Jean-Eric Vergne went quickest in Formula E free practice 3 for Sunday Rome E-Prix, after finishing fourth in race 1 of the weekend double header on Saturday.
The DS Techeetah driver a double series champion set a 1:38.608, over two and a half tenths faster than championship leader Edoardo Mortara, for Venturi, in second.
Sam Bird was third for Jaguar, while Dan Ticktum was in a surprise fourth for Nio 333. Pascal Wehrlein took fifth for Porsche, with his teammate Andre Lotterer just behind.
Race 1 winner Mitch Evans was seventh for Jaguar, while Vergne’s teammate and fellow champion Antonio Felix da Costa set the eighth quickest time.
Robin Frijns was ninth for Envision, with Venturi’s Lucas di Grassi rounding out the top 10.
Oliver Rowland took 11th for Mahindra, while Jake Dennis was 12th for Andretti. Nyck de Vries, the Mercedes world champion was 13th — he’ll be hoping for a better race today after having car issues yesterday.
Sergio Sette Camara was 14th for Dragon, with the Brazilian driver almost making contact with the barriers at the end of the session as he missed his braking point. Envision’s Nick Cassidy was 15th, while Alexander Sims in the Mahindra was 16th.
Nissan’s disappointing run of form continued with Sebastien Buemi 17th and Maximillian Gunther, who crashed out of Saturday’s race on lap 1, in 18th. Stoffel Vandoorne, who finished third in race 1, was 19th.
Oliver Turvey was 20th for Nio 333, while Dragon’s Antonio Giovinazzi and Oliver Askew in the Andretti were 21st and 22nd.
Qualifying begins at 8:30 GMT.
