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Buenos Aires ePrix qualifying groups

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During the the second practice session at the Buenos Aires ePrix, the four qualifying groups were chosen for the later session.

The qualifying session is an all out scramble for the fastest lap time and determines the order for the race. The session is 55 minutes long, 40 of those minutes spent on track, and sees drivers divided into four groups of five cars.

Each group has 10 minutes to set their best time and have the boost of having  full power, 270bhp, available throughout with drivers only able to use one car.

Group 1

Sam Bird, Virgin Racing

Sébastien Buemi, e.dams-Renault

Antonio Felix da Costa, Amlin Aguri

Nelson Piquet Jr, China Racing

Ho Pin Tung, China Racing

Group 2

Jaime Alguersuari, Virgin Racing

Oriol Servia, Dragon Racing

Lucas di Grassi, Audi Sport ABT

Micheal Cerruti, Trulli GP

Nico Prost, e.dams-Renault

Group 3

Karun Chandhok, Mahindra Racing

Nick Heidfeld, Venturi GP

Stéphane Sarrazin, Venturi GP

Daniel Abt, Audi Sport ABT

Salvador Duran, Amlin Aguri

Group 4

Jarno Trulli, Trulli GP

Jean-Éric Vergne, Andretti 

Marco Andretti, Andretti

Jerome D’Ambrosio, Dragon Racing

Bruno Senna, Mahindra Racing

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A second year sports journalist at the University of Huddersfield, Tom Errington has spent over a year in the motorsport industry. He spent the 2014 season with SRO on British GT and British F3, even helping out with Blancpain in the Spa 24 Hours, before later becoming a freelancer with the Lotus F1 Team helping with PR and website content.
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