Mortara got loose into the first corner and looked down and out by the end of the first sector – de Vries going three-tenths faster off the bat.
But Mortara regrouped and reeled off two rapid final sectors, beating de Vries in both, but the Mercedes driver was only just able to absorb his rival’s late charge and held pole by the merest of margins – albeit was left “disappointed” by his pole-winning lap.
De Vries had dispatched Mortara’s teammate Lucas di Grassi in the semi-finals, the Brazilian elevated into the final four after confusion had reigned supreme in his quarter-final bout with Antonio Felix da Costa, with the DS Techeetah driver under investigation for impeding the Brazilian.
Da Costa had missed his pit-exit signal and instead left on di Grassi’s – leaving the Venturi driver initially stranded in the pitlane on a red light.
Mortara had made his way through to the final after seeing off Andre Lotterer and Robin Frijns, while de Vries had overcome Jean-Eric Vergne in…
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