Berlin E-Prix: Dennis takes first Formula E pole of 2024 after stunning turnaround

The Briton and his Andretti team put in a remarkable turnaround from yesterday having qualified on the back row of the grid before retiring in the race.

Dennis pulled out a margin of 0.034s in the opening sector against Cassidy, the Jaguar driver having taken yesterday’s win at the Tempelhof Airport circuit after a superb under-the-radar drive.

Cassidy’s deficit grew to 0.241s through the middle sector, though, after running wide at the Turn 9 left-hand hairpin.

Despite Dennis getting out of shape on the exit of the final turn, his 1m01.819s proved to be the fastest time throughout qualifying and left him 0.231s ahead at the line.

It was two-by-two in the semi-final duels as the Jaguar and Andretti team-mates faced off against each other.

Marginally missing the apex at the Turn 6/7 hairpin cost Mitch Evans against Cassidy, as the former put in a lap that ended 0.151s slower, while Norman Nato found himself one-tenth ahead on Dennis in the opening sector but dropped time over the rest of the lap, finishing 0.022s behind.

Dennis got the better of Pascal Wehrlein by 0.168s in the quarter-finals after the Porsche driver brushed the wall on the exit of Turn 2, as Nato beat Stoffel Vandoorne in their battle by a margin of only 0.032s.

Pascal Wehrlein, Porsche, Porsche 99X Electric Gen3

Photo by: Andrew Ferraro / Motorsport Images

A scruffy final sector cost yesterday’s polesitter Edoardo Mortara in his quarter-final duel against Cassidy – who posted the fastest lap in qualifying with a 1m01.994s – with the Mahindra driver losing three tenths but only 0.254s in arrears at the line.

Evans maintained a one-tenth advantage across the lap to progress at the expense of Maserati MSG’s Maximilian Guenther.

Having finished last in both qualifying groups on Saturday, Andretti’s Dennis and Nato had earlier topped the second session as less than one-tenth covered the top five drivers.

Jean-Eric Vergne, the runner-up in yesterday’s Berlin race, was the driver to miss out as DS Penske team-mate Vandoorne and Wehrlein progressed.

Envision’s Joel Eriksson finished sixth, ahead of Jehan Daruvala (Maserati MSG), Sergio Sette Camara (ERT) and Nissan’s Sacha Fenestraz.

McLaren’s Taylor Barnard finished 10th having taken his first points finish in Formula E on Saturday in just his second start, as Jordan King (Mahindra) completed the group order.

Antonio Felix da Costa once again just missed out on progressing to the duels after finishing fifth in the opening qualifying group, the Porsche driver only 0.062s away from the cut-off point.

Nick Cassidy, Jaguar TCS Racing, Jaguar I-TYPE 6

Photo by: Dom Romney / Motorsport Images

Cassidy had topped the session with a 1m02.544s as one-tenth covered the top four consisting of Guenther, as well as Evans and Mortara who set identical times.

Also failing to progress were Abt’s Lucas di Grassi, Jake Hughes (McLaren) and podium finisher in the opening Berlin race, Nissan’s Oliver Rowland.

Dan Ticktum finished ninth but will serve a 40-place grid drop, converted into a 10-second stop/go penalty during the race, after the gearbox and MCU aboard his ERT were changed overnight.

Envision’s Paul Aron and the second Abt of Kelvin van der Linde completed the group which was separated by 0.425s.

Formula E Berlin E-Prix Qualifying Result

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Cla	Driver	#		Time	km/h
1	J. Dennis Andretti Formula E	1		1'01.819	137.142
2	N. Cassidy Jaguar Racing	37		+0.231 1'02.050	136.631
3	N. Nato Andretti Formula E	17		+0.291 1'02.110	136.499
4	M. Evans Jaguar Racing	9		+0.399 1'02.218	136.262
5	S. Vandoorne DS Penske	2		+0.239 1'02.058	136.614
6	M. Gunther Maserati Racing	7		+0.346 1'02.165	136.378
7	P. Wehrlein Porsche Team	94		+0.398 1'02.217	136.265
8	E. Mortara Mahindra Racing	48		+0.429 1'02.248	136.197
9	J. Vergne DS Penske	25		+0.791 1'02.610	135.409
10	A. Felix da Costa Porsche Team	13		+0.898 1'02.717	135.178
11	J. Eriksson Envision Racing	4		+0.851 1'02.670	135.280
12	L. di Grassi Team Abt	11		+0.910 1'02.729	135.152
13	J. Daruvala Maserati Racing	18		+0.874 1'02.693	135.230
14	J. Hughes McLaren	5		+0.935 1'02.754	135.098
15	S. Sette Camara ERT Formula E Team	3		+0.942 1'02.761	135.083
16	O. Rowland Nissan e.Dams	22		+0.938 1'02.757	135.092
17	S. Fenestraz Nissan e.Dams	23		+1.008 1'02.827	134.941
18	T. Barnard McLaren	8		+1.097 1'02.916	134.751
19	P. Aron Envision Racing	16		+1.099 1'02.918	134.746
20	J. King Mahindra Racing	21		+1.215 1'03.034	134.498
21	K. van der Linde Team Abt	51		+1.150 1'02.969	134.637
22	D. Ticktum ERT Formula E Team	33		+0.970 1'02.789	135.023
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