Brazilian Felipe Massa [Images] put Ferrari [Images] on pole position for Sunday's European Grand Prix with McLaren's championship leader Lewis Hamilton [Images] alongside on the front row.
The 27-year-old secured his fourth pole of the season, and the 13th of his Formula One career, with a flying lap in the final seconds of Saturday's qualifying.
Hamilton had already clocked 1:39.199 seconds when Massa roared around Formula One's newest street circuit with a time of 1:38.989 to push the Briton into second place.
Poland's Robert Kubica qualified in third place for BMW [Images] Sauber with Ferrari's world champion Kimi Raikkonen [Images] next to him on the second row.
Finland's Heikki Kovalainen [Images], in the second McLaren, and Germany's [Images] Sebastian Vettel for Toro Rosso, shared the third row.
Renault's double world champion Fernando Alonso [Images] qualified 12th in front of his home crowd.
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