BRIT Alex Sims clinched pole position for the Diriyah ePrix in Saudi Arabia for the opening race of the season.
The BMW driver fought off Mercedes duo Stoffel Vandoorne and Nyck de Vries who will start second and third respectively.
Alex Sims has got the season off to a flier
Edoardo Mortara starts fourth in the Mercedes’ powered Venturi ahead of Brit Sam Bird who is fifth after a messy first sector in super pole.
Sims’ is the early championship leader ahead of the race after securing three points for taking pole position.
He said: Everything has started nicely here in qualifying, I couldn’t have asked for much more.
“The car was really nice and a clean lap in super pole – a nice way to start the season.”
He joked: “That makes championship leader at this stage, which is the first time I’ve done that in FE.
“If anything else I can look back at my career as having led the formula E championship.”
Defending champion Jean-Eric Vergne starts 11th on the grid after being out in group 1, suffering a lack of grip due to the track being dirty.
New-boy Brendon Hartley starts back in 18th after a lack of track time in testing, as fellow ex-F1 star Felipe Massa is ahead in 17th after a frustrating session.
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Source: Motorsport - thesun.co.uk
