Red Bull's Sebastian Vettel and Mark Webber will start tomorrow's Australian grand prix from the front row after dominating qualifying today.
Ferrari's Fernando Alonso is third and McLaren's Jenson Button is fourth. Felipe Massa follows in fifth.
Lewis Hamilton failed to make it to the top 10 after being caught up in traffic during the second qualifying session.
Provisional starting grid:
1. Sebastian Vettel (Germany) RedBull - Renault
2. Mark Webber (Australia) RedBull - Renault
3. Fernando Alonso (Spain) Ferrari
4. Jenson Button (Britain) McLaren
5. Felipe Massa (Brazil) Ferrari
6. Nico Rosberg (Germany) Mercedes
7. Michael Schumacher (Germany) Mercedes
8. Rubens Barrichello (Brazil) Williams - Cosworth
9. Robert Kubica (Poland) Renault
10. Adrian Sutil (Germany) Force India - Mercedes
11. Lewis Hamilton (Britain) McLaren
12. Sebastien Buemi (Switzerland) Toro Rosso - Ferrari
13. Vitantonio Liuzzi (Italy) Force India - Mercedes
14. Pedro de la Rosa (Spain) BMW Sauber - Ferrari
15. Nico Huelkenberg (Germany) Williams - Cosworth
16. Kamui Kobayashi (Japan) BMW Sauber - Ferrari
17. Jaime Alguersuari (Spain) Toro Rosso - Ferrari
18. Vitaly Petrov (Russia) Renault
19. Heikki Kovalainen (Finland) Lotus - Cosworth
20. Jarno Trulli (Italy) Lotus - Cosworth
21. Timo Glock (Germany) Virgin - Cosworth
22. Lucas Di Grassi (Brazil) Virgin - Cosworth
23. Bruno Senna (Brazil) HRT - Cosworth
24. Karun Chandhok (India) HRT - Cosworth