Nick Cassidy delivered a perfect send-off in London, mastering the strategic battle at Excel Centre to win Round 15 of the ABB FIA Formula E World Championship. The victory sealed his final weekend with Jaguar TCS Racing in storybook fashion.
The New Zealander held off a late-race charge from Mahindra’s Nyck de Vries and Porsche’s Pascal Wehrlein to claim his second victory in consecutive races. Starting fifth on the grid, Cassidy navigated the chaotic contest – and executed an energy strategy perfectly – to secure Jaguar’s third straight win.
Only four other teams in Formula E history have achieved three consecutive victories.
“It was one of those days where everything just clicked,” Cassidy said after taking 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 at the end of Cassidy’s Jaguar tenure and on Team Principal James Barclay’s final weekend at the helm – adding emotional weight to the 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.”
Strategic Chess Match
The race began with polesitter Mitch Evans leading through the narrow Docklands circuit curves. But the opening laps brought immediate drama: DS Penske’s Maximilian Günther was forced to retire after contact with Edoardo Mortara, prompting a Safety Car as marshals recovered his damaged car from under the DLR flyover.
When racing resumed, Evans continued leading de Vries and Wehrlein. Cassidy held station in fourth.
The strategic battle began around Lap 17 as the PIT BOOST window opened and teams calculated optimal pit timing.
Cassidy was among the first to stop, making up ground with a strong early stop to vault into provisional first by Lap 20. De Vries and Wehrlein responded with late-pit strategy – coupled with early ATTACK MODE activations – to leapfrog the Jaguar 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. He sliced past de Vries coming 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.
Final Sprint to Victory
The restart on Lap 35 saw Cassidy lead de Vries, Wehrlein, and the field into a tense final sprint.
From there, the Jaguar driver didn’t look back – maintaining control until the flag to claim a deserved victory.
“London has always had it in for me,” Cassidy joked earlier in the weekend. “But this time, I think we made our peace.”
Cassidy’s win moves him to third in the Drivers’ standings behind champion Oliver Rowland – who finished a quiet 11th – and Wehrlein, whose fastest lap could prove crucial in the final standings.
Porsche now lead Nissan by 39 points in the Teams’ Championship with one round remaining. The same margin stands in the Manufacturers’ fight, with Porsche ahead 367 to 338 – 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. 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.
And what a way to say goodbye.
