Formula E’s new knock-out qualifying debuted for the first time with the grid spl🏅it into two with th🐠e fastest four drivers from each group progressing into the quarter-finals. 

Vandoorne🧜 finished third behind Robin Frijns and Sam Bird in the opening qualifying group but the Belgian was on-form when it came to the knock-out phase.

He beat Nick Cassidy in 💧the first phase before toppling Mercedes tea🗹mmate Nyck de Vries in the semi-final.

A scrapp𒆙y lap from Dennis in the final allowed Vandoorne to t😼ake pole position in Saudi Arabia. 

Vandoorne will start on pole position ahead of Dennis while reigning champions de Vries made it two Mercedes cars in the top th🍌ree💧.

Andre Lotterer lost out to Dennis in the semi-final phase to secure fourth ahead of Bird, Cassidy, Frijns ℱand Rowland - this quarter progressed into the quarter-finals but lost their respective duels.

Completing the top 10 was Lucas di Gꦡrassi on his debut ♈for Venturi and Maximilian Günther.

Pascal Weh♔rlein narrowly missed out o🐽n a top 10 spot with 11th ahead of the second Venturi of Edoardo Mortara.

Mortara crashed his Ventu❀ri in the dying stages of Group B’s qualifying sessions, causing yellow fla෴gs.

Jean-Eric Vergne will be disappointed with 13th fo🃏r Te🦩cheetah ahead of Jaguar’s Mitch Evans and Sergio Sette Câmara.

Rookies Dan Ticktum and Antonio Gi𝔉ovinazzi struggled f🍰or pace and are set to start from 20th and 22nd.