Suzuka 2009 Qualifying – Vettel 1st, Button 7th

Sebastian Vettel grabbed pole for the Japanese Grand Prix with championship leader Jenson Button in seventh after a crash-strewn Suzuka qualifying session.

In a scrappy final session the German took his Red Bull round in 1m 32.160s to hold off Jarno Trulli who did 1m 32.220s for Toyota.

Lewis Hamilton was third for McLaren, while his friend Adrian Sutil took an outstanding fourth on the grid for Force India.

Japanese GP 2009 starting grid

1. VETTEL Red Bull
2. TRULLI Toyota
3. HAMILTON McLaren
4. SUTIL Force India
5. BARRICHELLO Brawn
6. HEIDFELD BMW
7. BUTTON Brawn
8. RAIKKONEN Ferrari
9. KOVALAINEN McLaren
10. BUEMI Toro Rosso
11. ROSBERG Williams
12. ALONSO Renault
13. KUBICA BMW
14. GLOCK Toyota
15. ALGUERSUARI Toro Rosso
16. FISICHELLA Ferrari
17. NAKAJIMA Williams
18. GROSJEAN Renault
19. LIUZZI Force India
20. WEBBER Red Bull