Formula E

Rowland puts Nissan on pole for second Puebla race

by Matt Beer
3 min read

Oliver Rowland responded to his painful first Puebla Formula E race by putting his Nissan on pole for Sunday’s event.

Having qualified on the front row yesterday, Rowland tumbled to 14th at the start due to an electrical problem and barely recovered before retiring his car, which was going to be disqualified anyway as Nissan – like Porsche – had failed to properly declare its race tyres.

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Alex Lynn was third fastest for Mahindra but then had his superpole lap deleted for a throttle pedal map infrngement..

That promoted Edoardo Mortara’s Venturi Mercedes and double champion Jean-Eric Vergne’s DS Techeetah onto row two.

Jake Dennis had topped group qualifying for BMW with a brilliant group two lap, but a big lock-up in superpole left him sixth, which became fifth when Lynn was demoted to sixth.

Yet again, the top six in the championship had the messiest of the group qualifying sessions.

Saturday runner-up Rene Rast will start last after going sideways across the grass, and champion Antonio Felix da Costa made contact with Nyck de Vries at the first corner of their laps.

Stoffel Vandoorne emerged on top of that group for Mercedes but his lap was only good enough for 17th on the grid, ahead of Mitch Evans’ Jaguar and de Vries.

Points leader Robin Frijns joins da Costa on row 11.

Race one winner Lucas di Grassi again struggled in qualifying with a disappointing run to 13th for Audi in group two, where a first-corner error left Sam Bird’s Jaguar slowest and consequently 15th on the grid.

Di Grassi’s old arch-rival Sebastien Buemi topped group four but couldn’t quite make superpole so starts seventh for Nissan ahead of Envision Virgin rookie Nick Cassidy.

Tom Blomqvist was perhaps the star of the final group, putting his NIO333 ninth overall alongside Andre Lotterer’s Porsche.

Qualifying Results

Pos Name Team Car Group 1 Group 2
1 Oliver Rowland Nissan e.DAMS Nissan IM03 1m23.052s 1m23.579s
2 Pascal Wehrlein TAG Heuer Porsche Formula E Porsche 99X Electric 1m23.227s 1m23.771s
3 Alex Lynn Mahinda Racing Mahindra M7Electro 1m23.212s 1m23.823s
4 Edoardo Mortara RokIT Venturi Racing Mercedes-EQ Silver Arrow 02 1m23.235s 1m23.886s
5 Jean-Eric Vergne DS Techeetah DS E-Tense FE21 1m23.204s 1m23.95s
6 Jake Dennis BMW i Andretti Motorsport BMW iFE.21 1m22.816s 1m24.154s
7 Sébastien Buemi Nissan e.DAMS Nissan IM03 1m23.455s
8 Nick Cassidy Envision Virgin Racing Audi e-tron FE07 1m23.499s
9 Tom Blomqvist NIO 333 Formula E Team NIO 333 001 1m23.583s
10 André Lotterer TAG Heuer Porsche Formula E Porsche 99X Electric 1m23.636s
11 Maximilian Günther BMW i Andretti Motorsport BMW iFE.21 1m23.64s
12 Norman Nato RokIT Venturi Racing Mercedes-EQ Silver Arrow 02 1m23.789s
13 Lucas Di Grassi Audi Sport ABT Schaeffler Audi e-tron FE07 1m23.984s
14 Alexander Sims Mahinda Racing Mahindra M7Electro 1m24.179s
15 Sam Bird Jaguar Racing Jaguar I-Type 5 1m24.292s
16 Sérgio Sette Câmara Dragon / Penske Autosport Penske EV-5 1m24.445s
17 Stoffel Vandoorne Mercedes-Benz EQ Mercedes-EQ Silver Arrow 02 1m24.736s
18 Mitch Evans Jaguar Racing Jaguar I-Type 5 1m24.756s
19 Nyck de Vries Mercedes-Benz EQ Mercedes-EQ Silver Arrow 02 1m24.811s
20 Oliver Turvey NIO 333 Formula E Team NIO 333 001 1m24.84s
21 Robin Frijns Envision Virgin Racing Audi e-tron FE07 1m24.907s
22 António Félix da Costa DS Techeetah DS E-Tense FE21 1m24.911s
23 Joel Eriksson Dragon / Penske Autosport Penske EV-5 1m25.203s
24 René Rast Audi Sport ABT Schaeffler Audi e-tron FE07
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