Mark Webber claimed his first pole position of the seasonthis afternoon during qualifying for Sunday's Spanish Grand Prix.

The 34-year-old Australian clocked a time of one minute 20.981 edging out his Red Bull team-mate and defending drivers champion German Sebastian Vettel by 0.2 seconds.

Briton Lewis Hamilton was third fastest despite being almost a second off Webber's time.

Spaniard Fernando Alondo of Ferrari split the two McLarens pipping Briton Jenson Button to fourth place in his final lap of the session.

The Red Bulls and the McLarens have a spare set of soft tyres, having saved them during qualifying.

THE GRID

1st row

Mark Webber (AUS/Red Bull-Renault)

Sebastian Vettel (GER/Red Bull-Renault)

2nd row

Lewis Hamilton (GBR/McLaren-Mercedes)

Fernando Alonso (ESP/Ferrari)

3rd row

Jenson Button (GBR/McLaren-Mercedes)

Vitaly Petrov (RUS/Lotus-Renault)

4th row

Nico Rosberg (GER/Mercedes)

Felipe Massa (BRA/Ferrari)

5th row

Pastor Maldonado (VEN/Williams-Cosworth)

Michael Schumacher (GER/Mercedes)

6th row

Sebastien Buemi (SUI/Toro Rosso-Ferrari)

Sergio Perez (MEX/Sauber-Ferrari)

7th row

Jaime Alguersuari (ESP/Toro Rosso-Ferrari)

Kamui Kobayashi (JPN/Sauber-Ferrari)

8th row

Heikki Kovalainen (FIN/Team Lotus)

Paul di Resta (GBR/Force India-Mercedes)

9th row

Adrian Sutil (GER/Force India-Mercedes)

Jarno Trulli (ITA/Team Lotus)

10th row

Rubens Barrichello (BRA/Williams-Cosworth)

Timo Glock (GER/Virgin-Cosworth)

11th row

Vitantonio Liuzzi (ITA/Hispania-Cosworth)

Narain Karthikeyan (IND/Hispania-Cosworth)

12th row

Jerome d'Ambrosio (BEL/Virgin-Cosworth)

Nick Heidfeld (GER/Lotus-Renault)