Qualifying report
Formula E Monaco E-prix
Monaco E-Prix: Rowland fastest, Vergne on pole
DS Techeetah’s Jean-Eric Vergne will start on pole for the ABB FIA Formula E race in Monaco after qualifying pacesetter Oliver Rowland’s grid penalty is applied.
Alex Kalinauckas
Edited: May 11, 2019, 11:54 AM
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Nissan e.dams driver Rowland, who came through the third segment of group qualifying, set the best time in Super Pole with a 50.021s – 0.174s slower than the lap he set to top FP2.
But as he has a three-place grid penalty for hitting Alexander Sims during the wet race conditions last time out in Paris, Rowland loses pole and will start fourth.
Vergne was quickest in the first sector on his Super Pole lap, before losing fractions in the second and third segments to wind up 0.021s adrift of Rowland’s best.
Mitch Evans took third place but is under investigation for a possible Super Pole procedure infraction, which is believed to be activating his 250kW power mode too early.
Pascal Wehrlein ended up fourth for Mahindra Racing but will be promoted ahead of Rowland, with Venturi’s Felipe Massa starting fifth.
Sebastien Buemi, who won both of FE’s previous races in Monaco, finished sixth in Super Pole after losing time in the opening sector.
Sims ran early in group three, slotting into third in the group standings, which were topped by Vergne, before he was shuffled back to seventh, missing out on Super Pole by 0.104s.
Alex Lynn was the highest group four runner as he took eighth for Jaguar, one spot ahead of BMW's Antonio Felix da Costa, who was the highest group one runner. Jose Maria Lopez (Dragon) rounded out the top 10 from group four.
Stoffel Vandoorne took 11th for HWA, with championship leader Robin Frijns (Envision Virgin) heading his fellow group one runner Lucas di Grassi (Audi) in 12th and 13th.
Maximillian Gunther was 14th for Dragon, but he will drop to the rear of the field after getting a 10-place penalty for picking up a third reprimand of the season for speeding during the full course yellow test in FP1.
Andre Lotterer ended up 22nd and last on the timesheets for DS Techeetah. He was the first driver to complete a lap in group one, but a lock up at the second part of the Swimming Pool complex and what looked like a brush with the barrier at the last corner cost him time.
Jerome d'Ambrosio (Mahindra) and Edoardo Mortara (Venturi) both move down three places because of penalties from Paris, and will start 18th and 20th respectively.
Starting grid:
Cla # Driver Team Time Gap 1 25 Jean-Eric Vergne
Techeetah 50.042 2 20
Mitch Evans
Jaguar Racing 50.112 0.070 3 94
Pascal Wehrlein
Mahindra Racing 50.128 0.086 4 22
Oliver Rowland
Nissan e.dams 50.021 5 19
Felipe Massa
Venturi 50.218 0.176 6 23
Sébastien Buemi
Nissan e.dams 50.234 0.192 7 27
Alexander Sims
Andretti Autosport 50.351 0.309 8 3
Alex Lynn
Jaguar Racing 50.370 0.328 9 28
Antonio Felix da Costa
Andretti Autosport 50.375 0.333 10 7
Jose Maria Lopez
Dragon Racing 50.432 0.390 11 5
Stoffel Vandoorne
HWA AG 50.451 0.409 12 4
Robin Frijns
Virgin Racing 50.498 0.456 13 11
Lucas di Grassi
Team Abt 50.502 0.460 14 2
Sam Bird
Virgin Racing 50.526 0.484 15 16
Oliver Turvey
NIO Formula E Team 50.578 0.536 16 66
Daniel Abt
Team Abt 50.602 0.560 17 17
Gary Paffett
HWA AG 50.664 0.622 18 64
Jérôme d'Ambrosio
Mahindra Racing 50.601 0.559 19 8
Tom Dillmann
NIO Formula E Team 50.811 0.769 20 48
Edoardo Mortara
Venturi 50.618 0.576 21 36
Andre Lotterer
Techeetah 51.018 0.976 22 6
Maximilian Gunther
Dragon Racing 50.514 0.472 View full results
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