Germany's Sebastian Vettel locked down pole position for the European Formula One Grand Prix in Valencia with Red Bull sweeping the front row for the fourth time this season.
Australian Mark Webber qualified second with McLaren's championship leader Lewis Hamilton the best of the rest in third place.
Vettel has now secured four poles this season but has failed to convert any of the previous three into wins, his sole victory coming from third place on the grid in Malaysia. Red
Red Bull have had eight poles this year.
The two Red Bull drivers line up alongside each other for the first time since they collided in Turkey while heading for a one-two finish but both played down the possibility of locking horns again.
Hamilton is three points ahead of world champion team mate Jenson Button, with Webber third overall and a further three adrift. Vettel is fifth, 19 points off the lead with 11 races remaining.
Ferrari's Fernando Alonso will start his second home race of the year in fourth place, with Brazilian team mate Felipe Massa fifth.
Poland's Robert Kubica starts sixth for Renault.
Mercedes had an afternoon to forget despite bringing a major aerodynamic update to Valencia, with Germany's Nico Rosberg 12th and seven-times world champion Michael Schumacher struggling to qualify 15th.
