Motor Sport:Sebastian Vettel locked down pole position for the European Grand Prix with Red Bull sweeping the front row for the fourth time this season. Mark Webber qualified second with McLaren's championship leader Lewis Hamilton in third.
Vettel has now secured four poles this season but has failed to convert any of the previous three into wins, his sole victory coming from third place on the grid in Malaysia. Red Bull have had eight poles this year.
"People were talking at the last race (in Canada) that this would probably be a difficult venue for us. I think we've proved them wrong," said Vettel, who finished fourth in Montreal two weeks ago.
"It will be a tough battle tomorrow but I think we can win the race and score a lot of points for the team," added the 22-year-old, whose team are racing for the first time with a version of the 'F-duct' pioneered by McLaren that offers greater straight-line speed.
The two Red Bull drivers line up alongside each other for the first time since they collided in Turkey while heading for a one-two finish but both played down the possibility of locking horns again.
"We've been through this many times but I'm not afraid that something similar will happen," said Vettel, whose last pole was in China in April. "You can never say never but surely I think we have learned our bit."
Hamilton, who has been runner-up in the previous two races in Valencia, was surprised to be right behind the Red Bulls after locking up his rear wheels on his last flying lap.
"I feel so fortunate," he said, whose car's race pace leaves him well-placed to challenge for a third win in a row. "We saw from practice that we were quite a long way behind.
"Initially going into qualifying the thought was that we have to get every ounce out of the car, every little bit we possibly can get and a little bit more just to gain that one more spot, if it means being from seventh to sixth," he added.
"I didn't feel that we would be this high up."
The McLaren driver is three points ahead of world champion team mate Jenson Button, with Webber third overall and a further three adrift. Vettel is fifth, 19 points off the lead with 11 races remaining.
Ferrari's Fernando Alonso will start his second home race of the year in fourth place, with team mate Felipe Massa fifth. Poland's Robert Kubica starts sixth for Renault.