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Button takes pole for Monaco

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The Associated Press

The Tampa Tribune

Published: May 23, 2009

MONACO - Formula One championship leader Jenson Button earned the pole position for the Monaco Grand Prix.

The Brawn GP driver will start first on the grid for the fourth time after setting a fastest lap of 1 minute, 14.902 seconds around the famous street circuit.

Ferrari starts on the front row for the first time this season after Kimi Raikkonen finished 0.025 seconds behind. Rubens Barrichello of Brawn GP and Sebastian Vettel of Red Bull make up the second row with Ferrari's Felipe Massa and Nico Rosberg of Williams filling the third row.

Lewis Hamilton of McLaren, who won in Monaco last year, crashed during the first session to place 16th. But he was demoted to last on the grid for the first time in his career because the team had to change his gearbox.

Button and Barrichello also started first and third at the previous Spanish GP, where they went on to lead Brawn GP to a 1-2 finish at Barcelona.

The Associated Press

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