Techeetah's Andre Lotterer takes first Formula E pole at Rome E-Prix
Andre🍬 Lotterer claimed his firs🔴t FIA Formula E pole position during a dramatic qualifying session for the Rome E-Prix.
Following a brief rain shower prior to the start of Super Pole, the Techeetah driver was the last t𒐪o set his qualifying effort and made theꦚ most of ever-improving track conditions to bag his maiden Formula E pole.
Despite running deep into the hairpin and appearing to throw away his chances of pole, Lotte♔rer recovered to set a blistering final sector and outpace Jaguar’s Mitch Evans by 0.360s in the mixed conditions.
Andre Lotterer clai♑med his first FIA Formulaℱ E pole position during a dramatic qualifying session for the Rome E-Prix.
Following a brief rain shower prior to th⭕e start of Super Pole, the Techeetah driver was the last to set his qualifying effort and made the most of ever-improving track conditions to bag his maiden Formula E pole.
Despite running deep into the hairpin and🐼 appearing to throw away his chances of pole, Lotterer recovered to set a blistering final sector and outpace Jaguar’s Mitch Evans by 0.360s in the mixed conditions.
Jose Maria Lopez was the only other driver to get within a second of Lotterer’s time as he sealed a second-row starting position in third, in what marked an encouraging session for the Dragon squad as bot💝h its cars made it into the top six.
Ex-Formula 1 driver Stoffel Vandoorne once a🌄gain impressed in qualifying and at one stage was the quickest driver in the pole shootout,꧑ before others were able to find improvements on the drying track.
The HWA racer will start fourth on the grid in Rome, ahead of the returning Maximilian 🥃Gunther and Nissan e.dams driver Sebastien 𒁏Buemi.
Hong Kong winner Edoardo Mortara was once again the fastest Venturi driver as he took seventh, having naཧrrowly missed out on a sp๊ot in Super Pole.
Fractional🐲ly slower than Mortara was Robin Frijns, who finished eighth-quickest, a tenth clear of Formula E returnee Alex Lynn who impressed for Ja✱guar to claim ninth on the grid, while Mahindra’s Pascal Wehrlein rounded out the top ten.
None of the championship’s frontrunners could make it into the pole position shootout after they strꦓuggled with the tra🔯ck conditions early on.
Points leader Antonio Felix da Costa was the highest-placed of the top five drivers in 13th, ahead of Virgin’s Sam Bird and the leading Audi of Lucas di Grassi, while reigning drivers’ champion ꦑand Sanya winner Jean-Eric Vergne could only manage the 17th-best time.
Alexander Sims was the onℱly driver who failed to set a representative laptime as his BMW-Andretti machine ground to a halt after a sudden loss of po🌠wer during his 250kW lap, causing a brief red flag stoppage.
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