Button's up in Malaysian GP

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia – Brawn GP’s Jenson Button knows he will start Sunday’s Malaysian Formula One Grand Prix from pole position but is less certain about how his car will perform in the rain forecast for the event.

The British driver followed up his pole in Australia last weekend with another strong performance around the Sepang circuit Saturday, setting a best time of 1 minute, 35.181 seconds - more than half a second ahead of last year’s pole time.

Button will start ahead of the Toyota pair of Jarno Trulli and Timo Glock, with Williams’ Nico Rosberg in fourth. That grid again illustrated the advantage of the three teams whose contentious diffuser designs will be ruled on by the sport’s authorities later this month. (AP)