Jenson Button has confirmed that Brawn GP is the dominant car in Formula One by solidly driving to the pole position at the Australian Grand Prix.
His teammate Rubens Barrichello is second while Sebastian Vettel will be third on the grid with his Red Bull RB5.
Under a sunny sky, the Australian qualifying session at Albert Park finally kicked off. First man out on track was Force India's Giancarlo Fisichella. The Italian was quickly followed by the rest of the pack who streamed out of the paddock for a first run.
The first man to take the lead is once again Nico Rosberg, the man who topped all the Australian free practices. With 13 minutes left on the clock of the first heat, Williams proves to be one of the strongest teams out there as Kazuki Nakajima takes over the lead of his team mate.
The only drivers not yet on track are both BMW Sauber F1 Team drivers, Robert Kubica and Nick Heidfeld.
Ferrari seems to be determined to battle with its new rivals at front. Kimi Raikkonen's fast lap on the harder tyre is faster than the one of Nakajima. But the Finn doesn't stay on top for long as Brawn GP's Rubens Barrichello takes over the lead with a time of 1:25:815.
What was already obvious after the three free practice sessions at Albert Park, and confirmed during this first heat of the qualifying session, is that the established pecking order in Formula One has been overturned. Williams and Brawn GP seem the teams to beat this weekend.
With four minutes left, Ferrari driver Felipe Massa is completely at the back of the pack after running 7 laps. The Brazilian pushes very hard to fight himself to the front. He sets the second lap time for now.
Few minutes ahead of the end of Q1 the action builds in the pits now as everybody is preparing for a final run with only three minutes left on the clock. Home driver Mark Webber is the one to clock the fastest lap as the other drivers try everything to make it to Q2.
Sebastien Bourdais, Adrian Sutil, Giancarlo Fisichella, Nelson Piquet Jr. and Sebastian Buemi are eliminated for the second heat. Lewis Hamilton on the other hand just managed to get through in 15th place while his teammate only managed marginally better.
Raikkonen is obviously hungry for some action and is the first to leave the pits for Q2. He is all alone for two laps before Trulli and Massa also join the action. One minute later Glock puts in a fastest time with 1/25.281.
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