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Hamilton takes pole after Barrichello crash

Singapore - McLaren-Mercedes driver Lewis Hamilton will start Sunday's Singapore Grand Prix from pole position after Saturday's qualifying session was cut short after Rubens Barrichello crashed toward the end. Hamilton at that stage had posted a time...
Posted : Sat, 26 Sep 2009 15:17:19 GMT
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Singapore - McLaren-Mercedes driver Lewis Hamilton will start Sunday's Singapore Grand Prix from pole position after Saturday's qualifying session was cut short after Rubens Barrichello crashed toward the end. Hamilton at that stage had posted a time of 1:47.891, to edge out the Red Bull of Sebastian Vettel, whose time was 1:48.204.

The third place on the grid belongs to German Williams driver Nico Rosberg, who seemed in with a chance of securing his first-ever pole when the session was halted. He will start alongside the second Red Bull of Mark Webber.

The third row on the grid is occupied by Fernando Alonso in a Renault and Toyota's Timo Glock, while BMW-Sauber's Nick Heidfeld and Robert Kubica are on the fourth row.

The final two drivers in the top ten are McLaren's Heikki Kovalainen and Brawn GP driver Barrichello, who posted the fifth- fastest time, but will start from tenth after incurring a five-place penalty for a gearbox change.

Championship leader Jenson Button was eliminated in the second round of the qualifying and will start in 12th place on the sixth row of the grid, two places behind his team-mate Barrichello.

There was disappointing for the Force India team as they failed to repeat their success from the last two races. Adrian Sutil, who finished fourth in the Italian Grand Prix two weeks ago, managed only the 16th-fastest time, while his team-mate Vitantonio Liuzzi finished last.

Giancarlo Fisichella in a Ferrari also failed to advance past the first round of qualifying and will start from the ninth row on the grid after posting the 18th-fastest time.

Button leads the standings with four races to go with 80 points from Barrichello, who is on 66. The Red Bull duo of Vettel and Webber are third and fourth respectively with 54 and 51.5 points.

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