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Here, we will be covering the start of the season in Sao Paulo from December 5th, 2025. You can find out more in advance here:
This sets the stage for an exciting race. Last year, Mitch Evans won from the very last grid position. We'll find out whether qualifying will be more decisive this year at 6pm (CET) as soon as the first race of the season gets underway! Until then, I bid you farewell!
After three theoretical pole positions in a row in Brazil for Wehrlein, Jake Dennis and Andretti will nevertheless start first tomorrow. Dan Ticktum will line up next to him. Mortara and Wehrlein will follow behind.
PASCAL WEHRLEIN WINS! Another year for the statistics, another year he is the fastest driver in Sao Paulo. Despite being three tenths ahead of Dennis, he will only start from fourth place tomorrow. His grid penalty of three places is unfavourable, but not important because of the three points for the world championship.
Pascal Wehrlein is almost two tenths faster in sector 1! The first corners for Dennis were not optimal
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The final has been released! Jake Dennis must set his time first!
The duel for the three points for pole position is therefore:
Jake Dennis versus Pascal Wehrlein - This duel has already taken place three times. Dennis has beaten Wehrlein every single time so far.
For the Brit it would be pole position number 8 and for Wehrlein it would be number 10!
Nevertheless, it is a demonstration of power for Porsche. The fastest three drivers in qualifying are all three in a Porsche-powered car.
Wehrlein will not start from grid position 1! Not even from position 2! He gets three penalty places for spinning his wheels in the pit lane! Jake Dennis is therefore safely on pole position and Ticktum next to him in second place. For Wehrlein, it's now just about the three points for pole position.
Pascal Wehrlein wins and fights for pole position again! Ticktum defies him over the entire lap and almost beats the German with an extremely fast last sector.
The duel between Ticktum and Wehlein now decides who will race against Dennis. Wehrlein is slightly faster in sector 1!
But Jake Dennis manages to beat Mortara and is in the final! The Swiss driver from Mahindra loses a lot of time in sector two. Mortara has thrown away the victory!
Mortara sets the pace with his time. He can hold his own in sector 1 and is faster than Dennis!
Green flag! The semi-final is underway! While Mortara and Dennis take to the track, Wehrlein is scrutinised. Spinning wheels in the pit lane is not permitted and Felix da Costa has already received a warning for this in practice.
These two duels await us in the semi-finals:
Edoardo Mortara versus Jake Dennis - This duel took place twice and each could win one of them.
Pascal Wehrlein versus Dan Ticktum - This duel also took place twice, with each of them winning one as well.
This gives us three Porsche drives and one Mahindra drive in the final stage of qualifying.
Pascal Wehrlein seems to want to build on his last qualifying successes in Sao Paulo. He was three tenths faster than all the other duel participants! A massive lead!
Dan Ticktum makes it, he beats Nato! In the end, the two are separated by three tenths. So qualifying is now over for both Nissans.
Dan Ticktum takes on Nato in the last quarter-final! The Brit is the first to set his lap time. He is faster than the Frenchman in sector 1!
Pascal Wehrlein clearly beats De Vries by almost four tenths! The fastest lap of the day so far. That will be bitter for De Vries. Mahindra has been extremely strong so far.
Wehrlein and De Vries are now racing against each other! Nyck de Vries will lead the way in the Mahindra. These two were absolutely on a par in free practice
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It's close, very close... Jake Dennis makes it and wins! He beats the Jaguar driver with a great final sector. Felix da Costa had the better first and second sectors, but has to admit defeat.
Dennis and Felix da Costa now set off on their fast laps! Jake Dennis will lead the way.
Edoardo Mortara wins! He beats Vergne by a clear margin of more than half a second! A great lap, but Vergne will not be too disappointed in his first duel with Citroen.
The fast laps have started. Mortara is just a tenth faster than Vergne in the first sector!
Mortara and Vergne can take to the track! The quarter-finals are underway! The Swiss driver from Mahindra will lead the way with his time.
It's a bit of a resurgence for Norman Nato. After a disastrous last season, he has now beaten Rowland and is back in the duels for the first time since Tokyo!
The Group B duels:
Norman Nato versus Dan Ticktum - This duel took place once, with Nato winning
Pascal Wehrlein versus Nyck de Vries - This duel also only took place once. Wehrlein won back then in Shanghai.
