PLAYERS:
Rubens Barrichello,
Jenson Button,
Sebastian Vettel,
Mark Webber,
Adrian Sutil,
Jarno Trulli,
Kimi Raikkonen,
Sebastien Buemi,
Nico Rosberg,
Robert Kubica,
Kazuki Nakajima,
Fernando Alonso,
Heikki Kovalainen,
Lewis Hamilton,
Nick Heidfeld,
Giancarlo Fisichella,
Vitantonio Liuzzi
Could this be the year Rubens Barrichello finally takes home his home grand prix, and could he ride that wave of success to the championship?The Brazilian certainly took a step in the right direction Saturday, claiming pole in a chaotic, thunderstorm-soaked session that will go down in the books as the longest qualifying in the history of the sport.It took two hours and 41 minutes to shake out, and championship leader Jenson Button was left starting 14th.It was much worse for Red Bull’s Sebastian Vettel, who saw his slim title chances go on life support after elimination in Q1. The German starts 16th, a victim of bad timing and and the weather.Q2 was quickly red flagged after Vitantonio Luizzi aquaplaned in the pit lane and did in his Force India.The session was stopped for over an hour until conditions improved enough to continue. After the restart, Button chose to remain on his wets too long and Button looks to be left trying to limit the damage to his lead tomorrow rather than se...
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