- 01 Sep 12, 20:58#317886
Button claims first pole since Monaco, 2009 at Spa-Francorchamps
McLaren’s Jenson Button claimed pole at Spa-Francorchamps, Belgium, his first since Monaco, 2009 in his world championship year at Brawn. Button set three separate lap-times quick enough to take pole position, once in Q2, setting a time of 1:47.654, then set a time of 1:47.686 in Q3, only to go faster later in the session, setting a time of 1:47.573 to take pole by 0.298 seconds from Sauber’s Kamui Kobayashi and 0.320 seconds ahead of Williams’ crash-meister Pastor Maldonado.
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