Starting from pole position, Nick Cassidy (Envision) won the first race of the Formula E weekend in New York on Saturday afternoon, after a hectic test. The rain was invited in the New York sky causing a pileup while there were ten minutes left before the end of the race. Cassidy himself and the Belgian Stoffel Vandoorne (Mercedes), 4th, lost control of their vehicles.
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But the organizers decided to stop the classification before the last covered lap, which left the victory to the New Zealand driver, ahead of the Brazilian Lucas di Grassi (Venturi) and the Dutchman Robin Frijns (Envision), Cassidy’s teammate.
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Vergne loses ground in the driver standings
Jean-Éric Vergne (DS-Techeetah) had a difficult afternoon. Only 16th on the starting grid after qualifying, the former Red Bull Formula 1 driver suffered an accident on the first lap and finally finished 18th. In the general classification, he is now 3rd (128 points), behind Vandoorne (137) and the leader Edoardo Mortara (Venturi, 150 points). A second race is scheduled in New York on Sunday, on the circuit laid out in the Brooklyn docks.
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