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F1: Jenson Button is back in 1st place at Jerez

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Khatir Soltani
Brawn GP driver Jenson Button today beat the best lap time of the week set by Fernando Alonso at the wheel of the Renault.

Yesterday, Alonso set a time of 1:18:343, and today Tuesday, Button clocked a fast 1:17.844, driving a surprisingly quick - and reliable - Brawn BGP001-Mercedes.

Nico Rosberg set the second fastest time in the Williams, ahead of Nelson Piquet (Renault) and Lewis Hamilton (McLaren).

Teams Renault and Brawn have finished their testing programmes for the season. For the next two days, only teams Williams and McLaren will be present.

Tuesday times:

DRIVERTEAMTIME*LAPS
1BUTTONBrawn1 :17.844114
2ROSBERGWilliams1 :18.07166
3PIQUETRenault 1 :18.382133
4HAMILTONMcLaren1 :19.121121
*Unofficial timing
photo:Brawn GP
Khatir Soltani
Khatir Soltani
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