Motor Sport: Jenson Button survived a "manic" final qualifying session this morning to snatch pole position for the Australian Formula One Grand Prix.
Button managed to safely negotiate the chaos of several accidents, traffic jams and foul weather to lap Melbourne's Albert Park circuit in one minute, 25.229 seconds to capture his third career pole and Honda's first in 38 years.
Italian Giancarlo Fisichella, last year's winner, clocked the second best time to join Button on the front row of the grid, just ahead of his Renault team mate, Spanish world champion Fernando Alonso.
Kimi Raikkonen and his McLaren team mate Juan Pablo Montoya were fourth and fifth while seven-times world champion Michael Schumacher had to settle for 11th in his under-performing Ferrari.
"I'm still shaking with the excitement," Button told a news conference. "It was a very hectic session, it was mad for us. Trying to get a lap time in was very difficult but we managed it."