Live updates throughout Miami race day from our trackside team.

1745 That’s it for our live coverage. We’ll bring you photos from the race and other gossip later. In the meantime, hope you enjoyed the show. Remember to follow us on Twitter, sign up for our email updates and share Current E with your friends!

1655 Driver presser next, after the podium. Stay tuned.

1654 The cars finish: Prost, Speed, Abt, d’Ambrosio, Piquet, Felix da Costa, Duval, Bird, di Grassi, Duran, Alguersuari, Heidfeld, Buemi, Chandhok, Trulli, Liuzzi, Pic, Vergne, Sarrazin, Senna.

1652 And that’s a win for Prost! Confusion as the chequered flag goes missing. That’s been a long time coming for the Frenchman.

1651 Prost and Speed so close.

1650 Prost and Speed have driven past Abt with a lap to go.

1649 Two laps to go. The top three are nose to tail. This could be anyone’s.

1648 Heidfeld serves a drivethrough penalty for exceeding power.

1647 Is Speed going to the win here?

1646 Speed has driven past di Grassi. Prost must be looking to make a move on Abt any minute now. He has much more energy left.

1644 Heidfeld (world’s unluckiest driver) is now under investigation. Five laps to go: Abt, Prost, di Grassi, Speed, d’Ambrosio, Piquet, Vergne, Buemi, Felix da Costa, Bird, Duval, Duran, Alguersuari, Heidfeld, Trulli, Chandhok, Liuzzi, Pic.

1642 Eight laps to go. Prost and Speed are looking better on battery power than Abt and di Grassi. We might yet see the podium places changing.

1641 Bird has lost out to Piquet. The Brit is down into P8. Quite a drop from being out in the lead earlier.

1640 Speed is hustling along. He’s in fourth.

1639 D’Ambrosio has moved up, in front of JEV.

1635 Piquet now bags fastest lap. Top five are Abt, Prost, di Grassi, Speed and Vergne. Di Grassi up in a podium position again. Senna is out.

1634 Speed passes his team mate, JEV. Not a bad debut. JEV seems to be down on energy too.

1633 Buemi has scored fastest lap so far, on 1.08.698.

1632 Abt is now leading and Bird down into P7. Slightly confused.

1631 Pic is in the pits again. Heidfeld still to pit.

1629 Prost was into the pits earlier by the looks of it. Was there a pass on Bird in there?

1627 Bird does JEV. That’s P1 for the Virgin man. JEV dives into the pits. Chandhok has a drive through penalty for exceeding power.

1626 Bird’s energy level is looking better than JEV. That could mean an additional lap at pit time.

1624 Chandhok is under investigation.

1623 Senna is up another place, past Duran in the Amlin Aguri. That puts him up into P11.

1622 Senna has gone past Liuzzi. Duval is getting very close.

1620 A lot of people bunching up behind Liuzzi in the Trulli. Whispers of Trulli train?

1618 Bird is about half a second behind JEV, which he’s maintained all race. Both clearly managing pace.

1615 After seven laps, the top order is JEV, Bird, Prost, Abt, Sarrazin, di Grassi, Piquet, d’Ambrosio, Speed and Liuzzi. Duval now has the fastest lap.

1614 Legge explains that when the red tail lights flash, it means that the car is recuperating energy through regenerative braking.

1612 Senna has bagged fastest lap thus far. There are points for pole and fastest lap.

1610 Bird looks interested in the back of JEV’s car. Good to hear Katherine Legge helping out with commentary duties.

1610 Pic has been in and out of the pits already.

1606 After one lap, the order is JEV, Bird, Prost, Abt, Sarrazin, di Grassi, Piquet, d’Ambrosio, Speed, Duran, Alguersuari, Liuzzi, Buemi, Senna, Trulli, Felix da Costa, Duval, Chandhok, Heidfeld, Pic.

