Looks like Jensen Button is on a roll. After his Australian Grand Prix heroic, he affirms that the BrawnGP fast car wasn’t indeed a fluke. The Brit took pole position and will start from the front of the grid, while teammate Rubens Barrichello is on second row on fourth.

This is Button fifth pole position of his career and his second this season. But on his wing down the grid is Jarno Trulli who looks menacing fast too in my opinion after finishing second with a lap of 1 min 35.273 seconds in the closing rounds.

I guess the surprise for this season is how the best two F1 drivers last season had a miserable start to 2009. This week Lewis bad luck continues as he failed to negotiate the second quarter of qualifying and will start in 12th position. As for Ferrari’s Felipe Massa, he didn’t even get through the first qualifying period and will start in 16th position.

Malaysian GP Sat Qualifying (4 April 2009)

1. Jenson Button (Brawn-Mercedes) Q1=01:35.058 Q2=1:33.784 Q3=1:35.181 18laps
2. Jarno Trulli (Toyota) Q1=01:34.745 Q2=01:33.990 Q3=01:35.273 20laps
3. Sebastian Vettel (RBR-Renault) Q1=01:34.935 Q2=01:34.276 Q3=01:35.518 17laps
4. Rubens Barrichello (Brawn-Mercedes) Q1=01:34.681 Q2=01:34.387 Q3=01:35.651 20laps
5. Timo Glock (Toyota) Q1=01:34.907 Q2=01:34.258 Q3=01:35.690 24laps
6. Nico Rosberg (Williams-Toyota) Q1=01:35.083 Q2=01:34.547 Q3=01:35.750 21laps
7. Mark Webber (RBR-Renault) Q1=01:35.027 Q2=01:34.222 Q3=01:35.797 19laps
8. Robert Kubica (BMW Sauber) Q1=01:35.166 Q2=01:34.562 Q3=01:36.106 19laps
9. Kimi Räikkönen (Ferrari) Q1=01:35.476 Q2=01:34.456 Q3=01:36.170 17laps
10. Fernando Alonso (Renault) Q1=01:35.260 Q2=01:34.706 Q3=01:37.659 15laps
11. Nick Heidfeld (BMW Sauber) Q1=01:35.110 Q2=01:34.769 14laps
12. Kazuki Nakajima (Williams-Toyota) Q1=01:35.341 Q2=01:34.788 13laps
13. Lewis Hamilton (McLaren-Mercedes) Q1=01:35.280 Q2=01:34.905 13laps
14. Heikki Kovalainen (McLaren-Mercedes) Q1=01:35.023 Q2=01:34.924 14laps
15. Sebastien Bourdais (STR-Ferrari) Q1=01:35.507 Q2=01:35.431 16laps
16. Felipe Massa (Ferrari) Q1=01:35.642 4laps
17. Nelsinho Piquet (Renault) Q1=01:35.708 11laps
18. Giancarlo Fisichella (Force India-Mercedes) Q1=01:35.908 8laps
19. Adrian Sutil (Force India-Mercedes) Q1=01:35.951 10laps
20. Sebastien Buemi (STR-Ferrari) Q1=01:36.107 9laps

Malaysian GP Sat Last Practice (4 April 2009)

1. Nico Rosberg (Williams-Toyota) 01:35.940 19laps
2. Mark Webber (RBR-Renault) 01:36.048 13laps
3. Felipe Massa (Ferrari) 01:36.089 13laps
4. Jarno Trulli (Toyota) 01:36.132 21laps
5. Timo Glock (Toyota) 01:36.189 22laps
6. Sebastian Vettel (RBR-Renault) 01:36.194 14laps
7. Kimi Räikkönen (Ferrari) 01:36.322 14laps
8. Kazuki Nakajima (Williams-Toyota) 01:36.325 18laps
9. Rubens Barrichello (Brawn-Mercedes) 01:36.519 19laps
10. Jenson Button (Brawn-Mercedes) 01:36.541 17laps
11. Robert Kubica (BMW Sauber) 01:36.563 18laps
12. Lewis Hamilton (McLaren-Mercedes) 01:36.657 15laps
13. Heikki Kovalainen (McLaren-Mercedes) 01:36.742 13laps
14. Fernando Alonso (Renault) 01:37.004 16laps
15. Nick Heidfeld (BMW Sauber) 01:37.026 18laps
16. Nelsinho Piquet (Renault) 01:37.032 18laps
17. Adrian Sutil (Force India-Mercedes) 01:37.118 18laps
18. Sebastien Buemi (STR-Ferrari) 01:37.282 17laps
19. Sebastien Bourdais (STR-Ferrari) 01:37.322 16laps
20. Giancarlo Fisichella (Force India-Mercedes) 01:37.398 19laps

