Nick Cassidy, Citroen Racing e-CX
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Nick Cassidy pulled off a strategic masterclass to win Formula E’s Mexico City E-Prix from 13th on the grid, as poleman Sebastien Buemi went off on lap one.
The Citroen driver gradually moved forward at race start, before a six-minute use of Attack Mode put him in contention for race victory which he ultimately held on to take.
It means Cassidy has claimed his first win of the 2025/26 season at round two, with Edoardo Mortara and reigning champion Oliver Rowland completing the podium.
Buemi started on pole for Formula E’s 150th race due to Taylor Barnard having his lap deleted for a track limit violation at the final corner, but the Envision driver endured a disastrous start.
He misjudged his braking into Turn 1 and went off into the runoff area, causing Barnard to inherit the lead but then energy saving and Attack Mode dominated the contest.
Pascal Wehrlein, for example, rose from eighth to first come lap six due to an early use of Attack Mode before soon dropping back again as the lead went through various hands with drivers opting to save energy.
Pascal Wehrlein, Porsche Formula E Team Porsche 99X Electric
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Those who saved it well were ultimately rewarded due to a yellow flag turned safety car between laps 17 and 20, as Mahindra driver Nyck de Vries went off at Turn 1 and retired.
There was then a yellow flag on lap 25 after Antonio Felix da Costa was taken out at Turn 5 by Dan Ticktum, who was sandwiched between him and Cassidy in the lower end of the top 10.
So Cassidy made most of his moves in the final 13 laps of the race, two extra tours because of the safety car, where he made the most of his Attack Mode and energy saving.
It all set up a frantic end in which Cassidy defended brilliantly to thwart late pressure from Edoardo Mortara, who struggled to overtake having not saved as much energy.
Rowland, meanwhile, pipped Barnard to fourth with Jake Dennis in fifth, having dropped out of the podiums positions late on.
Wehrlein took sixth with Pepe Marti seventh and the Spaniard was another to have patience rewarded, because extreme energy saving allowed him to make a comeback drive from the lower end in the closing laps.
Jean-Eric Vergne, Nico Muller and Norman Nato then rounded up the points positions, while Cassidy took the championship lead and the omens looking good for him; the last three winners of the Mexico E-Prix have gone on to clinch the Formula E title.
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