Mads Hoe overhauled Juju Noda to snatch pole position for the Danish Formula 4 season-opener at Padborg Park.
The 20-minute session marked the first official running of the 2021 season, following pre-season testing earlier in the week.
Early in the session, it was car racing debutant Emerson Fittipaldi Jr who set the quickest times, with the FSP Racing driver narrowly ahead of Noda with the rest of the field further back in the order.
Noda then took her turn at the top and looked set to continue her run of pole positions in the championship that stretched through the shortened 2020 season.
Hoe, driving for his own team Mads Hoe Motorsport, then topped the session with his penultimate lap to go quickest by just under two-tenths of a second.