Published on May 6, 2023 at 4:15 p.m. – updated on May 6, 2023 at 6:28 p.m.
Offensive after starting from ninth position, Nick Cassidy went for victory in the Monaco ePrix ahead of Mitch Evans and Jake Dennis. Sacha Fenestraz finished at the foot of the podium when Jean-Eric Vergne came back from the last row to seventh place.
New Zealand continue to shine in Formula E. After Mitch Evans’ two successes in São Paulo and then in the first race in Berlin, Nick Cassidy also signed the pass of two during the Monaco ePrix. Victorious in the second race at Tempelhof airport, the driver of the Envision team managed to pull out of the game during an eventful Monaco ePrix. After taking advantage of the disqualification of Sacha Fenestraz in the qualifying final, Jake Hughes was able to keep his hand against the Frenchman at the start. On a circuit where everything is possible, the drivers measured their aggressiveness in the first laps of the race but some decided to use the “attack mode” very early on to avoid being trapped later during the 29 laps on the program. Starting from ninth position, Nick Cassidy was able to sneak into the peloton and join in the fight for victory.
Fenestraz could believe in the podium
The drivers multiplied the passages on the outside of turn 4 to use a surplus of power but the gain was rarely worth the sacrifice on the tortuous route of the Principality. The end of the race saw tempers flare and incidents multiply. After a first contact with Norman Nato at La Rascasse, Dan Ticktum then hit the Maserati of Maximilian Günther on the climb to Beau Rivage. The German driver’s single-seater being stopped at the edge of the track, the race management deployed the safety car six laps from the finish for a very short neutralization thanks to the efficiency of the Monegasque marshals. On the restart, Nick Cassidy held on against Mitch Evans to retain first place while Sacha Fenestraz was unable to break Jake Dennis. A race that ended under the safety car regime.
Cassidy does a double whammy
The fault of a collision in Sainte-Dévote between Sam Bird and Nico Müller, which left the Swiss in the middle of the trajectory with a single-seater out of order. After New York last year then Berlin this season, Nick Cassidy signs his third Formula E victory during the most prestigious race on the calendar. He is ahead of his compatriot Mitch Evans and Jake Dennis. The Envision driver takes a double hit by taking the championship lead thanks to the zero points of Pascal Wehrlein, only 11th this Saturday in Monaco. On the French side, while Sacha Fenestraz has not moved from his fourth place, Jean-Eric Vergne was able to pass between the drops to climb from 22nd and last place to seventh position. Norman Nato, handicapped after contact with Dan Ticktum, fails in 18th place. Formula E will now pause for a month before two races in the heart of Jakarta on June 3 and 4.
FORMULA E / MONACO ePRIX
Final classification – 29 laps (96.773km) – Saturday May 6, 2023
1- Nick Cassidy (NZL/Envision) en 50’23’’842
2- Mitch Evans (NZL / Jaguar) at 0”390
3- Jake Dennis (GBR / Andretti) at 1”017
4- Sacha Fenestraz (FRA / Nissan) at 2”148
5- Jake Hughes (GBR/McLaren) at 2”788
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7- Jean-Eric Vergne (FRA / DS Penske) at 4”374
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18- Norman Nato (FRA / Nissan) at 13”423
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Ranking of the drivers’ world championship after 9 out of 16 races)
1- Nick Cassidy (NZL/Envision) 121 points
2- Pascal Wehrlein (ALL/Porsche) 100
3- Jake Dennis (GBR/Andretti) 96
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5- Jean-Eric Vergne (FRA/DS Penske) 87
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14- Sacha Fenestraz (FRA/Nissan) 19
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17- Norman Nato (FRA/Nissan) 11
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