Formula E

Cassidy slashes Wehrlein’s Formula E points lead with Berlin win

by Sam Smith
8 min read

Nick Cassidy earned his first Formula E victory of 2023 to slash Pascal Wehrlein’s championship lead after holding off Jake Dennis in the second race of the Berlin double-header.

Much like Saturday’s race, the second Berlin race was one no driver wanted to lead during the first half with eight different race leaders within the first 12 laps.

Eventually it was Cassidy who made a break for it, taking Avalanche Andretti’s Dennis and DS Penske’s Jean-Eric Vergne with him.

That trio was helped by Antonio Felix da Costa tagging Mitch Evans at the Turn 6 hairpin with a few laps to go. Both drivers survived but it allowed the top three to break away, albeit with a slender margin.

Dennis couldn’t properly threaten Cassidy who held on to take his second victory in Formula E and close on Wehrlein at the top of the drivers’ championship.

Cassidy has had an eventful weekend in Berlin, having launched into a rant about his team-mate Sebastien Buemi during morning practice on Sunday, he was then disqualified from the intra-team quarter final duel that he won and was grounded to eighth on the grid.

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Dennis ends a difficult run of four races without a point with his third second place finish of the season.

Vergne completed the podium in third place to maintain his championship hopes, while Evans and da Costa completed the top five.

Maximilian Guenther charged from 21st to sixth for Maserati ahead of points leader Wehrlein who along with da Costa was frustrated by some failed Porsche choreography.

Defending champion Stoffel Vandoorne had a quiet run to eighth place.

Qualifying heroes Robin Frijns and Nico Mueller, who secured a one-two for Abt Cupra on the grid, faced a tough fight to remain in the points.

Polesitter Frijns quickly fell out of the top 10 after briefly leading early on and ultimately finished down in 17th place.

Mueller was more successful in keeping pace with the pack and ultimately ended up finishing in ninth place to earn his first points of the season.

Dan Ticktum recovered from 18th to steal the final point in 10th place, one day on from his clash with Vandoorne and subsequent anger over the penalty he received for causing it.

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The start of the race was delayed for almost 10 minutes when protestors stormed onto the track and sat in front of the second row of the grid. They were removed from the circuit but caused the start procedure to be delayed.

Sam Bird, who finished second in the first race of the weekend, had his hopes of a third successive podium dashed by front wing damage.

Likewise Sebastien Buemi – eighth in the points heading into the race – picked up race-wrecking damage from the back of Dennis while Edoardo Mortara’s miserable 2023 continued when he suffered damage that required a pitstop.

Race Results

Pos Name Team Car Laps Laps Led Total Time Fastest Lap Pitstops Pts
1 Nick Cassidy Envision Racing Jaguar I-TYPE 6 40 0 46m34.509s 1m06.978s 0 25
2 Jake Dennis Avalanche Andretti Porsche 99X Electric 40 0 +0.442s 1m06.944s 0 18
3 Jean-Eric Vergne DS Penske DS E-Tense FE23 40 0 +1.292s 1m07.081s 0 15
4 Mitch Evans Jaguar TCS Racing Jaguar I-TYPE 6 40 0 +1.769s 1m06.92s 0 12
5 António Félix da Costa TAG Heuer Porsche Porsche 99X Electric 40 0 +2.46s 1m07.03s 0 10
6 Maximilian Günther Maserati MSG Racing Maserati Tipo Folgore 40 0 +2.981s 1m06.911s 0 9
7 Pascal Wehrlein TAG Heuer Porsche Porsche 99X Electric 40 0 +3.545s 1m07.117s 0 6
8 Stoffel Vandoorne DS Penske DS E-Tense FE23 40 0 +4.851s 1m07.173s 0 4
9 Nico Müller ABT CUPRA Mahindra M9Electro 40 0 +6.612s 1m07.426s 0 2
10 Daniel Ticktum NIO 333 Racing NIO 333 ER9 40 0 +7.822s 1m07.482s 0 1
11 Sacha Fenestraz Nissan Nissan e-4ORCE 04 40 0 +9.461s 1m07.538s 0 0
12 Lucas Di Grassi Mahindra Racing Mahindra M9Electro 40 0 +9.462s 1m07.484s 0 0
13 René Rast NEOM McLaren Nissan e-4ORCE 04 40 0 +9.678s 1m07.244s 0 0
14 Oliver Rowland Mahindra Racing Mahindra M9Electro 40 0 +11.78s 1m07.42s 0 0
15 Sérgio Sette Câmara NIO 333 Racing NIO 333 ER9 40 0 +13.687s 1m07.189s 0 0
16 Norman Nato Nissan Nissan e-4ORCE 04 40 0 +13.749s 1m07.436s 0 0
17 Robin Frijns ABT CUPRA Mahindra M9Electro 40 0 +22.937s 1m07.722s 0 3
18 Jake Hughes NEOM McLaren Nissan e-4ORCE 04 40 0 +29.58s 1m08.731s 0 0
19 Sam Bird Jaguar TCS Racing Jaguar I-TYPE 6 40 0 +34.381s 1m07.649s 0 0
20 Sébastien Buemi Envision Racing Jaguar I-TYPE 6 40 0 +1m03.532s 1m06.903s 0 0
21 André Lotterer Avalanche Andretti Porsche 99X Electric 40 0 +1m04.102s 1m06.915s 0 0
Edoardo Mortara Maserati MSG Racing Maserati Tipo Folgore 37 0 DNF 1m07.041s 0 0
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