Formula E news - Stoffel Vandoorne grabs third Mercedes pole of the season at Valencia E-Prix

ByTNT Sports

Published 24/04/2021 at 12:14 GMT+1

Mercedes grabbed its third Formula E pole of the 2021 season thanks to Stoffel Vandoorne, who topped qualifying ahead of the first Valencia E-Prix. You can watch the Valencia E-Prix - which gets underway at 1:30pm UK time - and Formula E through the season, live on Eurosport, Eurosport.co.uk and the Eurosport App.

Stoffel Vandoorne

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Stoffel Vandoorne made it three pole positions in five attempts for Mercedes-EQ after taking top spot at Valencia E-Prix qualifying.

Vandoorne took first place by just 0.028 seconds (1'26.494) ahead of reigning champion Antonio Felix da Costa (DS TECHEETAH) and Mercedes teammate Nyck de Vries, who came eighth after a grid penalty for clashing with Sam Bird (Jaguar Racing) and Oliver Rowland (Nissan e.dams) in Rome.

Da Costa looked like he would set the benchmark, but he fell short to Vandoorne with the Belgian coming out on top in the SuperPole times.

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Maximilian Guenther (BMW i Andretti Motorsport), who set the pace in practice, came third and 0.4 seconds off Vandoorne's best time.

Britain's Alex Lynn (Mahindra Racing) was quickest in group qualifying, but finished up in fourth overall.

Nissan e.dams' Sebastien Buemi came fifth while Porsche's Andre Lotterer, Norman Nato (ROKiT Venturi Racing), Rowland, and Pascal Wehrlein (TAG Heuer Porsche) rounded out the top 10.

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