indias first ever formula e race finally kicked off yesterday with free practice 1 followed by free practice 2 ahead of the qualifying session the round 4 of the 202223 season ie the greenko hyderabad eprix is series 30th race location and is being held on indias first street circuit readied around the shores of the hussain sagar lake and by the ntr gardensheres how the quarter finals semi finals and the final session of the qualifying for the 2023 hyderabad eprix panned out hyundai ioniq 5 test drive review beyond brilliance toi autoquarter finalsa total of 8 drivers make it to the quarter finals and at the hyderabad eprix the drivers that qualified were as follows sebastian buemi envision racing 113599sacha fenestraz nissan 113702maximilian gunther maserati msg racing 114621mitch evans jaguar tcs racing 113526sam bird jaguar tcs racing 113467jeaneric vergne ds penske 113503edoardo mortara maserati msg racing 113749rene rast neom mclaren 114332maserati msg and jaguar tcs were the only two teams to have both their drivers make it to the top 8 while neom mclaren ds penske and nissan each had one driver reach the quarter finalssemi finalsgiven the duel format that is followed in formula e sebastian buemi mitch evans edoardo mortara and sam bird were the four drivers with the better timings than their counterparts mentioned above and hence made it to the semi finals however with rast mortara and bird having their times deleted for exceeding track limits vergne progressed straight through to the finalsfinalsin the end it was mitch evans that managed to grab his first pole of the formula e season 9 at the hyderabad eprix after getting the better of jeaneric vergne by nearly threetenths jaguar tcs racing is calling it its second homerace as its the home of the parent company tata hence jaguar would certainly be aiming for a victory at the hyderabad street circuitstay tuned to toi auto for the full race report of the greenko hyderabad eprix later today