1605 Green light! First corner successfully navigated.

1558 Ahead of the race, here are a handful of track shots from today to give you a flavour of what to expect:

1555 Hot, hot hot. The grid is looking rather packed.

1539 Senna, JEV and Duran have won Fanboost.

1515 Final grid is as follows:

Vergne Prost Bird Abt Sarrazin Di Grassi Piquet D’Ambrosio Alguersuari Speed Liuzzi Duran Buemi Trulli Senna Felix da Costa Pic Duval Heidfeld Chandhok

1508 We’re going for a walkabout on the grid shortly. We’ll be back in time for the start of the race. Stay tuned.

1501 Nick Heidfeld was excluded for exceeding power, we’re told. That means he’ll start from the back of the grid.

1500 It’s three o’clock. The race is just over an hour away. We’ve seen some damage to suspension and to batteries, because the track is so bumpy. One driver told us that his front wheels came clean off the ground, such is the crest of the hill on entering the pit lane. All in all, it’s going to be quite some challenge this afternoon for the drivers. The sun is beating down and the tarmac is heating up, which won’t help operating temperatures. Tricky.

1302 The 1300 press conference with Sir Richard Branson, Alex Tai and Alejandro Agag is slightly delayed.

1259 We’ll let you know if there ae any changes. In the meantime, there’s a bit of an afternoon break now. The race starts just after 4pm local time.

1257 End of quali. Provisional grid order is:

Vergne Piquet Prost Bird Abt Sarrazin Di Grassi D’Ambrosio Alguersuari Heidfeld Speed Liuzzi Duran Buemi Trulli Chandhok Senna Felix da Costa Pic Duval

1255 With two minutes left, d’Ambrosio is quickest of this pack, followed by Duran, Alguersuari, Felix da Costa and Senna. Senna is currently slowed overall.

1249 Here we go for group four. Can anyone knock JEV from his perch? Unlikely.

1246 JEV did just four laps in that quali stint. But what a time. Will this be a repeat of his debut in Punta?

1244 That’s it for group three. The order so far is JEV, Piquet, Prost, Bird, Abt, Sarrazin, di Grassi, Heidfeld, Speed, Liuzzi, Buemi, Trulli, Chandhok, Pic, Duval.

1243 With one minute to go, Sarrazin has leapt up the order with 1.06.389 for provisional P5. Piquet has put in a 1.06.003, good enough for provisional P2.

1242 Liuzzi has snared a 1.06.836, comfortably faster than Trulli’s 1.07.163.

1241 And then Vergne puts in a 1.05.953. Scorching.

1240 Piquet posts a 1.06.876, good enough for provisional P7. In this group, he’s followed by Sarrazin, Pic, Vergne and Liuzzi.

1239 Pic has made use of the escape road at the end of the main straight too. We’ll be seeing more of that in the race.

1237 Not is Nico Prost fastest so far, he’s also done six laps. The only other person to do that many is Speed.

1236 Group three is out on track.

1236 The top six drivers are covered by 0.3s.

1234 Chandhok is under investigation.

1232 That’s it for group two. The order thus far is Prost, Bird, Abt, di Grassi, Heidfeld, Speed, Buemi, Trulli, Chandhok, Duval.

1230 With one minute to go, Prost is fastest overall on 1006.167, followed by Bird on 1.06.170 – a difference of 0.003s!

1229 Abt has got 1.06.803, good enough for P3 so far. Bird is next with 106.835. Then di Grassi, Speed, Chandhok.

1224 Just eight minutes per session this time around, instead of the usual 10.

1223 We’re underway.

1222 Waiting for group two to emerge. Di Grassi looks poised and ready. The paddock looks awesome from the overhead heli shot.

1221 Heidfeld is under investigation.

1220 Group one times:

Prost 1.06.167 Heidfeld 1.06.510 Buemi 1.07.037 Trulli 1.07.163 Duval 1.09.454

1219 He doesn’t appear to have hit anything though. That will be a relief for the team.

1218 Buemi has had an off and looks a little slow when he got going again.

1214 Only three minutes left of group one. Haven’t seen any lap times yet, but the order appears to be Prost, Buemi, Trulli, Heidfeld, Duval.

