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Vandoorne on pole as Evans edges closer to championship glory

by Hannah Prydderch
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Vandoorne on pole as Evans edges closer to championship glory

Pole man Stoffel Vandoorne (BEL), Mercedes Benz EQ, with the pole position trophy

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Mitch Evans has taken one giant step closer to his maiden ABB Formula E World Championship title, securing an all-important third place start as Stoffel Vandoorne kept Mercedes EQ in the fight for the Teams’ Championship with pole position on home soil.

The Belgian driver secured the German manufacturer’s fourth Julius Baer Pole Position of the season and will start alongside FP2 pace-setter Oliver Rowland on the front row. The Brit will want to leave on a high in his final appearance for the Nissan e.dams team before he joins Mahindra for the 2021/22 campaign.

Evans knew that a Super Pole appearance was essential to keeping his championship hopes alive and the Kiwi did not disappoint, clocking in a 1:07.083 to pip Jake Dennis by 0.023 seconds.

However, it was Vandoorne who denied Evans the bonus point for topping Group Qualifying. His time of 1:06.678 could not be matched, although Rowland came close being only three-thousandths away.

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As the title contenders fought for a place in the six-car shootout, some unexpected faces through a spanner in their plans. Vandoorne and Rowland are both out of the fight for the Drivers’ Championship and would be joined in Super Pole by ROKiT Venturi’s Norman Nato, Mahindra’s Alexander Sims and Tom Blomqvist in a surprise appearance for the NIO 333 team as Evans managed to hold on to a crucial sixth spot by the skin of his teeth.

Unfortunately for him, pole position was not to be. Evans laid down the Super Pole benchmark with a scrappy 1:07.010 but a charging Rowland put himself on to provisional pole, going 0.085 seconds quicker.

Yet it was Vandoorne who seized the headlines from Qualifying as the Belgian driver put in another stellar performance. A lap of 1:06.794 was good enough to take the top spot away from the Brit by just over a tenth of a second for his third Julius Baer Pole Position of the season, the most of any driver on the grid.

Crucially for the championship fight, Evans secured a second row start alongside Sims. Translating outright pace for race pace will be Blomqvist’s mission from fifth on the grid and Nato will be forced to start sixth after a technical issue saw the Frenchman unable to set a time.

Andre Lotterer starts seventh, missing out on Super Pole by only 0.005 seconds to Evans. Sebastien Buemi lines up in eighth for Nissan e.dams with championship contender Dennis for company just behind in ninth. The Brit was fortunate to avoid damage after tapping the wall heading into Turn 3.

TAG Heuer Porsche’s Pascal Wehrlein closes out the top 10 but is under investigation for a return to garage procedure.

Meanwhile, the battle for the title continues with several of its main protagonists having a fight on their hands from the midfield. Edoardo Mortara qualified in 11th and thankfully for him, lines up ahead of championship leader Nyck de Vries. Although less than a tenth separated the top four in Group 1, the Dutchman’s time was only good enough for a 13th-placed start.

Alex Lynn slotted his Mahindra into 14th ahead of the DS Techeetah duo of Antonio Felix da Costa and Jean-Eric Vergne. Yesterday’s race winner Lucas di Grassi struggled in Group 1 and finished 17th fastest.

Dreams of glory looked to have faded away for the Envision Virgin team and Jaguar’s Sam Bird. Robin Frijns’ Berlin struggles continued as the Dutchman qualified down in 21st, ahead of his former teammate Bird. Locking his rear tyres and getting out of shape in Turn 1 cost Nick Cassidy dearly, as the Kiwi rounded out the timing sheets and will start from the back of the grid.

Position Driver Team Time Gap
1 Stoffel Vandoorne Mercedes-EQ Formula E Team 1:06.794
2 Oliver Rowland Nissan e.dams 1:06.925 0.131
3 Mitch Evans Jaguar Racing 1:07.010 0.216
4 Alexander Sims Mahindra Racing 1:07.041 0.247
5 Tom Blomqvist NIO 333 Formula E Team 1:07.106 0.312
6 Norman Nato Rokit Venturi Racing
7 Andre Lotterer Tag Heuer Porsche Formula E Team 1:07.088
8 Sebastien Buemi Nissan e.dams 1:07.100
9 Jake Dennis Andretti Motorsport 1:07.106
10 Pascal Wehrlein Tag Heuer Porsche Formula E Team 1:07.114
11 Edoardo Mortara Rokit Venturi Racing 1:07.139
12 Sergio Sette Camara Dragon/Penske Autosport 1:07.150
13 Nyck de Vries Mercedes-EQ Formula E Team 1:07.162
14 Alex Lynn Mahindra Racing 1:07.164
15 Antonio Felix da Costa DS Techeetah 1:07.177
16 Jean-Eric Vergne DS Techeetah 1:07.190
17 Lucas di Grassi Audi Sport Abt Schaeffler 1:07.209
18 Maximilian Guenther Andretti Motorsport 1:07.227
19 Rene Rast Audi Sport Abt Schaeffler 1:07.268
20 Oliver Turvey NIO 333 Formula E Team 1:07.300
21 Robin Frijns Envision Virgin Racing 1:07.325
22 Sam Bird Jaguar Racing 1:07.365
23 Joel Eriksson Dragon/Penske Autosport 1:07.461
24 Nick Cassidy Envision Virgin Racing 1:07.980
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  1. caroline spencer says:
    1 year ago

    Word is Mercedes will be announcing their FE exit soon. Electric cars, which are a part of the wealth redistribution plan known as “climate change”, are clearly going no where fast as they are finally being exposed for being dirtier than ICE’s (and better/cleaner battery technology is a long ways away), and synthetic fuels and possibly hydrogen technologies are really picking up. This is why auto makers and sponsors are running away from FE (which not too long ago seemed so promising but is now dying), and Toyota openly acknowledge electric cars are not the future which I think speaks volumes.

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Edoardo Mortara169
Jean-Eric Vergne144
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