The Briton pulled out a margin of greater than two tenths within the opening sector throughout the remaining qualifying duel earlier than Maserati MSG’s Guenther pulled half of the deficit again in sector two.
The margin got here down additional within the remaining sector however Rowland held on to assert his second Formulation E pole of the season by simply 0.021s with a 1m19.023s.
A 1m18.855s which proved to be the quickest lap from the whole lot of qualifying had ensured Rowland progressed to the ultimate on the expense of Edoardo Mortara, because the Mahindra driver fell quick by 0.226s.
An error-strewn lap value ERT’s Sergio Sette Camara as he by no means troubled Guenther of their semi-final bout, ending greater than two seconds behind on the line.
A small mistake within the opening sector meant Pascal Wehrlein misplaced greater than 4 tenths in opposition to Guenther of their quarter-final duel and though the Porsche driver lowered the deficit, he nonetheless missed out by three tenths.
Sette Camara was by no means headed in his battle in opposition to Abt’s Nico Muller, as he completed practically six tenths clear to progress to the semi-finals.
A scruffy lap meant reigning champion Jake Dennis was slower than Mortara in all three sectors of their quarter-final duel, because the Mahindra driver posted a 1.19.008s to complete three tenths clear.
Mitch Evans’s quarter-final duel virtually led to catastrophe because the Kiwi glanced the wall by way of the quick right-hander of Flip 9 and which in the end value him in his battle in opposition to Rowland.
Evans initially missed out on progressing to the duels by half a tenth after ending the opening qualifying group in fifth.
The Jaguar driver, who is ready to make his a centesimal race begin later at the moment, completed 0.333s behind pacesetter Rowland, with Mortara, team-mate Nick Cassidy and Dennis additionally setting sooner instances.
Nick Cassidy, Jaguar TCS Racing, Jaguar I-TYPE 6
Photograph by: Sam Bloxham / Motorsport Pictures
However Cassidy was stripped of his remaining and quickest effort attributable to a technical infraction, that means the championship chief will begin nineteenth.
Additionally lacking out was Antonio Felix da Costa (Porsche), Norman Nato (Andretti), Jake Hughes (McLaren), Lucas di Grassi (Abt), Jehan Daruvala (Maserati MSG) and Sebastien Buemi (Envision).
Guenther headed the second qualifying group with a 1m19.391s as he was joined within the duels by Sette Camara, the Brazilian brushing the wall on the exit of Flip 20 early in proceedings, Muller and Wehrlein.
Envision’s Robin Frijns missed out by 0.030s as he headed Nyck de Vries, the Mahindra driver taking to the Flip 16 run-off on his remaining effort and fortunate to not be collected by Sam Chook.
The McLaren driver misplaced management simply moments later and in addition headed into the run-off, which left the Sao Paulo E-Prix winner backside of the group.
Additionally eradicated have been each DS Penske’s of Jean-Eric Vergne and Stoffel Vandoorne, Dan Ticktum (ERT) and the second Nissan of Sacha Fenestraz, who made mild contact with the wall on the exit of Flip 2.
