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Formula E Monaco ePrix
Monaco E-Prix: Cassidy wins from ninth to grab points lead
Nick Cassidy made it back-to-back Formula E wins with victory in the Monaco E-Prix, the Envision Racing driver’s success putting him into the lead of the championship.
Stefan Mackley
Edited: May 6, 2023, 4:37 PM
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The Kiwi had started ninth after missing out on the qualifying duels but stormed to the front of the pack just after the halfway point of the 29-lap race.
The race-winning move came into Sainte Devote on lap 18 as he overtook Mitch Evans, the Jaguar driver having jumped Cassidy at the same spot two laps earlier.
The race essentially became a five-lap shootout as the safety car was deployed after Maximilian Gunther’s Maserati MSG came to a stop heading into Massenet.
The German suffered damage on the run-up Beau Rivage, having tried to overtake Dan Ticktum’s NIO 333 machine which had a damaged front wing.
With energy saved behind the safety car and no added laps, the remaining tours were flat-out with Evans unable to find a way back past.
He was denied the chance of a last-lap overtake as a collision between Evans’ team-mate Sam Bird and Nico Muller left the Abt driver in the barrier at Sainte Devote.
The stranded car meant a second safety car as the race finished under caution, with Cassidy following on from his win in Berlin last month with his first success in Monte Carlo.
Jake Dennis completed the podium for Andretti Autosport having challenged Evans into the Nouvelle Chicane prior to the first safety car.
Sacha Fenestraz took fourth after shadowing the leading trio for the second half of the race, the Nissan driver having been stripped of pole for exceeding the allowed energy output.
McLaren’s Jake Hughes, who had inherited pole and led early on, held onto fifth while Ticktum took sixth despite the damage to his front wing.
Jean-Eric Vergne impressively finished seventh after he and DS Penske team-mate Stoffel Vandoorne started on the back row due to a qualifying infringement, with the reigning Formula E champion finishing ninth.
Pascal Wehrlein entered the race with a four-point lead over Cassidy in the standings, but struggled to break into the points at any stage in the race and the Porsche driver eventually finished 11th.
His Porsche team-mate Antonio Felix da Costa also failed to score, finishing 16th after stopping to replace a punctured tyre.
Formula E Monaco E-Prix - race results
Cla # Driver Team Gap 1 37 Nick Cassidy
Envision Racing 2 9
Mitch Evans
Jaguar Racing 0.390 3 27
Jake Dennis
Andretti Autosport 1.017 4 23
Sacha Fenestraz
Nissan e.dams 2.148 5 5
Jake Hughes
McLaren 2.788 6 33
Dan Ticktum
NIO Formula E Team 3.368 7 25
Jean-Eric Vergne
DS Penske 4.374 8 16
Sébastien Buemi
Envision Racing 4.783 9 1
Stoffel Vandoorne
DS Penske 5.394 10 10
Sam Bird
Jaguar Racing 6.469 11 94
Pascal Wehrlein
Porsche Team 6.705 12 48
Edoardo Mortara
Maserati Racing 7.624 13 11
Lucas di Grassi
Mahindra Racing 8.576 14 4
Robin Frijns
Team Abt 9.620 15 3
Sergio Sette Camara
NIO Formula E Team 10.684 16 13
Antonio Felix da Costa
Porsche Team 11.141 17 58
René Rast
McLaren 12.295 18 17
Norman Nato
Nissan e.dams 13.423 51
Nico Müller
Team Abt 2 Laps 7
Maximilian Gunther
Maserati Racing 8 Laps 8
Oliver Rowland
Mahindra Racing 11 Laps 36
Andre Lotterer
Andretti Autosport 28 Laps View full results
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