Button grabs last-gasp pole

Button now has a good chance to take his fourth victory in five races,knowing the driver on pole has won in Barcelona for the past eight years and 13 times in the past 14 at the Circuit de Catalunya. Team mate Rubens Barrichello qualified third,with Felipe Massa alongside on an all-Brazilian second row for revived champions Ferrari.

Button left it late before heading out for his final flying lap,the 29-year-old leaving himself no room for error in making it round the track before the session ended.

It could have gone very,very wrong, he said. I think I just got across the line with a couple of seconds to spare.

Button won from pole in Australia and Malaysia but had not qualified in the top three for the past two races.