Red Bull translated their earlier pace into a lock-out of the front row in Hungary with Sebastian Vettel taking pole ahead of Mark Webber.
The German driver, who was chasing his seventh pole position of the season at the Hungaroring, clocked a 1:18.773 to beat his team-mate to the coveted grid slot by a rather comfortable 0.411s.
There was no stopping the Red Bulls, although for the second grand prix running it was Ferrari who posed the greatest threat. However, it actually wasn't much of a threat as Fernando Alonso, who qualified P3, was 1.214s slower than Vettel.
Felipe Massa, who suffered life-threatening injuries in last year's Hungarian GP qualifying, will line-up fourth on the grid ahead of Lewis Hamilton and Nico Rosberg.
Vitaly Petrov made his mark on the timesheets, beating his team-mate Robert Kubica in qualifying for the first time this season, while Pedrod de la Rosa and Nico Hulkenberg completed the top ten.
For the second time in the last three races Jenson Button failed to make it into Q1, and the sixth time in the last seven grands prix he has now been out-qualified by Hamilton.
The 30-year-old missed out on a place in the top 10 by 0.017secs, and now faces a fight to gain any respectable points tomorrow to hold on to his second place in the standings.
It would appear only rain can help Button tomorrow, as in 2006 when he started from 14th before going on to clinch his maiden victory.
Joining Button on the sixth row of the grid is former Honda and Brawn GP team-mate Rubens Barrichello, now with Williams.
It is an all-German seventh row with Force India's Adrian Sutil ahead of Michael Schumacher in his Mercedes who has now failed to make it into Q3 four times in the last races, finishing 0.8secs behind team-mate Rosberg.
The Toro Rossos of Sebastien Buemi and Jaime Alguersuari are 15th and 17th, with Vitantonio Liuzzi in his Force India providing the filling.
The odd man out at the end of the initial 20-minute qualifying run was Sauber's Kamui Kobayashi for the third time in the last five races, with the Japanese starting 18th.
The chasm between the more established teams and those in their rookie seasons was significantly underlined around this track as its tight, twisty nature ensured they struggled.
Virgin Racing's Timo Glock was the best of the newcomers, albeit a yawning 1.8secs adrift of Kobayashi, but at least acquiring some personal satisfaction in finishing ahead of the two Lotuses.
Glock will start 19th, with Heikki Kovalainen and Jarno Trulli 20th and 21st, the duo sandwiching the Virgin boys as Lucas di Grassi is 21st.
Propping up the grid will be the Hispania Racing pair of Bruno Senna and Sakon Yamamoto, a staggering six seconds off Vettel's pace.
Times
01. Vettel Red Bull-Renault 1:18.773
02. Webber Red Bull-Renault 1:19.184
03. Alonso Ferrari 1:19.987
04. Massa Ferrari 1:20.331
05. Hamilton McLaren-Mercedes 1:20.499
06. Rosberg Mercedes 1:21.082
07. Petrov Renault 1:21.229
08. Kubica Renault 1:21.328
09. de la Rosa Sauber-Ferrari 1:21.411
10. Hulkenberg Williams-Cosworth 1:21.710
11. Button McLaren-Mercedes 1:21.292
12. Barrichello Williams-Cosworth 1:21.331
13. Sutil Force India-Mercedes 1:21.517
14. Schumacher Mercedes 1:21.630
15. Buemi Toro Rosso-Ferrari 1:21.897
16. Liuzzi Force India-Mercedes 1:21.927
17. Alguersuari Toro Rosso-Ferrari 1:21.998
18. Kobayashi Sauber-Ferrari 1:22.222
19. Glock Virgin-Cosworth 1:24.050
20. Kovalainen Lotus-Cosworth 1:24.120
21. Trulli Lotus-Cosworth 1:24.199
22. di Grassi Virgin-Cosworth 1:25.118
23. Senna HRT-Cosworth 1:26.391
24. Yamamoto HRT-Cosworth 1:26.453