Now comes the quarter-final clashes. These clashes result from Group A:
Antonio Felix da Costa vs Jake Dennis - This duel has been played twice in the Gen3 era, both in the quarter-finals, each winning one.
Jean-Eric Vergne versus Edoardo Mortare - This duel only took place once in Berlin two years ago. Mortara won on that occasion.
Evans, Barnard and Cassidy were all eliminated. Like his team-mate Vergne, Nick Cassidy was unable to get into the duels with the new Citroen team. Unlike Vergne, however, today was his first qualifying session without a Jaguar drive under him. Barnard's hopes come to an end in the final corner. He slides into the wall with the rear and loses a lot of time.
Norman Nato wins Group B! What a surprise from the Frenchman from Nissan! Wehrlein, De Vries and Ticktum are also still in the duel phase!
Wehrlein will be the first to set a lap time. Still 20 seconds on the clock...
Green flag! The drivers now have to get their best time to the point. They won't get more than one attempt.
Felipe Drugovich is currently leading Group B, but his fastest lap time will be cancelled due to a red flag. However, it is very unlikely that his 1:20.380 would have been enough to progress. Lucas Di Grassi gets out of the car! A disaster for Lola Yamaha Abt! He will not continue.
The reason for Drugovich's retirement was contact with the wall when turning into turn 3, when he tried to get too close to the wall! The front right suspension is broken.
Of course, the red flag doesn't fit into the teams' plans at all. All the warm-up laps for the fast push in the final minute are now null and void. The drivers now only have two and a half minutes for a fast lap time!
The top four drivers at the moment are Drugovich, Cassidy, Buemi and Nato. However, no one has yet set a fast lap. RED FLAG! Durgovich parks the car in turn 4!
The first times are in the time table. None of them are worth mentioning yet. Another five minutes to go.
Di Grassi and Drugovich are both driving their home race in Sao Paulo. Both are determined to progress, but the competition is immense. Evans, Wehrlein, De Vries, Ticktum, Barnard and Cassidy are all great qualifiers.
Group B can take to the track! The big favourites here are Mitch Evans and Pascal Wehrlein! Wehrlein has dominated qualifying in Sao Paulo in recent years. They will be joined by Sebastien Buemi, Nyck de Vries, Norman Nato, Felipe Drugovich, Dan Ticktum, Nick Cassidy, Taylor Barnard and Lucas di Grassi.
For Oliver Rowland, that means either 9th or 10th place on the grid, plus three penalty places from the last race of the season, which he has to serve.
Antonio Felix Da Costa wins Group A! A great start for the Jaguar driver! Behind him, Vergne, Mortara and Dennis make it through! Oliver Rowland is out! He is only in 5th place!
The session is over! Now only the laps already started count!
There is still less than a minute to go. Felix da Costa, Dennis, Vergne and Rowland are currently further ahead!
After problems for Lucas di Grassi in the 2nd free practice session, there is now a drive problem for Maloney. Not a good start for the Lola Yamaha Abt Team. Da Costa meanwhile manages to beat Dennis by three tenths!
Jake Dennis takes the lead! He is the first to set a really fast lap. The new best time is a 1:12.419!
No one has yet been able to beat Maloney's lap. However, Jake Dennis is now the fastest in sector 1.
Zane Maloney sets the first time of the session. His 1:17.326 is, however, only a not quite slow cool-down lap. He is about to get faster too.
The track in Sao Paulo is dry at a really hot 27 degrees Celsius.
GREEN FLAG! Qualifying is open! The drivers take to the track.
Rowland and Mortara in particular performed very strongly in the second free practice session. They should be the favourites to progress. Müller had his difficulties in qualifying last season, but so far he has also looked strong and has been able to keep up with his team-mate Wehrlein. It will be difficult for Marti, who touched the wall once in free practice. The Lola Yamaha Abt team also looks rather weak.
The familiar qualifying format will continue in season 12. Ten drivers await us in Group A. Reigning world champion Oliver Rowland from Nissan is one of them. He will be joined by Pepe Marti, Maximilian Günther, Antonio Felix da Costa, Joel Eriksson, Zane Maloney, Jean-Eric Vergne, Jake Dennis, Edoardo Mortara and Nico Müller. Only the fastest four drivers will advance to the duel phase!
Welcome back to the live ticker! The first qualifying session of the twelfth Formula E season awaits us in 10 minutes!
