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After the first qualifying was cancelled yesterday during the Formula E Tokyo E-Prix, due to heavy rain. The cars fought today for their starting position in warm and humid conditions.
Pascal Wehrlein topped todays FP3 session, while current Formula E championship leader closed the sheets in last. Though FP3 was calm after yesterday’s Race in Tokyo, the first qualifying this weekend, could bring out chaos. As the teams and drivers only had one practice session in dry conditions.
Group A
Group A made their way out on the grid. With 12 minutes on the clock, the teams were able to use fresh tires, as they weren’t used in the earlier stages of the Formula E Tokyo E-Prix.
Jean Eric Vergne, was the first one that went for some push laps, just as Mitch Evans in the Jaguar started to set some fast times as well. With 5 minutes left on the clock for group A, Barnard goes for another push lap, that almost put him in the wall.
Lucas Di Grassi topped the timesheets of group A as 4 minutes were left on the clock. With only 7 hundredths ahead of Norman Nato.
Red Flag with 3 minutes remaining on the clock. As Mitch Evans crashed into the wall at Turn 16. Evans lost his rear tyre in the process. Though Evans time on the sheet would put him in the Duels, it is unclear if he could keep his lap. Nevertheless, he won’t be able to drive in the duels.
While the time is still being stopped, it is clear, that Evans’ lap time was deleted and Nyck de Vries claimed fourth position.
With 3 minutes left on the clock, the drivers were back on track, as it was cleared again. While all 10 drivers were out, Di Grassi and De Vries went out last, which could mean they could only do one flying lap.
The last minute of the Qualifying during the Tokyo E-Prix started for Group A with all of them pushing for another fast lap. With Lucas Di Grassi, Norman Nato, Oliver Rowland and Jean Eric Vergne going through to the Duels.
Eliminated: Taylor Barnard, Nyck de Vries, Nick Cassidy, Zane Maloney, Sébastien Buemi, Stoffel Vandoorne and Mitch Evans
Group B
With the first group done with qualifying, Group B headed out on track to warm up their tires. While the teams had the chance to learn what di Grassi was doing to get his fast lap, it will show at the end of the 12 minutes who is going through to the Duels.
Though, Robin Frjins is set for a difficult Sunday, as he’ll face a 20-place grid drop. This penalty came because he got a new MGU in his car. With Jake Hughes and Frijns being the firsts to push for a fast lap. Shortly followed by the rest of the Group.
Jake Dennis and Nico Müller, pressured for a good result, as the first Race of the Tokyo E-Prix didn’t go as planned. While Müller finished in P12 and Dennis getting disqualified, they were eager to go through to the Duels.
With 4 minutes left on the clock, the first cars started to go for their flying lap. While Edoardo Mortara set the fastest lap with a 1:13,810, he was shortly followed by Wherlein, Ticktum, and Dennis.
Though the Porsche Powertrains looked good in the dry, with three of their cars in the top 4 with only 1 minute left on the clock. While Wehrlein continues to hold the fastest lap, Maximilian Günther put himself in front of Dennis. Double Yellow at turn 12, as Nico Müller went into the wall.
Though this crash didn’t have too much impact on the field as Dan Ticktum went up to third. While Pascal Wehrlein topped the sheets, followed by Edoardo Mortara and da Costa, making it the third car with a Porsche powertrain in the Duels.
Eliminated: Sam Bird, Maximilian Günther, Jake Dennis, David Beckmann, Jake Hughes, Nico Müller and Robin Frijns
Quarter Finals
Oliver Rowland vs Norman Nato
The Nissan teammates head out for the first duel during the qualifying of the Formula E Tokyo E-Prix. With Rowland heading out on track first to push for his fast lap. Both of the drivers now on their fast lap, Nato started ahead of Oliver Rowland. Though, Rowland started to catch up quickly and put him self in front. With Nato making a mistake, and hitting the barrier, Rowland went through to the Semi Final as he won this duel.
Jean Eric Vergne vs Lucas di Grassi
Vergne and di Grassi were on their lap, as Vergne had an advantage and got in front. Even though di Grassi seemed to struggle during the duel, he caught up quickly. In the end, Vergne could win this duel.
Dan Ticktum vs Edoardo Mortara
With Ticktum and Mortara waiting to go out on track, it could be a tight duel between them. The wait was caused due to repairs that were needed to be made after Nato hit the wall. Ticktum went out on track first. With both drivers now pushing for the flying lap, Mortara was only 4 hundredths behind Ticktum. Though Mortara caught up to Ticktum, Ticktum won this duel with a gap of half a second.
Antonio Felix da Costa vs Pascal Wehrlein
Quarter-final 4, again teammates, started with Da Costa slightly in front of Wehrlein. Though, Wehrlein quickly caught up and put his car in front of Da Costa. While Da Costa still tried to catch up to Wehrlein, his teammate won this duel. Nevertheless, no driver could match Dan Ticktums time.
Semi Final
Oliver Rowland vs. Jean Eric Vergne
Rowland and Vergne got ready for the first Semi Final of the Formula E Tokyo E-Prix. With both of the drivers on track to warm up their tires. Vergne started his flying lap with a slight disadvantage to Rowland. While Rowland could build up his advantage, Vergne started to catch up with Rowland in front. In the end, Oliver Rowland won the first Semi Final in Tokyo.
Dan Ticktum vs Pascal Wehrlein
Wehrlein started his flying lap with a slight advantage in front of Ticktum. Though, Ticktum could start to build up an advantage with Wehrlein catching on to Ticktum. And Ticktum out qualified Pascal Wehrlein and went through to the Finals to fight for pole position. While both drivers had the same powertrain, the factory driver could not keep up with the CUPRA KIRO driver.
Final
Dan Ticktum vs. Oliver Rowland
Winning the Final of the Qualifying during the Formula E Tokyo E-Prix, could bring out the first-ever pole position for Dan Ticktum. With both cars now out on track to warm up their tires, there could be a thrilling final, to this qualifying. Ticktum started his flying lap with a slight advantage ahead of Rowland. While Ticktum could build up his advantage, the CUPRA KIRO driver hit the wall in the last sector and needed to slow down. Though Rowland took pole position, the start from second is Ticktum’s best so far in Formula E.
Provisional Classification
- Oliver Rowland
- Dan Ticktum
- Pascal Wehrlein
- Jean Eric Vergne
- Edoardo Mortara
- Lucas di Grassi
- Antonio Felix da Costa
- Norman Nato
- Taylor Barnard
- Sam Bird
- Nyck de Vries
- Maximilian Günther
- Nick Cassidy
- Jake Dennis
- Zane Maloney
- Sébastien Buemi
- Jake Hughes
- Stoffel Vandoorne
- David Beckmann
- Nico Müller
- Mitch Evans
- Robin Frijns (20-place grid drop)
