Button demoted as Vettel shines
Championship leader Jenson Button and title rival Rubens Barrichello have each been penalised five starting places for the Japanese Grand Prix.
The Brawn pair, along with Fernando Alonso and Adrian Sutil, failed to slow for yellow flags in a crash-strewn qualifying session at Suzuka.
Button is down to 12th and Barrichello to 10th on the provisional race grid.
Red Bull's Sebastian Vettel, who has a slim championship chance with two more grands prix after Japan, grabbed pole.
Sebastien Buemi was also demoted five places, and given a reprimand, for driving back to the pits in his damaged Toro Rosso after the crash that caused the yellow flags to come out.
Button and Barrichello set times under yellow flags
Toyota's Jarno Trulli will start alongside German Vettel on the front row with McLaren's Lewis Hamilton in third position.
Button had qualified in seventh, Barrichello in fifth, Renault's Alonso in 12th, Sutil in fourth for Force India and Buemi in 10th, but they will all start five positions lower.
The penalty is a blow for Englishman Button's hopes of clinching the title in Japan, where he will become champion if he finishes at least five points ahead of Brazilian veteran Barrichello.
BBC SPORT | Motorsport | Formula 1 | Button demoted as Vettel shines
The Brawn pair, along with Fernando Alonso and Adrian Sutil, failed to slow for yellow flags in a crash-strewn qualifying session at Suzuka.
Button is down to 12th and Barrichello to 10th on the provisional race grid.
Red Bull's Sebastian Vettel, who has a slim championship chance with two more grands prix after Japan, grabbed pole.
Sebastien Buemi was also demoted five places, and given a reprimand, for driving back to the pits in his damaged Toro Rosso after the crash that caused the yellow flags to come out.
Button and Barrichello set times under yellow flags
Toyota's Jarno Trulli will start alongside German Vettel on the front row with McLaren's Lewis Hamilton in third position.
Button had qualified in seventh, Barrichello in fifth, Renault's Alonso in 12th, Sutil in fourth for Force India and Buemi in 10th, but they will all start five positions lower.
The penalty is a blow for Englishman Button's hopes of clinching the title in Japan, where he will become champion if he finishes at least five points ahead of Brazilian veteran Barrichello.
BBC SPORT | Motorsport | Formula 1 | Button demoted as Vettel shines
