Audi’s Lucas di Grassi stormed to the fourth pole position of hi🍎s FIA Formula E career at the Santiago E-Prix, finishing over half a secon𝓡d clear of the field. 

The B🐓razilian, whose last FE pole came at the 2017 Montreal E🌌-Prix during his title-winning campaign, turned in a stunning lap in SuperPole to head his rivals on a 1m08.290s. 

Nissan e.dams driver𝓀 Seba🌠stien Buemi, who clouted the wall during the opening practice session, ultimately had no answer to di Grassi’s pace and had to settle for a front-row start alongside his long-time FE rival, some 0.526s adrift. 

Ex-Formula 1 driver Pascal Wehrlein impressed for Mahindra in just his second FE qualifying session as he set ꦉthe pace across the initia♚l heats before winding up a lap that was good enough for third on the grid. 

Daniel Abt was over 0.6s slower than Audi teammate di Grassi as he settled for the second row, with HWA Racelab’s Stoffel Vandoorne enjo꧙ying another promising outing as he sealed fifth on the grid in his first Super Pole appearance, ahead of the Audi-powered Virgin Racing car of Sam Bird.&nb🃏sp;

Both di Gra🐬ssi (technical infringement regarding brakes) and Vandoorne (failing to follow Super Pole proce🃏dure) are under investigation. 

Venturi’s Edoardo Mortara turned in a strong lap and was the first driver wಞho narrowly missed out on a spot in Super Pole in seventh place, while Dragon’s Maximilian Gunther secured a strong eighth on the grid. 

Alexander Sims was the fastest of the BMW-Andretti runners in ninth, with ex-F1 driver Felipe Massa, whoไ secured his best FE qualifying result so far in 10th. 

The second Dragon of Jose Maria Lopez was 11th, ahead of Jaguar’s Mitch Evans and reigning champion Jean-Eric Vergne, who could onl🔜y manage the 13th-fastest ti✤me and was left frustrated by the effects of track evolution, as he fell down the order having run in the first group. 

Britain’s Oliver Rowland was unable to match the pace of Nissan e.dams teammate Buemi as he took 14th, ahead of Techeetah’s Andre Loꦇtterer and Virgin Racing’s Robin Frijns, who had looked quick throughout practice but ended up 16th. 

HWA’s Gary Paffett set an identical time to Frijns and will line up from 17th on the grid, ahead of 2018/19 race-winner Antonio Felix da Costa, Oliver Turvey and Ne🍎lson Piquet Jr in 20th𒀰. 

Champi🍬onship leader and Marrakesh winner Jerome d’Ambrosio joins NI🌜O’s Tom Dillmann on the back row of the grid after he endured a scruffy run in the opening group of runners.