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Mitch Evans secured pole position for the opening race of the Misano E-Prix double-header.
Mitch Evans will start the opening race of the Misano E-Prix double-header from pole position. He defeated Jean-Eric Vergne in the final duel to secure the top starting position. The Jaguar driver was considered an outsider for pole, with Vergne being the clear favorite after topping both free practice sessions. Evans advanced to the final after defeating Sam Bird in the quarter-final and Jake Hughes in the semi-final. He secured pole by beating Vergne by 0.160 secs with a lap time of 1:17.068. The rest of the top eight on the grid includes Pascal Wehrlein in third, Hughes in fourth, followed by Nico Müller, Oliver Rowland, Bird, and Maximilian Günther.