1210 Quali groups are:

Duval, Prost, Buemi, Trulli, Heidfeld Bird, Chandhok, Speed, Abt, di Grassi Liuzzi, Vergne, Sarrazin, Pic, Piquet Alguersuari, d’Ambrosio, Senna, Felix da Costa, Duran

1139 We’re still expecting to see quali at 1210. We’ll let you know if we hear any different.

1138 Pic managed 20 laps in that session. Di Grassi, Abt and Alguersuari all notched up 19.

1131 That’s it for practice. The session finishes:

Bird 1.06.588 Chandhok 1.06.689 Di Grassi 1.06.909 Speed 1.07.265 Abt 1.07.414 Heidfeld 1.07.446 Prost 1.07.570 Liuzzi 1.07.781 Sarrazin 1.07.892 Vergne 1.07.980 Senna 1.08.254 D’Ambrosio 1.08.495 Buemi 1.08.571 Pic 1.08.625 Alguersuari 1.08.932 Piquet 1.09.211 Duval 1.09.239 Duran 1.09.357 Trulli 1.09.837 Felix Da Costa 1.10.156

1129 One minute to go of practice. Bird and Chandhok, the two fastest drivers so far, have packed away.

1127 Bird shows his hand: straight to the top of the pack with 1.06.588.

1126 Pic now under investigation too.

1125 Just five minutes remain. Order is: Chandhok, di Grassi, Heidfeld, Prost, Liuzzi, Sarrazin, Abt, Bird, Vergne, Senna, d’Ambrosio, Buemi, Piquet, Duval, Alguersuari, Duran, Trulli, Felix da Costa, Speed, Pic.

1123 Chandhok fastest! 1.06.689 – 0.8s ahead of Prost!

1122 The top four drivers are all on 1.07s. That’s Prost, Liuzzi, Chandhok and Sarrazin.

1121 Just eight minutes to go. That’s all the track time the drivers will get before quali.

1119 New boy Liuzzi goes second fastest with 1.07.781.

1119 Yellow flags. Heidfeld is in the run off area at the end of the first long straight, coming into the flyover section.

1118 Trulli’s being investigated too.

1116 Prost goes fastest with 1.07.570. Sarrazin is next on 1.07.892, then Senna on 1.08.440.

1115 15mins to go. The order is: Sarrazin, d’Ambrosio, Buemi, Piquet, Duval, Prost, di Grassi, Heidfeld, Trulli, Chandhok, Felix da Costa, Speed, Abt, Alguersuari, Vergne, Bird, Senna, Pic, Liuzzi.

1113 Car 28 is under investigation. That’s Speed.

1112 Branson is in the house. With the Miami Dolphin cheerleaders. What a guy.

1111 Duval jumps into P2 with 1.09.239, and Piquet into P3 with 1.09.476.

1110 With 20 minutes to go, the order is: d’Ambrosio, Buemi, Heidfeld, Prost, Trulli, Alguersuari, Abt, Vergne, Sarrazin, Bird, di Grassi, Senna, Chandhok, Piquet, Pic, Felix da Costa, Duval, Duran, Liuzzi, Speed.

1109 Buemi chalks up a 1.09.844 and then d’Ambrosio slots in a 1.08.495. Wow.

1108 Prost notches up a 1.10.501 to go second fastest behind his team mate.

1107 Now Heidfeld goes to the top on 1.10.588…and then Trulli, with 1.10.506…and then Buemi with 1.10.471.

1106 The top eight drivers are covered by one second.

1105 Felix da Costa bangs in a 1.11.480 to go second fastest, Prost third fastest on 1.11.554.

1104 Scott Speed posts a 1.12.862, bettered straight away by Sarrazin with 1.10.772.

1103 Here come the times: Duran is fastest on 1.14.614. Immediately knocked down a place by Buemi on 1.14.527.

1101 Jaime Alguersuari has a funky new helmet design for this track. Very 60s flower power. Or 70s disco. Or something.

1100 Visors are down. And green lights!

1059 The views from the tops of the high-rise buildings lining the track look incredible. The TV camera keeps showing us a rooftop swimming pool. Very tempting.

