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Oliver Rowland was in a class of his own as he took pole for the second race of the Diriyah E-Prix Formula E doubleheader, Nissan’s first since Cape Town last year. Rowland topped his group in the …
Oliver Rowland dominated the qualifying session, taking pole position for Nissan in the second race of the Diriyah E-Prix Formula E doubleheader. He topped his group in the first part of qualifying and set three consecutive fastest laps in the head-to-head duels. Rowland defeated Jehan Daruvala, Nick Cassidy, and Robin Frijns for the top spot. This is Rowland’s first pole of the season.
Nissan also performed well in the group rounds, with Sacha Fenestraz leading Group A. However, a late crash by Sebastien Buemi halted Group B, causing Sam Bird to miss out on the duels. Cassidy will start third alongside Rowland and Frijns, followed by Stoffel Vandoorne in fourth.
Buemi’s crash resulted in him not being able to start the race, moving Maximilian Guenther up to 11th. Bird, Evans, and Dennis will start in 12th, 13th, and 14th respectively. The remaining grid positions are occupied by Ticktum, Mueller, de Vries, Mortara, Nato, di Grassi, and da Costa.
