2009 Malaysian Gran Prix- Qualifying Results- Virgin dances on the pole again

Jenson Button and Brawn GP Mercedes / Virgin Team made it two pole position in a row (WTF?) as he beat Jarno Trulli by less than a tenth of a second in qualifying for the Malaysian Grand Prix.

However will Massa start from 16th after he and Ferrari made a bad decision early in the session. Having set decent times on soft tires Ferrari did not send their drivers out for a final run. But as track conditions improved Massa was caught out and dropped to 16th - with no time left to set another lap.

Massa's decision not to go out for a second attempt was even more baffling as he’d made a mistake on his first attempt. Maybe he had something else to attend to?

2009 FORMULA 1 PETRONAS MALAYSIAN GRAND PRIX

Pos	No	Driver	Team	Q1	Q2	Q3	Laps
1	22	Jenson Button	Brawn-Mercedes	1:35.058	1:33.784	1:35.181	18
2	9	Jarno Trulli	Toyota	1:34.745	1:33.990	1:35.273	20
3	15	Sebastian Vettel	RBR-Renault	1:34.935	1:34.276	1:35.518	17
4	23	Rubens Barrichello	Brawn-Mercedes	1:34.681	1:34.387	1:35.651	20
5	10	Timo Glock	Toyota	1:34.907	1:34.258	1:35.690	24
6	16	Nico Rosberg	Williams-Toyota	1:35.083	1:34.547	1:35.750	21
7	14	Mark Webber	RBR-Renault	1:35.027	1:34.222	1:35.797	19
8	5	Robert Kubica	BMW Sauber	1:35.166	1:34.562	1:36.106	19
9	4	Kimi Räikkönen	Ferrari	1:35.476	1:34.456	1:36.170	17
10	7	Fernando Alonso	Renault	1:35.260	1:34.706	1:37.659	15
11	6	Nick Heidfeld	BMW Sauber	1:35.110	1:34.769		14
12	17	Kazuki Nakajima	Williams-Toyota	1:35.341	1:34.788		13
13	1	Lewis Hamilton	McLaren-Mercedes	1:35.280	1:34.905		13
14	2	Heikki Kovalainen	McLaren-Mercedes	1:35.023	1:34.924		14
15	11	Sebastien Bourdais	STR-Ferrari	1:35.507	1:35.431		16
16	3	Felipe Massa	Ferrari	1:35.642			4
17	8	Nelsinho Piquet	Renault	1:35.708			11
18	21	Giancarlo Fisichella	Force India-Mercedes	1:35.908			8
19	20	Adrian Sutil	Force India-Mercedes	1:35.951			10
20	12	Sebastien Buemi	STR-Ferrari	1:36.107