Mueller takes pole for Miami E-Prix

Nico Müller claimed his first Formula E pole position at the Miami E-Prix, beating Felipe Drugovich in the Duels final at the Miami International Autodrome.

In what was a battle between two drivers searching for their first pole – Drugovich making his first Duels appearance altogether – Porsche driver Müller set a time of 55.455s, 0.129s quicker than the Andretti man.

Müller's qualifying started with a fourth-place finish in Group A, behind Norman Nato, Nick Cassidy, and Nyck de Vries. He then beat Nato in his first head-to-head after the Nissan driver ran deep into Turn 13. Next up for Müller was Mahindra's de Vries, who he beat to make it to the final.

Drugovich also finished fourth in his group, behind Taylor Barnard, Antonio Felix da Costa and Joel Eriksson – another driver in the Duels for the first time.

Drugovich started the head-to-head phase with a tight battle with Barnard which resulted in him beating the DS Penske driver by 0.001s. In the SemiFinals, Drugovich's 55.393s was the quickest time of the event so far, 0.163s quicker than da Costa.

Behind Müller and Drugovich, da Costa will start third with de Vries fourth. Barnard will line up fifth, ahead of Eriksson, Cassidy and Nato.

Mitch Evans will start ninth after narrowly missing out on advancing from Group A, ahead of Maximilian Guenther, Oliver Rowland and Pascal Wehrlein.

Pepe Marti will start 13th, with Zane Maloney 14th. Sebastien Buemi was classified 15th after qualifying but will start at the back of the grid after receiving two penalties in the Group stage. He was hit with a five-place drop for causing a collision with Edoardo Mortara at Turn 13, moving across on the Mahindra driver who was on a fast lap. He then got a three-place penalty for impeding Mortara’s teammate de Vries.

That moves Jake Dennis up to 15th, with Mortara 16th, Jean-Eric Vergne 17th, Lucas di Grassi 18th and Dan Ticktum 19th.

The 39-lap Miami E-Prix will start at 2pm ET.

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