Kimi Raikkonen put his Ferrari on pole position for the Italian Grand Prix with the fastest lap ever recorded in Formula One history.
Lewis Hamilton appeared set to secure the front slot of the grid in Monza, but he was bumped down to third after Raikkonen and rival Sebastian Vettel usurped him in a frantic finale.
Raikkonen and Vettel will form the front row to the delight of the tifosi with Hamilton having it all to do behind the Ferrari cars on their home turf.
Ferrari's front-row triumph is their first in Italy since 2000, while it also marked Raikkonen's first since last year's Monaco Grand Prix.
Hamilton, who holds a 17-point championship lead over Vettel, set the fastest lap on the opening runs in the shoot-out for pole before Raikkonen returned to take the spoils.
Raikkonen's lap, which was in excess of an average speed of 163mph, eclipsed the sport's quickest lap, set here by Juan Pablo Montoya for Williams, in 2004.
At 38 years and 320 days Raikkonen is also the oldest pole sitter at an F1 race since 41-year-old Nigel Mansell started from the front at the 1994 Australian Grand Prix.
What a climax to qualifying!
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