Mitch Evans led a Jaguar front-row lockout in qualifying for the RomeEPrix, as championship leader Jake Dennis qualified seventh. Full FormulaE report and results:
Jaguar secured a dominant 1-2 in qualifying for this weekend’s opening Rome E-Prix, as Formula E title challenger Mitch Evans pipped team-mate Sam Bird to pole.Bird – who at one stage in qualifying had been stripped of a place in the duels due to a stewards’ decision, before being reinstated – was fractionally quicker than Evans through the opening sector.
Evans had progressed through to the final with a 1m38.461s time in his semi-final, as Envision Racing’s Sebastien Buemi put in a poor lap that was more than two seconds slower. Bird progressed through to the semi-final having got the better of Dennis in the opening quarter-final duel, the Andretti Autosport driver losing three tenths in the opening sector, which he was never able to recover.Motorsport Images
This was after Jake Hughes lost control of his McLaren on the high-speed run through Turn 6 over a bump, making heavy contact with the barrier on both sides of the circuit with just seconds left on the clock. McLaren team principal Ian James confirmed that Hughes, who suffered no injuries in the crash, would not start today’s race while a new car chassis is built up overnight ahead of Sunday’s second Rome E-Prix.
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