INQUIRER Sports

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia ? Brawn GP?s Jenson Button took pole position Saturday for Sunday?s Malaysian Formula One Grand Prix, making it back-to-back poles for the English driver.

Button, winner of last week?s season-opening Australian GP, set a time of 1 minute, 35.181 seconds on Saturday to finish almost a tenth of a second ahead of Toyota?s Jarno Trulli.

Red Bull?s Sebastian Vettel was third but receives a ten-place grid penalty for an incident in the previous race at Melbourne. Rubens Barrichello was fourth quickest but gets a five-place penalty for changing a gearbox.

Ferrari?s Felipe Massa, who earned pole here last year, was eliminated in the first session of qualifying and will start from 16th.

The penalties for Vettel and Barrichello promote Toyota?s Timo Glock to third on the grid, with Williams? Nico Rosberg up to fourth. AP