Formula E: Mitch Evans wins qualifying for Monaco

If discussions arose in Formula 1 about whether the World Championship needs the Monaco Grand Prix, because the narrow twisty urban circuit, with all its legendary status and an important place in the history of motorsport, is not suitable for modern cars , then in Formula 1 E no one is going to raise the question so radically.

Last Thursday the Monaco Yacht Club hosted a presentation of the next generation car, and today the fifth round of the electric car racing championship takes place. These cars are specially designed for city roads and it is quite possible to overtake them even on the streets of the Mediterranean principality.

Practices and qualifying are already over and our old friend, Mitch Evans, who once played in Formula 2 for the Russian team Russian Time, will start from pole position.

But for its sixth year, the New Zealander has entered Formula E for the factory Jaguar team, and with increasing success it can be said that it was Mitch who won both races of the previous stage, that of 9. -10 April was held. in Rome.

And today he completed the list of his achievements with the pole position in Monaco.

“Everything is going well! Evans remarked cheerfully. – Although we had some problems in the morning during the first practice, we remained calm and already from the second practice the behavior of the car became quite predictable and stable. So I thank the team for the good work, but this afternoon the most serious things await us.In general, the battle is ahead!

So far, the New Zealand Jaguar driver is in 4th place in the individual electric standings, but only six points behind the leader, Jean-Eric Vergne, so after today’s race the picture is sure to change. By the way, Vergne, pilot of DS Techeetah, will start third, so the battle for victory in Monaco promises to be interesting. And from the front row, along with Evans, Pascal Wehrlein, representative of the Porsche factory team, will start the race.