2019 Hong Kong ePrix
Qualifying
### Qualifying

[thumb\|upright\|[Stoffel Vandoorne](/wiki/Stoffel_Vandoorne "Stoffel Vandoorne") *(pictured in 2017 while driving in [Formula One](/wiki/Formula_One "Formula One") for [McLaren\-Honda](/wiki/McLaren-Honda "McLaren-Honda"))* took his first pole position of his career and picks up his first points of the season.](/wiki/File:Stoffel_Vandoorne_-_Malaysia_GP_2017.jpg "Stoffel Vandoorne - Malaysia GP 2017.jpg")

Sunday's 75\-minute afternoon qualifying session was divided into two groups of five cars and two groups of six entries. Each group was determined by championship standing and was permitted six minutes of on\-track activity. All drivers were limited to two timed laps with one at maximum power. The fastest six overall competitors in the four groups participated in a "Super Pole" session with one driver on the track at any time going out in reverse order from six to first. Each of the six drivers was limited to one timed lap and the starting order was determined by the competitor's fastest times (Super Pole from first to six, and group qualifying from seventh to twenty\-second). The driver and team who recorded the fastest time were awarded three points towards their respective championships.

In group one, [Audi](/wiki/Audi "Audi") driver [Lucas Di Grassi](/wiki/Lucas_Di_Grassi "Lucas Di Grassi") was fastest, ahead of Bird, and Da Costa. Both [Mahindra](/wiki/Mahindra_Racing "Mahindra Racing") driver, [Pascal Wehrlein](/wiki/Pascal_Wehrlein "Pascal Wehrlein") and [Jerome d'Ambrosio](/wiki/Jerome_d%27Ambrosio "Jerome d'Ambrosio"), will start the Hong Kong ePrix from the back of the grid. Mortara is fastest in group two, with Lotterer joining him in the top 6 of overall qualifying session. The reigning champion [Jean\-Éric Vergne](/wiki/Jean-%C3%89ric_Vergne "Jean-Éric Vergne") crossed the finish line backwards and hitting the wall, causing a red flag during the group two qualifying session. His best qualifying session was deleted by the stewards decision, and he would start in 18th. In the third group, Rowland set the fastest lap, ahead of his teammate [Sébastien Buemi](/wiki/S%C3%A9bastien_Buemi "Sébastien Buemi"), which he missed out of the top six. [Felipe Massa](/wiki/Felipe_Massa "Felipe Massa") and [Daniel Abt](/wiki/Daniel_Abt "Daniel Abt") were third and forth in the group three, ahead of [BMW Andretti](/wiki/Andretti_Autosport "Andretti Autosport") driver [Alexander Sims](/wiki/Alexander_Sims_%28racing_driver%29 "Alexander Sims (racing driver)") and the [NIO](/wiki/NIO_Formula_E_Team "NIO Formula E Team") driver of [Oliver Turvey](/wiki/Oliver_Turvey "Oliver Turvey"). In group four, [Stoffel Vandoorne](/wiki/Stoffel_Vandoorne "Stoffel Vandoorne") in the [HWA Racelab](/wiki/HWA_Team "HWA Team") set the overall fastest lap of the group qualifying, with his teammate [Gary Paffett](/wiki/Gary_Paffett "Gary Paffett") came in second, pushing Bird and Buemi out of the top six. Into the Super Pole session, Vandoorne took his first Pole Position of his career with a 1\-minute and 11\.58 seconds, and collected first points for HWA Racelab. He would start on the front row with Oliver Rowland, who is 0\.323 seconds slower. Mortara set the third fastest lap, with Lotterer in forth, and Paffett in fifth. Sixth\-placed man Di Grassi runs too deep at turn two.


Who set the fastest lap in group two?