Formula E

Envision beats Jaguar to Formula E teams’ title in wet finale

by Jack Cozens
5 min read

Nick Cassidy won a sedate Formula E season finale in London after two aborted attempts to start the race, as his Envision Racing team sealed the teams’ title a day after Cassidy’s own championship aspirations were ended by an intra-team clash.

The race only got going in earnest an hour and a half after the original start time due to poor visibility, with efforts to start the race behind the safety car twice resulting in red flags.

But any fears of chaos proved unfounded as Cassidy controlled proceedings at the front – with only two changes of position in the top 10 finishing order compared to the starting grid.

Heavy rain in London meant the second race of the weekend at the ExCeL track, which has both indoor and outdoor sections, started behind the safety car – with four laps completed before the first red flag was shown.

Two more laps were completed before attempts to get the race going were aborted for a second time, but the race did finally get going on lap eight, with polesitter Cassidy and fellow front-row qualifier Mitch Evans quickly breaking away.

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That trend only continued as the race went on, as Cassidy – who honed his skills in Japan’s Super Formula series, clinching the single-seater category’s title in 2019 – dragged Evans along with him as they advanced more than 10 seconds clear of the pack behind.

Saturday race winner Evans kept Cassidy honest, bringing the gap between the two back below two seconds in the closing stages, but Cassidy was never troubled as he clinched his fourth victory of a highly impressive season, despite his drivers’ title aspirations falling short.

The win did at least secure Cassidy runner-up spot at the expense of Evans, and coupled with Sebastien Buemi’s sixth-place finish meant Envision beat its manufacturer partner Jaguar – which Cassidy will join next season – to the teams’ title by 12 points.

Jake Dennis, Avalanche Andretti Formula E, Porsche 99 X Electric Gen3

New champion Jake Dennis, who sealed the title with a race to spare after a runner-up finish in Saturday’s race, had a lonely but comfortable run to third in his Andretti-Porsche.

Dennis, who finished 11.361s behind Evans, shook off Norman Nato – taking his first attack mode and drifting away from the two leaders while extending a margin back to Nato, pushing on only in the final stages as he clinched the bonus point for fastest lap.

Nato rounded out a strong end to the season with the Nissan team he is set to leave this summer by finishing fourth, a result that jumped Nissan ahead of its customer McLaren into seventh in the teams’ standings by seven points.

Outgoing champion Stoffel Vandoorne was fifth, with Buemi taking sixth from the second factory Jaguar of Sam Bird in the final third of the 38-lap race – one of only three changes of place in the points-paying positions after lap 10.

The others were executed by Dan Ticktum, who pounced opportunistically as Edoardo Mortara’s Maserati squirmed as he got onto the power, and slotted his NIO 333 car up the inside into the tight Turn 9 right-hander. He then gained another place later on lap 14 when Pascal Wehrlein took attack mode.

Ticktum finished ninth, behind Bird and Abt Cupra driver Nico Mueller, a crucial result for NIO as it moved it up to ninth in the teams’ standings by a point at the expense of Mahindra.

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Wehrlein completed the points for the factory Porsche squad, which finished fourth in the standings – 10 points behind its customer Andretti.

Race Results

Pos Name Team Car Laps Laps Led Total Time Fastest Lap Pitstops Pts
1 Nick Cassidy Envision Racing Jaguar I-TYPE 6 38 38 2h13m56.532s 1m21.797s 0 28
2 Mitch Evans Jaguar TCS Racing Jaguar I-TYPE 6 38 0 +4.934s 1m22.17s 0 18
3 Jake Dennis Avalanche Andretti Porsche 99X Electric 38 0 +16.295s 1m21.554s 0 16
4 Norman Nato Nissan Nissan e-4ORCE 04 38 0 +24.819s 1m22.293s 0 12
5 Stoffel Vandoorne DS Penske DS E-Tense FE23 38 0 +26.29s 1m22.052s 0 10
6 Sébastien Buemi Envision Racing Jaguar I-TYPE 6 38 0 +27.406s 1m21.991s 0 8
7 Sam Bird Jaguar TCS Racing Jaguar I-TYPE 6 38 0 +29.376s 1m22.012s 0 6
8 Nico Müller ABT CUPRA Mahindra M9Electro 38 0 +30.304s 1m22.059s 0 4
9 Daniel Ticktum NIO 333 Racing NIO 333 ER9 38 0 +30.832s 1m21.881s 0 2
10 Pascal Wehrlein TAG Heuer Porsche Porsche 99X Electric 38 0 +35.558s 1m22.492s 0 1
11 Edoardo Mortara Maserati MSG Racing Maserati Tipo Folgore 38 0 +36.615s 1m22.464s 0 0
12 René Rast NEOM McLaren Nissan e-4ORCE 04 38 0 +38.16s 1m21.995s 0 0
13 Sérgio Sette Câmara NIO 333 Racing NIO 333 ER9 38 0 +40.295s 1m22.1s 0 0
14 Maximilian Günther Maserati MSG Racing Maserati Tipo Folgore 38 0 +51.14s 1m22.511s 0 0
15 Sacha Fenestraz Nissan Nissan e-4ORCE 04 38 0 +51.918s 1m22.555s 0 0
16 António Félix da Costa TAG Heuer Porsche Porsche 99X Electric 38 0 +53.336s 1m22.502s 0 0
17 Robin Frijns ABT CUPRA Mahindra M9Electro 38 0 +56.608s 1m22.42s 0 0
18 Lucas Di Grassi Mahindra Racing Mahindra M9Electro 38 0 +58.064s 1m22.507s 0 0
19 Jake Hughes NEOM McLaren Nissan e-4ORCE 04 38 0 +59.956s 1m22.261s 0 0
20 Roberto Merhi Mahindra Racing Mahindra M9Electro 38 0 +1m02.506s 1m22.558s 0 0
21 André Lotterer Avalanche Andretti Porsche 99X Electric 38 0 +1m02.89s 1m22.254s 0 0
22 Jean-Eric Vergne DS Penske DS E-Tense FE23 37 0 +1 lap 1m22.492s 0 0
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