Formula E
Diriyah, Saudi Arabia
Diriyah E-Prix 2 – Robin Frijns took his first Formula E pole after very a dramatic qualifying session held without Mercedes powered cars.
There was drama even before any cars went out on track as given the cause of Edoardo Mortara’s FP3 accident hasn’t been identified yet, though brake failure is suspected, the Mercedes-EQ and ROKiT Venturi cars were not allowed to take part in the session. While Andre Lotterer’s TAG Heuer Porsche hadn’t been repaired in time after his FP3 incident so he also had to sit qualifying out.
That wasn’t it for the drama though, even with only four cars going out in group 1, Rowland, Evans and Rast were nose to tail on the circuit and cutting it very close. Wehrlein was well ahead of them on track and started his fast lap with no trouble while Nissan replicated their perfect timing with Rowland crossing the line just before the cut off while the Jaguar and Audi behind didn’t make it.