Formula E: Pascal Wehrlein takes pole for 2019 Paris ePrix

Pascal Wehrlein took his second pole position of the 2018-2019 Formula E season by taking the pole position for the season’s eighth race, the Paris ePrix.

Entering the eighth race of the 13-race 2018-2019 Formula E season, the Paris ePrix, seven different drivers had taken one pole position through the season’s first seven races.

Mahindra Racing’s Pascal Wehrlein changed this trend by taking the pole position for this race, as he also took the pole position for the season’s fourth race, the Mexico City ePrix.

Wehrlein took the pole position for the 45-minute race around the 14-turn, 1.20-mile (1.931-kilometer) Circuit des Invalides temporary street circuit in Paris, France by recording a top lap time of 60.383 seconds (71.543 miles per hour) in the Super Pole qualifying session for the race in his #94 Spark-Mahindra.

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Nissan e.dams’ Oliver Rowland is set to start the race alongside Wehrlein on the front row of the starting grid in his #22 Spark-Nissan. He qualified in second place, slightly ahead of teammate Sebastien Buemi, who is set to start in third in his #23 Spark-Nissan.

Envision Virgin Racing’s Robin Frijns and Venturi’s Felipe Massa are set to round out the top five on the starting grid, as they qualified in fourth and fifth place in their #4 Spark-Audi and #19 Spark-Venturi, respectively.

Of the six drivers who advanced to the Super Pole qualifying session, Mahindra Racing’s Jerome d’Ambrosio recorded the slowest lap time in the session. As a result, he is set to start the race in sixth place in his #64 Spark-Mahindra.

Geox Dragon Racing’s Maximilian Gunther, DS Techeetah’s Andre Lotterer and Audi Sport ABT Schaeffler teammates Daniel Abt and Lucas di Grassi are set to round out the top 10 on the starting grid after qualifying in seventh, eighth, ninth and 10th place in their #6 Spark-Penske, #36 Spark-DS Automobiles, #66 Spark-Audi and #11 Spark-Audi, respectively.

Here are the full qualifying results for the 2019 Paris ePrix at Circuit des Invalides.

Qualifying Results
1st – Pascal Wehrlein
2nd – Oliver Rowland
3rd – Sebastien Buemi
4th – Robin Frijns
5th – Felipe Massa
6th – Jerome d’Ambrosio
7th – Maximilian Gunther
8th – Andre Lotterer
9th – Daniel Abt
10th – Lucas di Grassi
11th – Tom Dillmann
12th – Edoardo Mortara
13th – Oliver Turvey
14th – Jean-Eric Vergne
15th – Sam Bird
16th – Antonio Felix da Costa
17th – Alex Lynn
18th – Alexander Sims
19th – Gary Paffett
20th – Mitch Evans
21st – Stoffel Vandoorne
22nd – Jose Maria Lopez

Be sure to tune in to the live broadcast of the eighth race of the 13-race 2018-2019 Formula E season, the Paris ePrix, today at 9:30 a.m. ET on the Fox Sports app.