Sep.27 (GMM) After an admittedly "disastrous" qualifying, Jenson Button moved another step closer to the world championship by finishing fifth in Singapore with fading brakes.
Sensing trouble for his Brawn teammate, Rubens Barrichello chased the ailing Briton hard in the closing laps but ultimately dropped another point behind Button with now just three races to run.Barrichello's 15 point deficit means he needs to claw back more than 5 points to Button in each of the remaining rounds in Japan, Brazil and Abu Dhabi."I'm very happy with the result and I go to Japan next week feeling positive," Button told British television BBC.His good mood was also motivated by the struggles of his other title rival Sebastian Vettel, who at one point was pushing race winner Lewis Hamilton hard for the lead.However, the Red Bull driver then served a drive-through penalty for speeding in the pitlane, and carried to the flag damage not only to his floor after running awkwardly over a kerb, but a missing side mirror.The German did finish ahead of Button in fourth place, but his points deficit to the Brawn was reduced only to 25 points, leaving him with the unlikely task of clawing back more than 8 points at every one of the last three races in 2009.The championship challenge of Vettel's Red Bull teammate Mark Webber ended definitively under the Marina Bay lights, as he crashed out of the race after 46 laps with brake failure.Timo Glock gave Toyota a solid result with second place, while the third podium resident Fernando Alonso dedicated his result to his manager and banned team boss Flavio Briatore.
