Rubens Barrichello kept his Championship hopes alive after claiming Pole Position for Sunday’s Brazilian Grand Prix in a qualifying session where heavy rain caused chaos over the three sessions.

Barrichello delighted the home crowd after setting a time of 1 minute 19.576 to just edge out the Red Bull of Mark Webber by +0.092 seconds. Force India’s Adrian Sutil will start in 3^rd.

Barrichello’s team-mate and Championship Leader Jenson Button struggled in the wet conditions in his Brawn and will start a lowly 14^th. The 3^rd title contender Sebastian Vettel also failed to impress as his slim Championship hopes were hit. He will start in 15^th.

Behind the top 3, Jarno Trulli starts in 4^th with 2007 World Champion Kimi Raikkonen starting in 5^th. Toro Rosso’s Sebastian Buemi produced the shock of the day after he qualified in an impressive 6^th.

McLaren had a dismal qualifying session as both cars failed to make it into Q2. Heikki Kovalainen starts in 16^th with Reigning World Champion Lewis Hamilton starting in 17^th.

The Williams of Nico Rosberg starts in 7^th with BMW Sauber’s Robert Kubica in 8^th. The 2^nd Williams of Kazuki Nakajima starts in 9^th with Double World Champion Fernando Alonso completing the top 10 in his Renault.