Lance Stroll powered his Racing Point on a wet track to take pole position in Saturday's qualifying session at the Turkish Grand Prix.

Sunday's race will be the first time Stroll will start in the lead, having clocked a faster time than second place Max Verstappen by 0.290 seconds.

Stroll's team-mate Sergio Perez was third ahead of Red Bull's Alexander Albon and Renault's Daniel Ricciardo.

"I'm shocked. We didn't look too competitive in final practice but I'm so happy right now, I really put that lap together at the end, I only had one lap to do it on the inters," Sky Sports quotes an elated Stroll after the qualifying session.

"I had the confidence in the car and I just nailed pretty much every corner, pieced it together nicely and such a nice way to bounce back after a few tough weeks.

"To put it on pole is a special moment for me, one of the biggest of my career."

Mercedes' record-writing Lewis Hamilton took sixth place while his teammate Valtteri Bottas ended his qualifying in ninth place.