Although Dennis had blazed his way to the final with an impressive 1m37.997s to go half a second clear of his semi-final opponent – race 1 winner Mitch Evans – he was unable to repeat those heroics in the final.
Vergne was able to keep it clean as Dennis got a bit out of shape in the first sector and, although the Avalanche Andretti driver had recouped some of the deficit in the final sector, it was not enough to deny Vergne pole position.
The pole lap that Vergne registered in the final stood at a 1m38.268s, just over a tenth slower than his lap from his semi-final against friend and former teammate Andre Lotterer, which the Frenchman edged by 0.2s.
Vergne’s quarter-final bout against Robin Frijns was also closely contested, with Frijns having the upper hand in the opening sector by over a tenth of a second.
But Vergne chipped away at the Dutchman, taking a smidgen of time out of him in the second sector, before leaping above in the times in the final sector by just under a…
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