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Qualifying - what's it all about?
Qualifying determines the starting grid for the race, with the fastest driver lining-up in first place, ahead of the pack. The session lasts one hour and sees drivers divided into groups, decided by a lottery conducted in advance (see the results of this below). In Qualifying, each driver has six minutes to set their best time, with the top-five drivers proceeding to the Super Pole shoot-out.
Ahead of the 2018 Qatar Airways New York City E-Prix Qualifying session tomorrow (Saturday July 14) at 11:00, the groups the drivers will go out in are as follows;
Group 1
25 Jean-Eric Vergne, Techeetah Formula E
2 Sam Bird, DS Virgin Racing
1 Lucas di Grassi, Audi Sport Abt Schaeffler
9 Sébastien Buemi, Renault e.dams
19 Felix Rosenqvist, Mahindra Racing
Group 2
66 Daniel Abt, Audi Sport Abt Schaeffler
20 Mitch Evans, Panasonic Jaguar Racing
18 Andre Lotterer, Techeetah Formula E
16 Oliver Turvey, NIO Formula E Team
3 Nelson Piquet, Panasonic Jaguar Racing
Group 3
23 Nick Heidfeld, Mahindra Racing
7 Jerome d'Ambrosio, Dragon
5 Maro Engel, Venturi Formula E
28 Antonio Felix da Costa, MS&AD Andretti Formula E
36 Alex Lynn, DS Virgin Racing
Group 4
6 José Maria Lopez, Dragon
8 Nicolas Prost, Renault e.dams
68 Luca Filippi, NIO Formula E Team
4 Tom Dillmann, Venturi Formula E
27 Stephane Sarrazin, MS&AD Andretti Formula E