Jake Dennis took in the roars from the crowd as he took pole position for the London E-Prix. 

One year ago, Dennis took victory in Saturday’s race in London, and he is now in the best possible position to repeat that feat.

The Andretti driver beat championship leader Stoffel Vandoorne to pole position after setting 1:13.161.

Dennis had to beat Nyck De Vries in the Semi-Finals and Maximilian Gunther in the quarter-finals.

Despite finishing second, Vandoorne will be satisfied with his qualifying performance as his main championship rivals failed to make the duels and will start outside the top eight.

Vandoorne’s teammate Nyck De Vries will start alongside him in third place. Dragon’s Sergio Sette Camara had his best qualifying in Formula E with a fourth-place finish.

Oliver Askew, Jake Dennis’s teammate, also had his best qualifying performance of the season and will start in fifth place.

Maximilian Gunther will start in sixth for Nissan. He was promoted into the duels after Lucas Di Grassi was disqualified from qualifying for impeding in the first group session, and he will start from the back of the grid.

Andre Lotterer will start in eighth for Porsche ahead of Edorado Mortara, who was ninth in the Venturi.

Robin Frijns rounded out the top ten for Envision racing. Antonio Felix Da Costa was 11th fastest for DS Techeetah ahead of Sam Bird, who was 12th for Jaguar Racing.

Jean-Eric Vergne will start from 13th, and will have a lot of work to do to keep his championship hopes alive.

Mitch Evans was held up in qualifying by Lucas Di Grassi and had to settle for 14th on the grid.

Sebastien Buemi will start 15th for Nissan, and he is ahead of both Mahindras, who start 16th and 17th, with Alexander Sims being ahead of Oliver Rowland.

Pascal Wehrlein will start 18th for Porsche with Antonio Giovinazzi in 19th. Oliver Turvey was 20th for NIO, and was ahead of his teammate Oliver Turvey in 21st. Di Grassi will start from the back of the grid.