London E-Prix: Cassidy tops FP2 with Formula E title rival Dennis fifth

Envision Racing’s Cassidy, who enters this weekend’s double-header at the ExCeL London’s unique indoor/outdoor circuit 24 points behind Dennis in the championship, set a 1m11.264s three minutes from the end of the session which proved to be the fastest time.

This was after a crash in the final minute for Abt Cupra’s Robin Frijns at Turn 16, which brought out the red flag and prevented drivers from improving on their final runs.

The outside sections of the circuit remained damp on Saturday morning, meaning times were initially several seconds off the pace compared with FP1 on Friday afternoon, with Cassidy the first driver to go below the 1m15s mark.

Fellow New Zealander Mitch Evans, who is also in championship contention albeit 44 points behind Dennis, went faster with a 1m14.851s, but his best lap was almost immediately beaten by Maserati’s Edoardo Mortara and then McLaren’s Rene Rast.

Approaching the halfway point of the session, DS Penske’s Stoffel Vandoorne hit the top of the times with a 1m14.121s before Sacha Fenestraz set a 1m14.085s.

Dennis became the first driver to set a sub 1m14s lap, registering a 1m13.966s, which was immediately beaten by Envision’s Sebastien Buemi who set a time almost eight tenths faster.

Dennis improved on his next lap, posting a 1m13.444s, which moved him closer to Buemi’s top time but still more than two tenths in arrears.

Approaching the final 10 minutes of the 30-minute session Evans sat at the top of times with a 1m12.861s before going even faster on his next run with a 1m12.596s.

Jake Dennis, Andretti Autosport

Photo by: Andreas Beil

Lap times continued to drop in the final minutes, with NIO 333’s Dan Ticktum moving into second on a 1m11.578s just before the red flag which was 0.314s slower than Cassidy’s best, with Buemi completing the top three.

Porsche’s Pascal Wehrlein, who is also mathematically still in contention for the drivers’ title this weekend, finished fourth 0.350s behind Cassidy’s best lap.

London E-Prix FP2 Results:

Driver Info

Cla	Driver	#	Laps	Time	Interval	km/h
1	N. Cassidy Nick Cassidy Envision Racing	37	20	1'11.264		108.155
2	D. Ticktum Dan Ticktum NIO Formula E Team	33	19	+0.314	0.314	107.681
3	S. Buemi Sébastien Buemi Envision Racing	16	20	+0.325	0.011	107.664
4	P. Wehrlein Pascal Wehrlein Porsche Team	94	18	+0.350	0.025	107.627
5	J. Dennis Jake Dennis Andretti Autosport	27	18	+0.517	0.167	107.376
6	M. Evans Mitch Evans Jaguar Racing	9	19	+0.546	0.029	107.333
7	S. Sette Camara Sergio Sette Camara NIO Formula E Team	3	19	+0.573	0.027	107.292
8	A. Lotterer Andre Lotterer Andretti Autosport	36	20	+0.717	0.144	107.078
9	S. Vandoorne Stoffel Vandoorne DS Penske	1	19	+0.719	0.002	107.075
10	L. di Grassi Lucas di Grassi Mahindra Racing	11	20	+0.741	0.022	107.042
11	N. Nato Norman Nato Nissan e.Dams	17	20	+0.781	0.040	106.983
12	A. Felix da Costa Antonio Felix da Costa Porsche Team	13	18	+0.821	0.040	106.923
13	J. Hughes Jake Hughes McLaren	5	20	+0.912	0.091	106.788
14	N. Müller Nico Müller Team Abt	51	20	+0.980	0.068	106.688
15	R. Rast René Rast McLaren	58	20	+0.982	0.002	106.685
16	S. Bird Sam Bird Jaguar Racing	10	19	+0.994	0.012	106.667
17	M. Gunther Maximilian Gunther Maserati Racing	7	19	+1.045	0.051	106.592
18	R. Frijns Robin Frijns Team Abt	4	18	+1.280	0.235	106.247
19	E. Mortara Edoardo Mortara Maserati Racing	48	20	+1.409	0.129	106.058
20	J. Vergne Jean-Eric Vergne DS Penske	25	19	+1.471	0.062	105.968
21	R. Merhi Roberto Merhi Mahindra Racing	8	20	+1.791	0.320	105.504
22	S. Fenestraz Sacha Fenestraz Nissan e.Dams	23	19	+1.795	0.004	105.498
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