Sebastien Buemi will start his 100th FormulaE race from pole position after beating McLaren's Jake Hughes to the top spot in DiriyahEPrix qualifying. Full report and results:
Buemi has hence matched Jean-Eric Vergne's series pole record of 15, and his first since the New York City E-Prix in 2019.
On the route to the final, Buemi had encountered a seemingly rejuvenated Sam Bird in the semifinal, and the Briton was 0.115s ahead by the close of the first sector. A dramatic semifinal between Hughes and Dan Ticktum was closely fought; Hughes scraped the wall with his front-right wheel in the downhill first sector, giving the NIO 333 driver a 0.2s advantage, which continued to grow.
The closest quarterfinal had been Bird's battle with Rene Rast and, although the German's middle sector put them just 0.013s apart in sector two, Bird unlocked a smidgen more pace in the last few turns to stamp his semifinals card.The Group A session was red flagged after five minutes of running, as Maserati MSG's Maximilian Gunther put his car into the wall on the exit of Turn 11 after locking up his left-front wheel.
His team-mate Edoardo Mortara compounded a miserable day for the Monegasque squad, as his rear stepped out at Turn 16 and he subsequently clouted the wall with his left-rear tyre.
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