Qualifying - what's it all about?

Qualifying determines the starting grid for the race, with the fastest driver lining-up in first place, ahead of the pack. The session lasts one hour and sees drivers divided into groups, decided by a lottery conducted in advance (see the results of this below). In Qualifying, each driver has six minutes to set their best time, with the top-five drivers proceeding to the Super Pole shoot-out.

Ahead of the 2018 Qatar Airways New York City E-Prix Qualifying session tomorrow (Saturday July 14) at 11:00, the groups the drivers will go out in are as follows;

Group 1

25 Jean-Eric Vergne, Techeetah Formula E

2 Sam Bird, DS Virgin Racing

1 Lucas di Grassi, Audi Sport Abt Schaeffler

9 Sébastien Buemi, Renault e.dams

19 Felix Rosenqvist, Mahindra Racing

Group 2

66 Daniel Abt, Audi Sport Abt Schaeffler

20 Mitch Evans, Panasonic Jaguar Racing

18 Andre Lotterer, Techeetah Formula E

16 Oliver Turvey, NIO Formula E Team

3 Nelson Piquet, Panasonic Jaguar Racing

Group 3

23 Nick Heidfeld, Mahindra Racing

7 Jerome d'Ambrosio, Dragon

5 Maro Engel, Venturi Formula E

28 Antonio Felix da Costa, MS&AD Andretti Formula E

36 Alex Lynn, DS Virgin Racing

Group 4

6 José Maria Lopez, Dragon

8 Nicolas Prost, Renault e.dams

68 Luca Filippi, NIO Formula E Team

4 Tom Dillmann, Venturi Formula E

27 Stephane Sarrazin, MS&AD Andretti Formula E