Nico Prost takes a stunning third Super Pole of his career for the London ePrix

Nico Prost takes a stunning third Super Pole of his career for the London ePrix in a dry/wet qualifying session

Renault e.Dams driver Nico Prost took his third Pole Position of his Formula E career for the London ePrix ahead of Bruno Senna and Oliver Turvey in a dry/wet qualifying session that saw lots of action throughout which saw a lot of red flags and extension of the groups
as a result alongside an epic battle between Prost and Senna for the Super Pole shootout.

There was action aplenty during qualifying for the London ePrix as Group 1 of the session consisted of Ma Qing Hua, Nico Prost, Robert Frijns and Jean-Eric Vergne. During the session, Prost set a banker time of 1:29.760 and goes up to 200 kW lap as Hua goes off into the run off but was able to continue into the session.

But behind Hua; Vergne goes off into the wall after taking too much speed and destroyed Frijns lap which brought out the red flag as the Dutchman hadn't crossed the line when the line was thrown and was left with one minute remaining of the session left to put in a lap time; alongside the threat of rain coming to the Battersea Circuit in fifteen minutes and a squirrel on the track invading Frijn's last lap.

As we headed into Group 2, Prost led the way ahead of Frijns, Vergne and Ma. The second group consisted of Bruno Senna, Oliver Turvey, Simona de Silvestro and Stephane Sarrazin.De Silestro while warming up for a flying lap had a spin at Turn 3 but was able to continue on with the session.

As Senna was building up to his flying lap, Senna locked up his rears going into the Chelsea Gate corner and nearly went into the wall twice as he tried to control his Mahindra car and was very lucky not to have damaged his car in the process. Turvey was the first driver to post a time and was in second place as Sarrazin crashes into the wall and brought out the red flag.

Sarrazin going into the Rosary corner misjudged the chicane, hit the inside of the corner and crashed into the wall as the drops of heavy rain that was threatening to hit the Battersea Park circuit eventually surfaced. This then compromised de Silvestro's lap and she had another four minutes to complete a flying lap once the session got restarted.

As the session got restarted, de Silvestro was the first back onto the circuit and spins 360 degrees and hit the wall. This then brought out the red flag as she managed to keep the car going and to get back to the pitlane. This then brought an end to Group 2 and Prost still leads ahead of Turvey and Senna.

With Group 3 consisting of Sebastien Buemi, Lucas di Grassi, Loic Duval, Jerome D'Ambrosio and Antonio Felix Da Costa; all eyes will be on how the drivers perform in the slippery conditions and also on how Buemi and Di Grassi will perform on the circuit as they battle for the championship.

Buemi was the first driver to post a time which saw him in eighth place, with Sarrazin finishing ahead of him in seventh and then Di Grassi with a great lap out-qualifying Buemi to eighth place, three places ahead of Buemi. At the end of Group 3, Prost still leads ahead of Turvey and Senna as we head into Group 4.

The final group in Qualifying consisted of Nelson Piquet Jr, Sam Bird, Mike Conway, Daniel Abt and Nick Heidfeld. It was then announced that Vergne has not returned to the pits and nor has his DS Virgin car and will not be participating in the Super Pole session.

Conway was the first driver to set a time in the group which saw him in the quest for a flying lap going straight on, tries to spin around but then clips the wall which brought out the yellow flag and then the red flag. This then added another five minutes to qualifying; with Conway not being allowed to restart once the session got underway.

As the end of Group 4 qualified on a drying track, Bird put in a stunning lap for sixth place provisonally which was beaten by Abt as Piquet Jr could not get back onto the track again due to problems with his car in the pitlane and has to get out of his car. But at the end of the session the five drivers that went to the Super Pole was Prost, Turvey, Senna, Frijns and Vergne; but Vergne cannot take part due to damage to his car sustained in his group.

On a drying track, the Super Pole was going to be interesting. Frijns was the first driver to take to the track, followed by Turvey, Senna and Prost. Senna did a stunning lap to lead the group as Prost on his final lap nearly bins it into the barriers after taking too much speed.

In the battle between Prost and Senna (never thought I would say that), Nico Prost won the battle with a lap time of 1.27.192 and took Pole Position for the London ePrix ahead of Bruno Senna in second place and ahead of Oliver Turvey in a brilliant third place.

Robert Frijns qualified in fourth place ahead of Jean-Eric Vergne in fifth place, Daniel Abt in sixth place and Sam Bird in seventh place who is now out of the championship running. But he was ahead of Nick Heidfeld, Stephane Sarrazin and Loic Duval who rounded off the top ten finishers of the session.

Championship contender Lucas di Grassi starts the ePrix in eleventh place ahead of Jerome D'Ambrosio in twelfth place, Ma Qing Hua in thirteenth place and ahead of championship leader Sebastien Buemi in fourteenth place.

As we head into the latter stages of the grid, Mike Conway qualified in fifteenth place ahead of Antonio Felix Da Costa in sixteenth place, Nelson Piquet Jr in seventeenth place and Simona de Silvestro in eighteenth place.

Driving for Pleasure will be producing reports on every session at the London ePrix at Battersea Park circuit this weekend.

Sarah Jones- @jonesy_laaa