couple of missed apexes wouldn’t help his cause.
Prost was very aggressive over the kerbs through the first chicane, but lost all of his time with a big lockup braking into turn four with his Renault e.Dams seemingly experiencing more understeer than usual. His time of 1.21:7, meant that Da Costa would at least start fourth.
Knowing there was an opportunity to grab with both hands, Loic Duval was super late on the brakes into turn one, his Dragon just making it through the corner in the process. A clean lap of 1.20:8 was enough for provisional pole. Stephane Sarrazin matched Duval through the first two sectors on his run, but beating their technological partners, by taking provisional pole by a quarter of a second.
All eyes were now on Sebastien Buemi. The Swiss driver locked a front right heading into turn one and missed an apex at turn 5, but was still up on the timesheets. A huge moment through turn 11 made Buemi a little cautious through the final corner, but it was enough to secure pole and earn a clap from Alain Prost.
With Da Costa in fifth, those ahead would have to watch their battery temp carefully, with Team Aguri feeling confident this is one area they will have the wood on the opposition.
Qualifying - Putrajaya ePrix
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