Felix Rosenqvist grabbed a surprise pole position for Mahindra Racing in Marrakesh.
In just his second race in Formula E the Swede beat Sebastien Buemi by just thirty-seven thousandths of a second.
Speaking afterwards he said, “It’s absolutely fantastic. We knew in Hong Kong we were quick, but we took it to the next step here.
“The car has been really good all day and a big thanks go to the team. It’s not going to be an easy race but I’m just going to do what I can do.”
Sam Bird was in third place, with Nelson Piquet Jr fourth having made a mistake on his lap in the super-pole shootout.
It was even worse for Jean-Eric Vergne however after his Techeetah team sent him out too late, meaning that he didn’t cross the line in time to start a lap.
It means he’ll start fifth despite having gone fastest in the group sessions beforehand.
Daniel Abt lines up in sixth, but having shown promising pace in practice his Abt Schaeffler Audi team-mate Lucas di Grassi only managed twelvth.
Nico Prost lines up in seventh, and Oliver Turvey eighth in what was another strong qualifying showing from NextEV TCR.
Robin Frins and Antonio Felix da Costa then complete the top ten with an all Andretti row five.
Further down the grid it was a disappointing session for FF Dragon Racing, as they could only go seventeenth fastest with Jerome d’Ambrosio and nineteenth fastest with Loic Duval.
Adam Carroll lines up last for Panasonic Jaguar Racing having spun on his qualifying lap.
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