Lewis Hamilton is 8/15 to win Sunday's Malaysia Grand Prix from pole position, while title rival Sebastian Vettel must start from the back of the grid.
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Malaysia Grand Prix: Qualifying top three
- Lewis Hamilton (Gbr) Mercedes GP 1min 30.076secs
- Kimi Raikkonen (Fin) Ferrari 1:30.121
- Max Verstappen (Ned) Red Bull 1:30.541
Qualifying report & odds update
Lewis Hamilton is 8/15 to win Sunday's Malaysia Grand Prix from pole position but title rival Sebastian Vettel must start from the back of the grid.
Engine problems for Vettel's Ferrari denied him the chance to set a lap time in Saturday's qualifying session - and could prove to be a huge moment in the championship race.
Vettel already trails Hamilton by 28 points and the Briton's lead looks likely to stretch further on Sunday. Sky Bet make him odds-on to add another 25 points to his tally by taking the chequered flag, while he's also a 3/1 Price Boost (from 2/1) to win the race and set the fastest lap time.
Vettel - pushed out to 18/1 to win the race - had been quicker than Hamilton all weekend but required an engine change after a problem towards the end of final practice.
The German left the Ferrari garage during the first stage of qualifying but was unable to set a time and complained over team radio that his turbo was not working.
He spent the rest of the session in the pits and will now start from last place on Sunday - way behind Hamilton, who will start from the front for the 70th time in his career.
Kimi Raikkonen in the other Ferrari was second fastest in qualifying and so will start alongside Hamilton on the front row. Max Verstappen was third.
Raikkonen became 5/2 second favourite after qualifying with Verstappen available at 8/1 for the win.
"It's part of motor racing," Vettel told Sky Sports.
"It's not ideal, not what you want when you think you've got it in you. We've saved some tyres so that's a positive but it's a very bad day.
"We need to see now what the problem was. The guys worked a miracle today and did the change successfully in time. They fixed it quickly and it's a shame I couldn't get out. But we go tomorrow."
Hamilton offered his condolences to Vettel and admitted he was not expecting to be celebrating his fifth pole position in Malaysia after his weekend leading into qualifying.
"We had no idea how it was going to go today," he said.
"I'm sorry what happened to Sebastian but we somehow turned it around, it is a real surprise to be up here with these guys.
"We will have a tough battle. I'm hoping our car has moved in the right direction for the race."
He added: "We had such a difficult day (on Friday) and it was difficult to know where we stood. I didn't sleep well last night because we just didn't know if we would fix the issue.
"Today we arrived and the car was much better, it still looked like the Ferraris were a bit ahead so we had some big calls to make.
"The first Q3 lap was very well put together, a very nice lap and I don't know where it came from to be honest, so I surprised myself.
"It is always a special thing when you are able to extract a little more out of the car than it is willing to do."
Vettel will now put plenty of faith in team-mate Raikkonen, who ran Hamilton close for pole but ultimately missed out by less than 0.1 secs.
Verstappen impressed on his 20th birthday, with his team-mate Daniel Ricciardo in fourth.
Hamilton's team-mate Valtteri Bottas is fifth ahead of Esteban Ocon's Force India while Stoffel Vandoorne was seventh for McLaren.
Nico Hulkenberg will start eighth with Segio Perez ninth for Force India and the second McLaren of Fernando Alonso rounding out the top 10.
Malaysia Grand Prix: Qualifying times
- Lewis Hamilton (Gbr) Mercedes GP 1min 30.076secs
- Kimi Raikkonen (Fin) Ferrari 1:30.121
- Max Verstappen (Ned) Red Bull 1:30.541
- Daniel Ricciardo (Aus) Red Bull 1:30.595
- Valtteri Bottas (Fin) Mercedes GP 1:30.758
- Esteban Ocon (Fra) Force India 1:31.478
- Stoffel Vandoorne (Bel) McLaren 1:31.582
- Nico Hulkenberg (Ger) Renault 1:31.607
- Sergio Perez (Mex) Force India 1:31.658
- Fernando Alonso (Spa) McLaren 1:31.704
- Felipe Massa (Bra) Williams 1:32.034
- Jolyon Palmer (Gbr) Renault 1:32.100
- Lance Stroll (Can) Williams 1:32.307
- Carlos Sainz (Spa) Scuderia Toro Rosso 1:32.402
- Pierre Gasly (Fra) Scuderia Toro Rosso 1:32.558
- Romain Grosjean (Fra) Haas F1 1:33.308
- Kevin Magnussen (Den) Haas F1 1:33.434
- Pascal Wehrlein (Ger) Sauber-Ferrari 1:33.483
- Marcus Ericsson (Swe) Sauber-Ferrari 1:33.970
- Sebastian Vettel (Ger) Ferrari No Time