Lewis Hamilton (McLaren-Mercedes) will take on Sunday's pole position of the European Grand Prix Formula 1, eleventh round of the season, having set the fastest time of the rankings this Saturday in Valencia.
After winning the last race in Hungary, the reigning world champion confirmed his return to the fight for wins and improving McLaren, after Heikki Kovalainen was guaranteed second place in the grid.
If you do not experience technical problems, the two drivers, whose cars are equipped with the KERS system, which transforms the braking energy into supplementary power, are well placed to dominate the race comfortably.
GP Brawn also confirmed the progress of their cars. Brazilian Rubens Barrichello, third, and the championship leader, Briton Jenson Button fifth, were separated only by German Sebastian Vettel Red Bull.
Vettel's teammate, Mark Webber, currently second placed in the overall, disappointed and was only eighth.
Meanwhile, Kimi Raikkonen (Ferrari) was sixth, German Nico Rosberg (Williams) seventh and local hero, the Spanish Fernando Alonso (Renault), eighth, despite the strong support received in Valencia, where his presence was one of the biggest complaints.
Frenchman Romain Grosjean, who made his debut in Formula 1 this weekend, qualified a creditable 14th position, driving the second Renault, which until this race was in the Brazilian Nelson Piquet Jr.
Italian Luca Badoer, who temporarily replaced at Ferrari by Brazilian Felipe Massa, who suffered a serious accident in July in Hungary, was finally showing a much lower level than the other participants.
In his second qualifying session since he took the wheel of Toro Rosso, the Spanish Alguersuari was nineteenth, just ahead of Badoer.
