Mark Webber grabbed pole position from his Red Bull team-mate Sebastian Vettel on Saturday when the pair blitzed all their rivals in qualifying for Sunday's Spanish Grand Prix.
The 33-year-old Australian dug deep into his competitive reserves to beat the baby-faced 22-year-old tyro by just a sliver more than one-tenth of a second as Red Bull pulverised all their opposition.
Defending champion Briton Jenson Button was so humbled by the speed of the two Red Bulls he predicted Sunday's 66-laps race would be "a walk in the park" for them.
Webber, who was left disappointed and frustrated by his failure to win from pole in Malaysia last month, clearly revelled in his gritty and speedy showing.
He said: "Christian Horner (Red Bull team boss) told me before the session 'you probably won't get to drive a car like this around this track very often - so go and enjoy it!' Well, I did. It was a sensational quali session for me. Now I just have to go and complete the job. It has been a terrific effort by the whole team on both sides of the garage."
Briton Lewis Hamilton, the 2008 champion, was third fastest for McLaren ahead of his former team-mate and rival two-times champion and home hero Spaniard Fernando Alonso of Ferrari. But they were both a second adrift of the Red Bulls' pace.