1057 Race controls now reckons that we’ll get underway at 1100 for 30mins. Shame there isn’t a bar here in the media centre. They’d be making a killing right now.

1050 Looks like the i8 is pounding around at pace now. It is bobbing up and down over the undulating track surface like a boat on the water.

1049 The session will finish at 1130 regardless of when the cars get on track. Quali has been moved to 1210.

1048 Drivers are in their cars with lids on.

1043 Watching the safety car swing round the turns under the flyovers is the first track action we’ve seen. And it looks pretty cool. That part of the track looks very narrow though, so that might be a bit of a procession through there.

1039 In other news, it’s turned out to be another gloriously sunny day. Yesterday the heavens opened mid-afternoon, which would have made things even more tricky had that happened today.

1035 Hurrah! The safety car is out on track. That must be good news with 10 minutes to go until free practice.

1028 The latest news is practice to start at 1045 for 45 minutes.

1024 While we’re waiting, how about a look at what drivers get up to when bored? Here’s Sam Bird flying the (human) flag for Britain:

1021 It’s pretty cool working on the court here too. Perhaps next year, spectators could be allowed into the banks of seating here to watch Formula E on the big screens.

1011 The attitude in the pit lane could be described as cheerfully resigned. Everyone is eager to get going but understands that shutting down such major routes in downtown Miami comes with difficulties. On the plus side, the race organiser and local authorities will be able to react to this for next year’s event.

1009 Looks like we may be on for a 1030 start, and a single 45 minute practice session.

1005 We’re still awaiting a definite start time for practice. Teams are worried about the batteries and charging times. It’s not just a case of having enough time to charge the cars – temperature is also a concern when recharging. At this rate, drivers may barely make it onto track before quali. In which case, they may be particularly cautious to prevent crashing. Or crash. Either way, it’s going to be tough for teams and drivers today. Forget set-up changes. Drivers will be learning the track in the race.

0915 Updated schedule: there will now only be one free practice session, which will be at 1000 for one hour. That’s it.

0909 We also have car cleaning goodies to win, courtesy of our sponsor ValetPRO. Just Tweet using the hashtag #ElectricDragons or comment at this article for a chance to win.

0903 Don’t forget that you can follow live timing for all sessions at the official Formula E website or at Michelin’s rather slick offering, autoracinglive.com.

0900 To get to the paddock from the media centre, you have to walk through the underground car park below the arena. This would make an epic race track extension.

0841 There will be a performance by the Miami Dolphins cheerleaders on track ahead of the race too.

0838 Looks like a beautiful day outside. We’ll go for a walkabout in a moment to gauge the feeling in the pitlane.

0835 We have news. The revised schedule is 0915-0945 for FP1 and 1030-1100 for FP2. Quali is 1200-1255 as usual. There will be press conference with Sir Richard Branson at 1300.

0834 Local heroes…

0832 Here’s what part of the track looked like at 6pm last night. Still open to traffic:

0824 There appears to be a lot of work still to do to the track, including laying tarmac, finishing walls and then cleaning the surface. We don’t yet know if FP1 will be delayed, combined with FP2 (as in Malaysia) or be cancelled altogether.

0818 The fact that there was still traffic about last night meant that the drivers’ track walks weren’t all that comprehensive. But we did get some rather cool snaps of the chaps out and about:

0817 The media centre itself is located on the court in the American Airlines basketball arena. It’s a rather grand setting:

0815 The media centre is fairly quiet at the moment as we wait for FP1 to get underway. It could be an hour before we see any action, which is likely due to the FIA wanting to be absolutely sure the track is safe. As a reminder, the roads weren’t fully closed until late last night, meaning that construction teams have had to work all night to get ready.

0812 Despite there being no shakedown yesterday, teams and drivers were as frantically busy as usual. Pit stop practice, setting the cars up…and taking photos. Here’s Salvador Duran using Shiv’s camera:

0804 The start of FP1 has been delayed from 0815. We’re awaiting a new start time.

0800 Good morning Miami. We’re ready for you.