Formula One championship leader Jenson Button has claimed pole position for the Spanish Grand Prix with a sensational final qualifying lap.
The Briton from the Brawn GP team was the last driver on the track after Red Bull's Sebastian Vettel had jumped ahead of Button's team-mate Rubens Barrichello into pole position.
However, Button produced a record track time of 1min, 20.527sec for the Circuit de Catalunya to claim his third pole of the season. He will chase his fourth win in five races.
Red Bull's Sebastian Vettel will start alongside Button on the front row, while Rubens Barrichello qualified third for Brawn, with Ferrari's Felipe Massa alongside on an all-Brazilian second row.
Mark Webber of Red Bull starts fifth ahead of Toyota pair Timo Glock and Jarno Trulli.
McLaren's Lewis Hamilton failed to progress from the second qualifying session and will start 14th on the grid, while Kimi Raikkonen will start 16th after Ferrari mistakenly left him in the garage thinking his time would get him out of the first qualifying session.
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