Lewis Hamilton produced the fastest lap ever at the Australian Grand Prix to take pole position at the Formula One season opener for the sixth consecutive year.
The five-time world champion overhauled team-mate Valtteri Bottas' leading time with seconds remaining to top qualifying yesterday in 1m 20.486s.
"Oh, man, I'm shaking, it was so close out there," Hamilton said in a post-session TV interview. "I'm so proud. Valtteri did an exceptional job out there, so close."
Bottas was second in 1m 20.598s and will start alongside Hamilton on the front of the grid in today's Grand Prix. Two-time defending champion Sebastian Vettel was third and Red Bull's Max Versteppen split the Ferraris by finishing fourth in front of Charles Leclerc.
Hamilton collected the 84th pole position of his career and his eighth in Australia.