Dennis claims maiden Formula E pole position in Valencia

BMW’s Jake Dennis has claimed his maiden Formula E pole position after making the most of a drying Valencia track to secure top spot for this afternoon’s E-Prix.
Dennis claims maiden Formula E pole position in Valencia

BMW’s Jake🔴 Dennis has claimed his maiden Formula E pole position after making the most of a drying Valencia track to secure top spot for this after🐻noon’s E-Prix.

Drying track conditions meant all six drivers from group four quali♓fied for the Super Pole shootout.

One by one they wen🀅t out but it wa💜s Dennis who reigned supreme, last out on track, making the most of the best track conditions.

It wasn’t all d𒐪own to the 𓆏bettering conditions as the British driver beat Andre Lotterer to pole by a whopping 0.863s. 

Alexander Lynn qualified third in the Mahindra but will move up a 🍒place thanks to Lotterer’s t𝓰hree-place grid penalty.

The improving track conditions allowed both NIO 333 cars to make iꦑt into Super Pole -  Tom Blomqvist qualifying fourth ahead of teamma🔯te Oliver Turvey in fifth place.

Venturi’s Norman Nato completed the top six, having set his lap first in Super Pole and thus having the worst of the track conditions compared to the other Super Pole participant♓s. 

Jean-Eric Vergne missed out on Super Pole having set his best time in group two - he’s set to start from seventh🌃 ahead of the Nissan e.DAMS pair of Oliver Rowland and Sebastien Buemi.

Sergio Sette Camara completes t🐠he top ten in an encouraging qua𝓰lifying session for the Brazilian.

As the drivers in the latter groups benefited, group one’s participants had t💙he worst of the track condit♛ions.

Pascal Wehrlein was the highest of the group one runners, ending qualifying in a✨ respectable 13th place.

Me🌜rcedes duo Stoffel Vandoorne and Nyck de Vries could only manage 19th and 20th, while Jaguar pair Mitch ✅Evans and Sam Bird qualified 16th and 21st.

With the champion💛ship contenders at the back of the grid, Formula E looks set for another exciting E-Prix this afternoon.

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