It's pole number 15 in FIAFormulaE for Sebastien_buemi ahead of his 100th race start in the series later today! Full qualifying report ⬇️
Buemi has hence matched Jean-Eric Vergne's series pole record of 15, and his first since the New York City E-Prix in 2019.
The opening sector was incredibly close, with Hughes a nose ahead with a 0.003s advantage. He extended that to 0.05s, but Buemi had been excellent throughout the session in the final sector. Hughes clocked a 1m09.495s to set the benchmark, but Buemi ended his run to pole with a 1m09.435s to deny Hughes a first Formula E pole.in the semi-final, and the Briton was 0.115s ahead by the close of the first sector.
The Envision driver however turned it around in the second half of the lap and beat the Jaguar driver by less than a tenth., who had been nearly three-tenths ahead after the opening flurry of corners. Showing resilience and great pace in the final clutch of corners, the Swiss hit back and reversed the arrears to claim a semifinal place for the first time in his Formula E career by 0.249s.
Although Ticktum looked nearly certain to progress to the duel for pole, a final corner slide handed the spoils to Hughes.
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