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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.
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No.1 Ferrari Fan commented on this article
Saturday October 17, 2009 at 9:05 pm
Cme on kimi, kimi to win, + hope rubens wins the title
P.S. first comment ever!!
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No.1 Ferrari Fan commented on this article
Saturday October 17, 2009 at 9:06 pm
btw, first comment
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Trev commented on this article
Saturday October 17, 2009 at 9:06 pm
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.
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No.1 Ferrari Fan commented on this article
Saturday October 17, 2009 at 9:08 pm
rubens desreves to win the title, plus his car is set-up for the dry conditions so its in his favor
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canadakid2 commented on this article
Saturday October 17, 2009 at 9:09 pm
It looks like Ferrari is going to get third place in constructors, which is great!
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away with the fairy commented on this article
Saturday October 17, 2009 at 9:10 pm
happy birthday KImi!!!!
real vs fake
what do you think?
Rubens for the win!!!!!!!!
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Irish Stiggy commented on this article
Saturday October 17, 2009 at 9:11 pm
That was the wettest Ove seen F1! Did you see Liuzzi’s crash? Heres hoping it will be the same tomorrow!
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No.1 Ferrari Fan commented on this article
Saturday October 17, 2009 at 9:11 pm
@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!
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Irish Stiggy commented on this article
Saturday October 17, 2009 at 9:12 pm
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!
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Luke commented on this article
Saturday October 17, 2009 at 9:14 pm
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
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DD TG Fan commented on this article
Saturday October 17, 2009 at 9:15 pm
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.
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Van Driver commented on this article
Saturday October 17, 2009 at 9:22 pm
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.
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Joe commented on this article
Saturday October 17, 2009 at 9:35 pm
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
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Grinchy commented on this article
Saturday October 17, 2009 at 9:35 pm
Go Rubeno!! hope Lewis does wat he used 2 and just go made over taking everyone and hopefully got a podium
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Luke commented on this article
Saturday October 17, 2009 at 9:43 pm
@ Myself (#10): Checking at formula1.com, that qualifying session was indeed the longest in F1
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Luke commented on this article
Saturday October 17, 2009 at 9:46 pm
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
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Anonymous commented on this article
Saturday October 17, 2009 at 9:46 pm
rubens win
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Pedant commented on this article
Saturday October 17, 2009 at 9:47 pm
Well that makes it even more interesting.
Bitten off all my nails & now working slowly up my arms.
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ginger commented on this article
Saturday October 17, 2009 at 9:47 pm
i think adrian sutil is the real shock this quailify he came 3rd thats amazing and well dont to rubans incredible
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andy commented on this article
Saturday October 17, 2009 at 9:50 pm
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?
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andy commented on this article
Saturday October 17, 2009 at 9:52 pm
has the fuel amonts been relised yet?
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Rubis Hamichello commented on this article
Saturday October 17, 2009 at 9:53 pm
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!!!!!
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who? commented on this article
Saturday October 17, 2009 at 9:56 pm
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
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Luke commented on this article
Saturday October 17, 2009 at 10:00 pm
@ 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
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DBS commented on this article
Saturday October 17, 2009 at 10:17 pm
Deffinately dont want Rubens Barrichello to win the championship, Button deserves this one, 2 consecutive brit winners! come on button!
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