FE – Lynn takes pole for her first

For his first qualifying session in Formula e, Alex lynn (DS Virgin) took pole position in New York in 1’03”534. The Briton is ahead of Daniel Abt (ABT Schaeffler Audi Sport) by two tenths while Jean-Eric Vergne (Techeetah) fails three thousandths behind the German.

Sam Bird (DS Virgin), despite his best time in Q4, only takes 4^e place in the Superpole while Jérôme d’Ambrosio (Faraday Future Dragon Racing) was slowed down by a problem in his fast lap and qualified 5^e.

Nick Heidfeld (Mahindra) is on the verge of Superpole despite a faster time than Lynn's final performance. The two Nextev NIOs of Nelson Piquet Jr and Oliver Turvey follow the German driver on the grid.

Nicolas Cheers (Renault e.dams) qualifies 9^e ahead of Lucas Di Grassi (ABT Schaeffler Audi Sport), blocked by a yellow flag in his fast lap caused by Maro Engel (Venturi) stopping on track.

As for other French people, Stephane Sarrazin (Techeetah) and Loïc duval (Faraday Future Dragon Racing) failed to reach the top 10, in 11th and 12th positions respectively. Tom dillmann (Venturi) concludes the session at 15^e rank and for his first session, Pierre Gasly (Renault e.dams) signs on the 19th^e time.

Qualification ranking