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Moscow Formula E: Jean-Eric Vergne beats Nelson Piquet Jr to pole

Jean-Eric Vergne pipped Formula E championship leader Nelson Piquet Jr to take pole position for the Moscow ePrix

Piquet topped the first group of qualifying with a time of 1m09.449s, almost four tenths clear of his closest challenger in both the 10-minute phase and series standings, Sebastien Buemi.

The pair remained at the top until the third group, which featured Andretti Autosport driver Vergne and Lucas di Grassi.

Despite brushing a wall, Vergne went to the top with a 1m09.429s - just 0.02 seconds ahead of Piquet - while di Grassi slotted into third.

They remained the top three at the end of the session, as Vergne secured his third Formula E pole position.

Practice pacesetter Buemi was fourth, ahead of Jerome d'Ambrosio, Nicolas Prost, Daniel Abt, Nick Heidfeld, Jarno Trulli and Stephane Sarrazin.

D'Ambrosio and Sarrazin topped their respective groups.

Justin Wilson will start his maiden Formula E race in 13th place, while Antonio Felix da Costa was limited to 15th by throttle problems.

Karun Chandhok had the wildest moment of the 40 minutes of running, a 360-degree spin through the right-hand sweeper entering the back straight, on his way to the 17th-fastest time.

The 35-lap race commences at 4pm local time (2pm BST).

QUALIFYING TIMES:

Pos Driver Team Time Gap
1 Jean-Eric Vergne Andretti 1m09.429s -
2 Nelson Piquet Jr. China 1m09.449s 0.020s
3 Lucas di Grassi Abt 1m09.685s 0.256s
4 Sebastien Buemi e.dams 1m09.826s 0.397s
5 Jerome d'Ambrosio Dragon 1m09.967s 0.538s
6 Nicolas Prost e.dams 1m10.043s 0.614s
7 Daniel Abt Abt 1m10.075s 0.646s
8 Nick Heidfeld Venturi 1m10.098s 0.669s
9 Jarno Trulli Trulli 1m10.145s 0.716s
10 Salvador Duran Aguri 1m10.257s 0.828s
11 Sam Bird Virgin 1m10.365s 0.936s
12 Justin Wilson Andretti 1m10.398s 0.969s
13 Antonio Garcia China 1m10.537s 1.108s
14 Antonio Felix da Costa Aguri 1m10.617s 1.188s
15 Bruno Senna Mahindra 1m10.688s 1.259s
16 Karun Chandhok Mahindra 1m10.697s 1.268s
17 Jaime Alguersuari Virgin 1m10.941s 1.512s
18 Loic Duval Dragon 1m11.141s 1.712s
19 Vitantonio Liuzzi Trulli 1m11.967s 2.538s
- Stephane Sarrazin Venturi - -


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