MONTREAL, Canada - Felix Rosenqvist swept to his third pole position of his rookie Formula E season on Sunday in Montreal as Lucas di Grassi tightened his stranglehold on the championship ahead of the final race.
Rosenqvist led Mahindra to pole position after edging out DS Virgin Racing’s Sam Bird by two-tenths of a second in the Super Pole shootout, picking up three bonus points in the process.
Rosenqvist now sits just one point shy of Bird in the race for P3 in the drivers’ championship, but it was the implications on the title fight that became the bigger point in qualifying.
After his victory on Saturday and Sebastien Buemi’s disqualification, Lucas di Grassi secured P5 on the grid, meaning he only needs a fifth-place finish to secure the championship regardless of his rival’s result.
An error on his flying lap resigned Buemi to P13 on the grid, with teammate Nicolas Prost dropping to the rear of the field due to a grid penalty.
The Formula E title decider kicks off at 4pm ET in Montreal.
.@FRosenqvist takes the Julius Baer Pole Position for the 2017 FIA #FormulaE Hydro-Quebec #MontrealePrix pic.twitter.com/690WKmK0k4
— ABB FIA Formula E World Championship (@FIAFormulaE) July 30, 2017