Trulli wins pole in Berlin Update -Results added)

Jarno Trulli clinched his first Formula E pole position clocking a 1:21.547s to start at the front of the grid for the DHL Berlin ePrix.

The Italian driver, who was renowned as a one-lap specialist in previous categories, posted his time in the first qualifying group extracting the most out of his car in the technical final sector.

Audi Sport ABT star and championship leader, Lucas di Grassi came closest to toppling Trulli from the top of the timesheets and will start in second place on the front row.

Monaco race winner Sebastien Buemi (e.dams-Renault) ended the session third ahead of home favourite Nick Heidfeld for Venturi. Di Grassi’s team-mate Daniel Abt starts fifth at his home ePrix alongside Dragon Racing driver Jerome D’Ambrosio.

Nicolas Prost (e.dams-Renault), Loic Duval (Dragon Racing), Stephane Sarrazin (Venturi) and Jean-Eric Vergne (Andretti) complete the top-10.

NEXTEV TCR driver and Long Beach winner, Nelson Piquet Jr could only manage 13th.

The DHL Berlin ePrix will start at 16:00 (local time)

Formula E

Results….

Pos

Driver Team Time Gap
1 Jarno Trulli Trulli 1m21.547s
2 Lucas di Grassi Abt 1m21.623s 0.076s
3 Sebastien Buemi e.dams 1m21.685s 0.138s
4 Nick Heidfeld Venturi 1m21.710s 0.163s
5 Daniel Abt Abt 1m21.754s 0.207s
6 Jerome D'Ambrosio Dragon 1m21.861s 0.314s
7 Nicolas Prost e.dams 1m21.911s 0.364s
8 Loic Duval Dragon 1m21.917s 0.370s
9 Stephane Sarrazin Venturi 1m21.978s 0.431s
10 Jean-Eric Vergne Andretti 1m22.015s 0.468s
11 Vitantonio Liuzzi Trulli 1m22.032s 0.485s
12 Scott Speed Andretti 1m22.096s 0.549s
13 Nelson Piquet Jr. China 1m22.310s 0.763s
14 Jaime Alguersuari Virgin 1m22.395s 0.848s
15 Sam Bird Virgin 1m22.437s 0.890s
16 Salvador Duran Aguri 1m22.444s 0.897s
17 Charles Pic China 1m22.464s 0.917s
18 Bruno Senna Mahindra 1m22.575s 1.028s
19 Antonio Felix da Costa Aguri 1m22.586s 1.039s
20 Karun Chandhok Mahindra 1m22.803s 1.256s