Bird edges Rosenqvist for Formula E Race 2 pole

Race 1 winner Sam Bird will start today's second Qualcomm New York City ePrix from pole position after defeating Felix Rosenqvist by just 0.037s in a thrilling qualifying session.

Despite being drawn in Group 1, Bird was able to just do enough to make the Super Pole shootout, and he pulled a stunning lap out of the bag to record a time of 1:02.285s.

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Rosenqvist had been second in the group stages and was fully committed on his lap, but the Mahindra star fell just short of snatching the top spot. Yesterday's runner-up Jean-Eric Vergne will start third for Techeetah as he aims to take his first Formula E win.

Renault e.dams's stand-in for the absent Sebastien Buemi, Pierre Gasly, was sensationally fastest in the group stages, but he had a big lock-up on his Super Pole lap, which means he'll only start fourth.

It was a scrappy effort by Nick Heidfeld in the second Mahindra, and he lines up fifth. Maro Engel just missed out on Super Pole, so starts sixth for Venturi.

Lucas di Grassi clipped the wall and will start from ninth for Abt Schaeffler Audi Sport. Robin Frijns produced a great effort to set the 11th best time for Andretti. But his crash in free practice this morning damaged the gearbox means he'll pick up a 10-place penalty and will start from the back of the grid. Yesterday's pole man Alex Lynn could not repeat his heroics and he was 17th fastest for DS Virgin Racing.

The race starts at the earlier time of 1 p.m. ET and airs live on FOX.