Cassidy signs off in style with double win in London as Porsche clinches teams’ and manufacturers’ titles

LONDON: Nick Cassidy capped off his final weekend with Jaguar TCS Racing in spectacular fashion, claiming victory in Round 16 at the London E-Prix.

The win marked his third in a row and Jaguar's fifth in six races, wrapping up an emotional send-off for both the New Zealander and team principal James Barclay.

Cassidy’s lights-to-flag triumph at a sold-out ExCeL London also secured him second place in the FIA Drivers’ World Championship.

Having scored just a single point in the opening six rounds of the season, his late surge underlined a remarkable turnaround.

“Honestly I love racing in this place,” said Cassidy.

“It’s not been that kind to me in the last few years, but this weekend it’s absolutely delivered. When this stadium is packed full of people it’s a pleasure to race here and it’s great for Formula E. Also, it’s my last race for the team, again I’ve had the best car today, and this one is 100 percent for them.

“When the tyres are working well, when the car’s perfect, everything becomes efficient. For sure it wasn’t easy at the start to keep the lead, but I think between Mitch (Evans) and myself we could manage that well. I’m gutted for him, to have had a one-two would have been perfect,” he added.

Cassidy finished 13.5 seconds clear of Mahindra Racing’s Nyck de Vries, the second-largest winning margin in Formula E history. Only Antonio Félix da Costa has previously won three consecutive races.

“It was certainly a very challenging race,” said de Vries.

“Obviously Nick didn’t want to get too down on energy versus everyone behind, so he was making sure he stayed on the same energy as us and that resulted in a little bit of a concertina effect behind us.

“I’m very pleased to bring home another podium and