Lewis Hamilton has taken his first Ferrari pole position for this Sunday's Mexico City Grand Prix, his first in over three years.
The seven-time world champion edged out Mercedes' George Russell by a narrow 0.009 seconds Saturday.
Hamilton's teammate Charles Leclerc will start on the second row in third, with Red Bull's Max Verstappen behind in fourth.
Kimi Antonelli struggled for pace and rounded out the top five on a weekend he can wrap up the drivers' title.
Hamilton has broken his own record and now has 105 career pole positions. His last was with Mercedes at the Hungarian Grand Prix in 2023.
The Brit, 41, also becomes the oldest polesitter since Mario Andretti in 1982.
"Thank you so much, it has been such a long time coming," Hamilton said on the team radio.
"Mega job, guys -- I am so grateful for the hard work you guys put in."
Antonelli will gain a place and will start fourth as Verstappen has a one-place grid penalty. The young Italian will be crowned champion if he places ninth or higher, although he wins regardless of if Hamilton or Russell do not win the race.
McLaren's Lando Norris was looking strong throughout the session but backed out in the final stages to take sixth, over three-tenths off the leader's pace. His teammate Oscar Piastri was eliminated in the second part of qualifying and will start 13th.
Isack Hadjar in the other Red Bull was behind in seventh.
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The top drivers made it through with little trouble, but that was not the case for Piastri in Q2. While Norris topped the charts, he was over nine-tenths slower and miserably trudged back to the garage.
Leclerc led the way after the first run of Q1, narrowly ahead of Verstappen while Hamilton and the Mercedes duo were well off the pace.
As the clock ticked down, Russell found pace from nowhere to storm to the top of the charts, however, Hamilton found the answer.
Sunday's Mexico City Grand Prix starts at 4 p.m. ET.
Information from PA contributed to this report.