got their act together mid-season, looking to challenge Ferrari for third in constructors and then they blow the whole thing up by not changing the ride settings for a track like interlagos………..Lazy B****ards!
Watching it right now, and it’s looking GREAT for Button!!
Great Job JB, and to you to Hammy great drive for a podium!!!
He’s gone it!!!
HAHAHAHAHA. No one cares that Webber won a race because Button just became WC!
Congrats Brits, Button got it!!!
(PS: I´m Brazilian, but Button deserved it)
Button deserved it for sure.
Kobayashi was stunning!
he deserved it!
Congratulations to Jenson
Great drive by Hamilton too.
Rubens was very unlucky
I’m brazilian too, and I want to say,
Button was perfect! Congrats for you all! Hope next year we will see another good BR x ENG fight like these!
CheersSSSS!!!!
didnt expect that! wanted barrichello to win in fornt of his home crowd.
Hes done it!!! that was a champions drive today.
poor rubens..
congratulations jenson and brawn!
I forgot one person to praise, Kobayashi!!!! You have done well. Great Job!!!
Button is the shit.
He showed everybody who’s their daddy is.
BUTTON IS THE F1 CHAMPION 2009.
YYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY YYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYEEEEEEEE EEEEEEEEESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS SSss
well done jenson unlucky Barrichello
P.S kovalinan is a idiot for that pit lane incident could have burnt kimi badly sorry if didn’t spell kovalinans name right
good job Jensie, another british win in an F1 history-book.
congrats from Lithuania
Seeing the comments here i just remembered, Congratulations to Kobayashi, he was amazing anyway, but even better if you compare him to Fisichela, Badoer, Grosjean and Alguersuari….
Congrats to the japanese.
@84 you an idiot. If you know how a pit stop works then you would open up your mouth without thinking. You will realize it was not his fault.
Sorry I’m a bit behind on this forum.
Got to say well done to the BBC team yesterday, 3 novices seriously winging it for 2 hours and no dead air. Murray Walker would be proud.
Was this Hamilton’s best drive this year? Did anyone notice that Webber won? A well earned second for Kubica? Championship sown up and I’m really looking forward to the next (sadly last) race
well done jenson
shame that his second half of the season was dire and lucky that his rivals didnt pick up more points
and pip him
to say he didnt deserve to be champ would be harsh as his early season races were brill but the second half of the saeson was dire and his excuses were the same rubans got on with it and deserved to be champ just as much
next season i belive his car will be competative but so to will other teams rite from the off and will need to be consistant all the way through the saeson because the teams who should but didnt perform this year have drivers that will
but well done even tho you were one hell of a lucky guy?????