Jean-Eric Vergne stormed to pole position for race three in Berlin by blitzing the field by half a second. 

The reigning champion set a lap time of a 1.06.277 which was 0.495 quicker than Maximilian Gunther in the BMW who secured his best qualifying result since the return to racing in Berlin. 

Jerome D’Ambrosio confirmed that Mahindra have found some pace as the Belgian driver qualified in third place. Stoffel Vandoorne was fourth for Mercedes. Vandoorne was the only driver to proceed to Superpole from group one. 

Alex Lynn qualified fifth in the second Mahindra while Robin Frijns was the slowest driver in the Superpole session and will start in sixth. 

Andre Lotterer just missed out on Superpole after Alex Lynn knocked him out at the last moment during group qualifying, as the Mahindra driver went third fastest. 

Nyck De Vries could not make it three Superpole appearances in a row in Berlin as the Mercedes driver will start in eighth place. The reigning F2 champion will have to take a five-pace grid penalty after he pushed his car away from danger during Thursday’s race. 

Championship leader Antonio Felix Da Costa couldn’t make it into Superpole from group one and will start in ninth place. 

Oliver Rowland was the lead Nissan driver in 10th place. Lucas Di Grassi qualified in 11th for Audi, and Sergio Sette Camara did a great job to qualify in 12th as the Brazilian seems to be improving with every lap he is doing. 

Felipe Massa out-qualified his teammate Edoardo Mortara. The Venturi drivers will start from 13th and 14th. Sebastien Buemi could only manage 15th after a difficult qualifying session in group one. 

Alexander Sims will start in 16th ahead of James Calado who will start 17th. Calado out qualified Mitch Evans for the first time this season. Evans will start the race from 19th. 

Neel Jani will split the Jaguar’s in 18th place for Porsche. Sam Bird will start 20th ahead of Rene Rast in 21st. Daniel Abt will start 22nd in the NIO with Nico Muller starting 23rd for Dragon and Oliver Turvey will start in 24th. 

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