Mitch Evans swims through Berlin pool to secure Formula E pole

Mitch Evans mastered tricky wet conditions to secure pole position for the opening race of Formula E's Berlin E-Prix. 

Qualifying only featured the group stage, due to a delay ahead of the session. As a result, it was a battle of who could set the quickest overall lap time. 

That honour went to Evans, who is joined on the front row by Envision's Robin Frijns. Oliver Rowland starts in third, ahead of Maserati's Jake Hughes. 

Rowland enters the first race of the weekend with a 69-point lead, and will secure the title should his advantage increase to 87 points or more. 

How the session unfolded

Following a 40-minute delay due to substantial standing water, it was decided by the FIA that only the group stage of qualifying would take place. 

It meant the quickest driver across either group would secure pole position, with the group that driver was in occupying the odd side of the grid. 

The first group featured championship leader Oliver Rowland, as well as Porsche's Antonio Felix da Costa. 

In extremely tricky conditions, lap times improved with each circulation of the Tempelhof Airport circuit. By the end of the first group, Mitch Evans was quickest on a 1m 11.021. 

The Jaguar driver was a staggering one-second quicker than Rowland in second, ahead of Maximilian Günther in third. It was all eyes on the second group to see if Evans' time could be beaten.

Only 10 drivers took to the track for group B, as Sebastien Buemi did not take to the track due to work on his car – he has a 40-place grid penalty following a gearbox change.

Whilst the lap times got close to Evans' time in the final seconds of group B, no driver managed to topple his lap time. 

Robin Frijns came closest on a 1m 11.109, but had to settle for second on the grid. Pascal Wehrlein was third in group B, but will start from ninth due to a three-place grid penalty.