Mercedes driver George Russell secured pole position for the Singapore Grand Prix ahead of Red Bull's Max Verstappen as McLaren were outpaced around the Marina Bay Circuit.
Championship leader Oscar Piastri will start on the second row after coming third while his McLaren teammate Lando Norris was only fifth.
Englishman Russell, who crashed in practice on Friday, swept around the Marina Bay circuit in one minute and 29.158 seconds, 0.182s ahead of Dutchman Verstappen.
Kimi Antonelli will start in the other Mercedes on the second row of the grid alongside Piastri, whose teammate Norris was fifth fastest and will line up in row three with Ferrari's Lewis Hamilton.
"Amazing to be on pole position. Yesterday was a very challenging day for many different reasons but good to come back and get a result," said Russell.
"A long sweaty race tomorrow but I knew there was potential in the car," he added. "Kimi was doing an amazing job all weekend."
The Ferrari pair of Hamilton and Chalres Leclerc were sixth and seventh respectively.
Isack Hadjar (RB), Oliver Bearman (Haas) and Fernando Alonso (Aston Martin) completed the top 10.
Verstappen won the previous two grands prix, in Monza and Baku, and is challenging the season-long dominance of the McLarens at the top of the standings.
He now has a chance of a maiden victory in Singapore that would keep him in the hunt for a fifth consecutive world title, having closed the gap to Piastri to 69 points and to 44 points on Norris.
Verstappen was disgruntled after being blocked by the McLaren of Norris and making a mistake on his final flying lap.
"That's what happens when there's a car in front of you, just cruising two seconds in front," said the four-times world champion.
"I think it's quite clear that that's not nice when it happens. It could have been avoided."
McLaren are looking to wrap up the constructors' championship this weekend, where a podium finish for one of their cars will ensure a second consecutive title with six races to spare.
Liam Lawson, who on Saturday crashed his RB for the second successive practice session causing a red flag, managed to qualify in 14th after his engineers repaired the damage between the sessions.
Nico Hulkenberg's Sauber was 11th and also failed to make it to the top-10 shootout alongside the Williams of Alex Albon and Carlos Sainz, plus the Red Bull of Yuki Tsunoda in 15th.
Hamilton was investigated for an alleged red flag infringement relating to Lawson's incident, but escaped a potential grid penalty after stewards deemed he "did not drive in a manner that could be considered unsafe".
Gabriel Bortoleto in a Sauber, Lance Stroll's Aston Martin, the Haas of Esteban Ocon and the Alpines of Franco Colapinto and Pierre Gasly were eliminated in Q1.
Sunday's race in tropical Singapore has been declared the first official Formula One "heat hazard" with temperatures during the grand prix predicted to be 31° Celsius or higher.
That means all drivers must have liquid-cooled vests and refrigerant pump equipment available, though wearing them is not mandatory.
