Team Aguri’s Antonio Felix da Costa will start the Long Beach ePrix from pole position after setting the pace in qualifying.
The Portuguese driver made it through to the Super Pole session and went quickest with a 57.198s lap. Sam Bird was the final driver to run in the shoot-out but just missed out.
Bird was just 0.063 seconds slower in his DS Virgin Racing machine and will complete the front row of the grid. Lucas di Grassi, Stephane Sarrazin and Nick Heidfeld will round out the top five.
Robin Frijns will start sixth for Amlin Andretti, having just missed out on a spot in the Super Pole session. Daniel Abt and the Renault e.Dams duo of Sebastien Buemi and Nicolas Prost are next up.
Mexico ePrix winner Jerome d’Ambrosio completes the top 10 on the grid. Bruno Senna, Jean-Eric Vergne and Simona de Silvestro will follow for Mahindra, Virgin and Andretti respectively.
Oliver Turvey and Nelson Piquet Jr. struggled once again and qualify 14th and 15th for NEXTEV TCR, while Mike Conway, Salvador Duran and Loic Duval round out the results.
UPDATE: Da Costa has been stripped of his pole position – changes reflected below.
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