Evans scores first Berlin E-Prix pole

Mitch Evans will start the first race of the Berlin E-Prix from pole position following a rain-shortened qualifying session at Tempelhof Airport.

Much like the second race in Shanghai, inclement weather led to the cancellation of second practice on Saturday morning, and the head-to-head Duels scrapped in qualifying, with only the two group sessions taking place – thus no points being awarded for pole position.

Jaguar TCS Racing driver Evans topped the first group, setting a best time of 1m11.021, 0.088s quicker than Group B pacesetter Robin Frijns of Envision Racing, with Championship leader Oliver Rowland lining up third for Nissan after going second quickest in Group A, 0.979s adrift of Evans.

Jake Hughes will start fourth for Maserati MSG Racing, alongside fellow Stellantis-powered runner, DS Penske’s Maximilian Guenther.

Antonio Felix da Costa will start sixth, but it was his TAG Heuer Porsche teammate Pascal Wehrlein who initially qualified there. He has been handed a grid penalty after running into the back of da Costa during Friday’s practice session. Jean-Eric Vergne and Dan Ticktum split the two factory Porsches.

Taylor Barnard completes the top 10 for NEOM McLaren ahead of Mahindra’s Edoardo Mortara and Maserati MSG Racing’s Stoffel Vandoorne, with Nico Mueller the highest-ranked Andretti driver in 13th.

Felipe Drugovich, standing in for Nyck de Vries at Mahindra, qualified 14th for his first Formula E race, but is set to start at the back of the grid after getting a 20-place penalty for taking a new gearbox.

That moves Sam Bird up a spot, ahead of Lucas di Grassi, and Jake Dennis, with Zane Maloney, David Beckmann, Sergio Sette Camara, Nick Cassidy, and Sebastien Buemi completing the field.

Cassidy and Buemi will also start at the back – and like Drugovich, serve a stop-go penalty in the race – after taking a new MCU and MGU and MCU respectively.

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