Malaysian GP Fri Practice 2 (3 April 2009)

1. Kimi Räikkönen (Ferrari) 01:35.707 40laps
2. Felipe Massa (Ferrari) 01:35.832 38laps
3. Sebastian Vettel (RBR-Renault) 01:35.954 40laps
4. Nico Rosberg (Williams-Toyota) 01:36.015 39laps
5. Mark Webber (RBR-Renault) 01:36.026 36laps
6. Rubens Barrichello (Brawn-Mercedes) 01:36.161 37laps
7. Jenson Button (Brawn-Mercedes) 01:36.254 31laps
8. Kazuki Nakajima (Williams-Toyota) 01:36.290 35laps
9. Heikki Kovalainen (McLaren-Mercedes) 01:36.397 40laps
10. Nelsinho Piquet (Renault) 01:36.401 35laps
11. Lewis Hamilton (McLaren-Mercedes) 01:36.515 30laps
12. Jarno Trulli (Toyota) 01:36.516 34laps
13. Sebastien Buemi (STR-Ferrari) 01:36.628 32laps
14. Timo Glock (Toyota) 01:36.639 29laps
15. Fernando Alonso (Renault) 01:36.640 20laps
16. Adrian Sutil (Force India-Mercedes) 01:36.875 36laps
17. Robert Kubica (BMW Sauber) 01:37.267 38laps
18. Sebastien Bourdais (STR-Ferrari) 01:37.278 30laps
19. Giancarlo Fisichella (Force India-Mercedes) 01:37.432 27laps
20. Nick Heidfeld (BMW Sauber) 01:37.930 37laps

Malaysian GP Fri Practice 1 (3 April 2009)

1. Nico Rosberg (Williams-Toyota) 01:36.260 27laps
2. Kazuki Nakajima (Williams-Toyota) 01:36.305 25laps
3. Jenson Button (Brawn-Mercedes) 01:36.430 20laps
4. Rubens Barrichello (Brawn-Mercedes) 01:36.487 22laps
5. Felipe Massa (Ferrari) 01:36.561 21laps
6. Kimi Räikkönen (Ferrari) 01:36.646 18laps
7. Lewis Hamilton (McLaren-Mercedes) 01:36.699 16laps
8. Mark Webber (RBR-Renault) 01:36.703 23laps
9. Sebastian Vettel (RBR-Renault) 01:36.747 25laps
10. Timo Glock (Toyota) 01:36.980 27laps
11. Jarno Trulli (Toyota) 01:36.982 26laps
12. Giancarlo Fisichella (Force India-Mercedes) 01:37.025 20laps
13. Robert Kubica (BMW Sauber) 01:37.039 18laps
14. Nelsinho Piquet (Renault) 01:37.199 20laps
15. Adrian Sutil (Force India-Mercedes) 01:37.241 18laps
16. Fernando Alonso (Renault) 01:37.395 12laps
17. Sebastien Buemi (STR-Ferrari) 01:37.634 22laps
18. Nick Heidfeld (BMW Sauber) 01:37.640 17laps
19. Sebastien Bourdais (STR-Ferrari) 01:38.022 19laps
20. Heikki Kovalainen (McLaren-Mercedes) 01:38.483 7laps