2023 Formula E Hyderabad E-Prix Qualifying: Mitch Evans takes pole at Jaguar's 'second' home race

India's first ever Formula E race finally kicked off yesterday with Free Practice 1, followed by Free Practice 2 ahead of the Qualifying session. The Round 4 of the 2022/23 season, i.e. the Greenko Hyderabad E-Prix is series' 30th race location, and is being held on India's first street circuit, readied around the shores of the Hussain Sagar lake and by the NTR Gardens.

Here's how the Quarter Finals, Semi Finals and the Final session of the Qualifying for the 2023 Hyderabad E-Prix panned out -




Quarter Finals

A total of 8 drivers make it to the Quarter Finals, and at the Hyderabad E-Prix, the drivers that qualified were as follows -

Sebastian Buemi (Envision Racing) - 1:13.599
Sacha Fenestraz (Nissan) - 1:13.702

Maximilian Gunther (Maserati MSG Racing) - 1:14.621
Mitch Evans (Jaguar TCS Racing) - 1:13.526

Sam Bird (Jaguar TCS Racing) - 1:13.467
Jean-Eric Vergne (DS Penske) - 1:13.503

Edoardo Mortara (Maserati MSG Racing) - 1:13.749
Rene Rast (Neom McLaren) - 1:14.332

Maserati MSG and Jaguar TCS were the only two teams to have both their drivers make it to the top 8, while Neom McLaren, DS Penske, and Nissan each had one driver reach the Quarter Finals.

Semi Finals

Given the duel format that is followed in Formula E, Sebastian Buemi, Mitch Evans, Edoardo Mortara and Sam Bird were the four drivers with the better timings than their counterparts (mentioned above), and hence, made it to the Semi Finals. However, with Rast, Mortara and Bird having their times deleted for exceeding track limits, Vergne progressed straight through to the Finals.


Finals

In the end, it was Mitch Evans that managed to grab his first pole of the Formula E season 9 at the Hyderabad E-Prix after getting the better of Jean-Eric Vergne by nearly three-tenths. Jaguar TCS Racing is calling it its second home-race, as its the home of the parent company Tata. Hence, Jaguar would certainly be aiming for a victory at the Hyderabad Street Circuit.

Stay tuned to TOI Auto for the full race report of the Greenko Hyderabad E-Prix later today!Discover everything about the automotive world at Times of India.