Miami Formula E: Ex-F1 driver Jean-Eric Vergne on pole for Andretti

The Andretti driver followed up on his top spot in Punta del Este in Uruguay in December by edging out Nelson Piquet during qualifying for the fifth Formula E round in the United States.

Vergne ended up on a 1m05.953s and Piquet five hundredths back on 1m06.003s, both setting their times in the third of the four five-car mini-sessions.

They pushed Nicolas Prost, who had topped the times in the first session on a 1m06.167s in his e.dams entry, down to third.

Prost will regain a front row slot, however, as Piquet is carrying a five-place grid penalty for a yellow-flag infringement at the previous round in Argentina.

Sam Bird, who had been quickest in the brief practice session for Virgin Racing, was just three thousandths behind in fourth.

Daniel Abt ended up fifth fastest in the best of the Abt Spark-Renault SRT_01Es and Stephane Sarrazin was sixth in his Venturi entry.

Championship leader Lucas di Grassi ended up seventh fastest in the second Abt car.

Each of the mini-sessions was cut from 10 to eight minutes following delays completing the 1.35-mile Miami ePrix circuit, which resulted in practice starting nearly three hours late.

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