Stoffel Vandoorne took his first career Formula E pole position for the fifth race of the 2018-2019 season, the Hong Kong ePrix, at Hong Kong Central Harbourfront Circuit.
HWA Racelab’s Stoffel Vandoorne became the fifth different polesitter in five Formula E races so far in the 2018-2019 season, as he took the pole position for the season’s fifth race, the Hong Kong ePrix, at Hong Kong Central Harbourfront Circuit. This pole position is the first of his Formula E career.
Vandoorne took the pole position for the 45-minute race around the 16-turn, 1.16-mile (1.867-kilometer) Hong Kong Central Harbourfront Circuit temporary street circuit on Central Harbourfront of Hong Kong Island, Hong Kong by recording a top lap time of 71.580 seconds (58.340 miles per hour) in the Super Pole qualifying session in his #5 Spark-Venturi.
Nissan e.dams’ Oliver Rowland is set to start the race alongside Vandoorne after qualifying in second place in his #22 Spark-Nissan with a top lap time that was 0.323 seconds (0.262 miles per hour) slower than that of Vandoorne in the Super Pole qualifying session. Venturi’s Edoardo Mortara qualified in third in his #48 Spark-Venturi.
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DS Techeetah’s Andre Lotterer and HWA Racelab’s Gary Paffett are set to round out the top five on the starting grid. They qualified in fourth and fifth place in their #36 Spark-DS Automobiles and #17 Spark-Venturi, respectively.
Audi Sport ABT Schaeffler’s Lucas di Grassi was the slowest qualifier of the six drivers who made it into the Super Pole qualifying session. As a result, he qualified in sixth place in his #11 Spark-Audi. Envision Virgin Racing’s Sam Bird, Nissan e.dams’ Sebastien Buemi, Venturi’s Felipe Massa and Envision Virgin Racing’s Robin Frijns are set to round out the top 10 on the starting grid after qualifying in seventh, eighth, ninth and 10th in their #2 Spark-Audi, #23 Spark-Nissan, #19 Spark-Venturi and #4 Spark-Audi, respectively.
Here are the full qualifying results for the 2019 Hong Kong ePrix at Hong Kong Central Harbourfront Circuit.
Qualifying Results
1st – Stoffel Vandoorne
2nd – Oliver Rowland
3rd – Edoardo Mortara
4th – Andre Lotterer
5th – Gary Paffett
6th – Lucas di Grassi
7th – Sam Bird
8th – Sebastien Buemi
9th – Felipe Massa
10th – Robin Frijns
11th – Tom Dillmann
12th – Daniel Abt
13th – Alexander Sims
14th – Jose Maria Lopez
15th – Nelson Piquet Jr.
16th – Felipe Nasr
17th – Mitch Evans
18th – Jean-Eric Vergne
19th – Oliver Turvey
20th – Antonio Felix da Costa
21st – Pascal Wehrlein
22nd – Jerome d’Ambrosio
Be sure to tune in to the live broadcast of the fifth race of the 13-race 2018-2019 Formula E season, the Hong Kong ePrix, today at 3:30 a.m. ET on Fox Sports 1.