Cassidy conquers London E-Prix on final weekend with Jaguar
Nick Cassidy delivered a dream send-off in London, mastering a strategic battle at the Excel Centre to win Round 15 of the ABB FIA Formula E World Championship — and sealing his final weekend with Jaguar TCS Racing in storybook fashion.
The New Zealander held off a spirited late-race charge from Mahindra’s Nyck de Vries and Porsche’s Pascal Wehrlein to claim his second victory in as many races. Having started fifth on the grid, Cassidy navigated a chaotic contest — and a brilliantly executed energy strategy — to secure Jaguar’s third consecutive win, a feat achieved by only four other teams in Formula E history.
“It was one of those days where everything just clicked,” Cassidy said after the chequered flag. “To win on pace in London, in this building that hasn’t been kind to me in the past, is incredibly special.”
The win came not just at the end of Cassidy’s Jaguar tenure, but also on Team Principal James Barclay’s final weekend at the helm — adding emotional weight to an already monumental moment. “We’ve been through so much as a team,” Cassidy reflected. “To send off James and finish this chapter like this is something I’ll never forget.”
A race of strategy and steel
The race began with polesitter Mitch Evans leading the field through the narrow, twisting curves of the Docklands circuit. But the opening laps were far from straightforward: DS Penske’s Maximilian Günther was forced to retire early after contact with Edoardo Mortara, prompting a Safety Car as marshals recovered his damaged car from under the DLR flyover.
When the race resumed, Evans continued to lead de Vries and Wehrlein, with Cassidy holding station in fourth. The strategic chess match began in earnest around Lap 17 as the PIT BOOST window opened and teams debated the optimal moment to pit.
Cassidy was one of the first to blink, making up ground with a strong early stop to vault into provisional first by Lap 20. But de Vries and Wehrlein responded with a canny late-pit strategy, coupled with early ATTACK MODE activations, to leapfrog the Jaguar backmarker by Lap 25.
What followed was pure Formula E theatre.
Armed with a final round of ATTACK MODE, Cassidy made his move on Lap 27, slicing past de Vries on the run out of the final turn with clinical precision. Behind them, chaos reigned. Dan Ticktum clipped Evans into a spin on Lap 29, pushing the Jaguar out of the points. Moments later, the CUPRA driver found himself in the wall after an ambitious lunge at Turn 9 — bringing out the second Safety Car of the race.
The restart on Lap 35 saw Cassidy lead de Vries, Wehrlein, and the rest of the pack into a tense final sprint. But from there, the Jaguar driver didn’t look back — maintaining control until the flag to claim a richly deserved victory.
A fitting finale
Cassidy’s win sees him climb to third in the Drivers’ standings behind champion Oliver Rowland — who finished a quiet 11th — and Wehrlein, whose fastest lap of the race could prove crucial in the final standings.
Porsche now lead Nissan by 39 points in the Teams’ Championship with just one round remaining. The same margin stands in the Manufacturers’ fight, with Porsche ahead 367 to 338 — a testament to their consistency even as individual drivers swap podiums.
Stoffel Vandoorne (Maserati MSG Racing) came home fourth ahead of Jake Dennis and Jean-Eric Vergne, while Sam Bird, Robin Frijns and Norman Nato rounded out the top ten.
But the day belonged to Cassidy — and to Jaguar.
As the final chapter of his time with the team draws to a close, London offered the redemption arc both driver and circuit seemed to have been craving.
“London has always had it in for me,” Cassidy joked earlier in the weekend. “But this time, I think we made our peace.”
And what a way to say goodbye.
