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Feature by Katy Fairman
Nick Cassidy delivered a masterclass in Mexico City to give Citroën Racing their first victory in Formula E, just two races into their campaign. It was a typical Cassidy drive, calculated to perfection, with the Kiwi now having won four of the last five races. He’s on an incredible run of form, even after the switch from Jaguar to Stellantis powertrains, and already looks right at home with the iconic French manufacturer.
“I'm so so happy with that,” Cassidy exclaimed after the race. “I mean, with Citroën, what a first two races.”
The victory follows a podium that Cassidy picked up at the first round in São Paulo, with Cassidy the victor of the ABB Engineered To Outrun in Brazil with his race engineer Pierre Paul Fery after climbing from 15th to third.
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“I had a really good car, also in qualifying, but I didn't really do a great job but I knew that I had a good package,” Cassidy continued. “I kind of expected the race to be really hard to pass. So, to have my way with the win is pretty unbelievable.”
Making the most of his ATTACK MODE activations, which gives drivers all-wheel drive and an extra 50kW boost, Cassidy was able to reserve energy further back before shooting up the pack and keeping a haul of drivers behind in the race’s final stages.
Mahindra Racing’s Edoardo Mortara had to settle for second at the line, with reigning World Champion Oliver Rowland third for Nissan. Taylor Barnard had a sniff at a debut podium with his new team DS PENSKE, but the front-row starter classified fourth with Jake Dennis fifth for Andretti in their 150th Formula E race.
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“I was patient, similar to São Paulo, but I think that today we had a stronger package than São Paulo, so I could really have pace when I needed to, and spread the field when I needed to.
“To win in Formula E, you need a lot of things to fall into place. Today they did pretty perfectly, so I was obviously very happy with how it went.
“It's a very unusual strategy for me, I would say. I wouldn't normally do a six minute ATTACK MODE first and I wouldn't normally spend a lot of energy like that at an energy-sensitive track where after Turn 9, you could probably pass me quite easily.
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“I did take some risks today on the strategy, and it really worked out.”
Mexico City comes with a special statistic, that all three previous winners here have gone on to win the World Championship title: Jake Dennis in Season 9, Pascal Wehrlein in Season 10 and Oliver Rowland in Season 11.
Can Cassidy join that exclusive list in Season 12? He’s looking so at home at his new team, and this 12th career win ties him for fourth on the all-time winner’s list behind only Lucas di Grassi (Lola Yamaha ABT) on 13, and Mitch Evans (Jaguar TCS Racing) and Sebastien Buemi (Envision Racing) on 14 victories each.
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