Kimi Raikkonen narrowly pipped Ferrari team-mate Felipe Massa to pole position for Sunday's Belgian Grand Prix by just 17 thousandths of a second.
Just six days after being trounced on home turf by the McLarens in the Italian Grand Prix at Monza, the Maranello marque were back on the pace around the 7km Spa circuit.
Lewis Hamilton, who currently leads the world championship by just three points from McLaren team-mate Fernando Alonso, will start fourth on the grid behind the Spaniard.
It is the third time this season Raikkonen has qualified on pole for Ferrari, and 13th of his career, with the Finn now firmly in the driving seat for a third successive victory on this track.
Raikkonen currently trails Hamilton by 18 points, with Massa 23 adrift, and another one-two here from the duo - as in Turkey three weeks ago - will keep them firmly in the hunt.
Hamilton was typically first out at the start of Q3, but allowed Massa to pass him on the straight into Les Combes on the outlap.
The 22-year-old appeared to be thrown by Massa's move as he then ran slightly wide on to the grass through the corner complex.
Yet Hamilton recovered sufficiently to set the fastest lap on the first set of fresh rubber, prior to the Ferraris taking control, with Raikkonen in particular.
Robert Kubica required an engine change following final practice, and although qualifying fifth, will officially start 15th due to a 10-place grid penalty.
Nico Rosberg now starts fifth for Williams, followed by the BMW Sauber of Nick Heidfeld, Mark Webber for Red Bull Racing, Jarno Trulli in his Toyota, with the Renaults of Heikki Kovalainen and Giancarlo Fisichella completing the top 10.
However, Fisichella's Renault required an engine change following qualifying, so relegating the Italian to the back of the grid.
David Coulthard is 13th for Red Bull Racing, with the veteran Scot out-qualified for the 13th time in 14 grands prix this season by Webber.
Directly behind Coulthard comes Jenson Button for Honda in 14th, while Anthony Davidson's wretched weekend continued when he endured his worst qualifying performance of his debut season.
The Super Aguri driver, who has been unable to come to terms with the demands of the circuit, will start 21st, with only Spyker's Sakon Yamamoto behind him.
Davidson was just over two seconds adrift of Alonso, who set the pace in Q1, albeit with the Spaniard a mere two thousandths of a second quicker than Massa.
Sebastian Vettel (Toro Rosso), Rubens Barrichello (Honda), Takuma Sato (Super Aguri) and Adrian Sutil (Spyker) will start 17th, 18th, 19th and 20th respectively after also being relegated in Q1.
Qualifying positions:
1 Kimi Raikkonen (Finland) Ferrari 1 min 45.994 secs
2 Felipe Massa (Brazil) Ferrari 1:46.011
3 Fernando Alonso (Spain) McLaren 1:46.091
4 Lewis Hamilton (Britain) McLaren 1:46.406
5 Robert Kubica (Poland) BMW Sauber 1:46.996
6 Nico Rosberg (Germany) Williams - Toyota 1:47.334
7 Nick Heidfeld (Germany) BMW Sauber 1:47.409
8 Mark Webber (Australia) RedBull - Renault 1:47.524
9 Jarno Trulli (Italy) Toyota 1:47.798
10 Heikki Kovalainen (Finland) Renault 1:48.505.
