Rosberg X Racing top Qualifying 1 ahead of Q2 in Chile

Johan Kristoffersson and Mikaela Åhlin-Kottulinsky were fastest in the day’s first Qualifying session, heading the standings with a time of 8:49.216.

X44 Vida Carbon Racing were just over five seconds behind RXR, with Sébastien Loeb stealing the quickest lap time of the session away from Kristoffersson, as the top three teams went under the nine-minute mark.

RXR’s nearest championship challengers No.99 GMC Hummer EV Chip Ganassi Racing finished third with a time of 8:58.966. Hot on their tails were NEOM McLaren Extreme E, just one second adrift in an impressive fourth.

Rounding out the top five was XITE ENERGY RACING, riding the momentum from their podium in Sardinia into the penultimate X Prix of the campaign.

A great debut run from Klara Andersson, filling in for the injured Jutta Kleinschmidt, saw ABT CUPRA XE slot into sixth, and a trouble-free session for Veloce Racing put them in seventh place.

In eighth were ACCIONA | SAINZ XE Team, who fell victim to penalties following issues in the Switch Zone and contact with a waypoint flag, thwarting what looked like a solid attempt to challenge RXR.

At the bottom of the Q1 standings were Genesys Andretti United Extreme E and JBXE. Despite Timmy and Kevin Hansen demonstrating their Rallycross pedigree in Free Practice, the brothers’ teams finished ninth and tenth, respectively, due to technical issues.

With the second session of Qualifying fast approaching, find out where you can watch the action here.

Provisional Classification from Qualifying 1 is as follows: