The reigning world champion secured the final pole of the season by seeing off a late challenge from Charles Leclerc in qualifying, taking top spot by 0.139s.
Oscar Piastri claimed third place for McLaren while George Russell made it four different teams on the front two rows for Mercedes.
Lando Norris was left to rue a slide through Turn 13 which dropped him to fifth, but he kept ahead of AlphaTauri’s Yuki Tsunoda and Aston Martin’s Fernando Alonso.
With Nico Hulkenberg in eighth for Haas, Sergio Perez was demoted to ninth for Red Bull after losing his final Q3 lap time for a track limits breach. A similarly penalised Pierre Gasly rounded out the top 10 for Alpine, with Lewis Hamilton 11th having dropped out in Q2.
Carlos Sainz fell at the first hurdle for Ferrari in Q1 and will start from 16th.
Date: Sunday 26 November 2023
Start time: 5pm local time/1pm GMT
The 22nd round of the 2023 F1 season, the Abu Dhabi GP, gets under way at 5pm local time on Sunday 26 November.
Source: Autosport