Nicholas Robert Cassidy (born 19 August 1994) is a

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, currently competing in

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for Jaguar TCS Racing. He previously raced for Envision Racing in the series for three seasons, becoming the runner-up during the 2022–23 season. He has won the

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championship in

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and the

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championship in Super Formula.

Career

Nick Cassidy began his racing career in Karting when he was just six years old and remained in Karting till 2010. He participated in midget races from the age of eight."Driver Profile"
(toyotaracing.co.nz; 4 February 2012; pages 3,4) Cassidy has been racing in the

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series since 2008. After driving in Formula First championships, he started racing in the

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championships in New Zealand and Australia. In 2009, Cassidy was runner-up in the New Zealand Formula First Championship, and in 2010, he was runner-up in the New Zealand Formula Ford Championship. Both times, he was named

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of the year. Mygale SJ11a of Nick Cassidy

In 2011, Cassidy began the year for Giles Motorsport, in the Toyota Racing Series. After five podium finishes, he won two of three races on the last race weekend. He was named Rookie of the year and runner-up, behind his teammate Mitch Evans. Cassidy started a few races in the Australian Formula Ford Championship, such as the ADAC Formel Masters and the Formula Abarth. He competed in five races in the Fujitsu V8 Supercar Series. In

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, Cassidy participated in the Toyota Racing Series again, remaining with Giles Motorsport. In two consecutive weeks of 2018, Cassidy lost final-round title battles in both Super Formula and Super GT, finishing second in both series. In 2019, he completed the 'triple crown' in Japanese motorsport by winning the Super Formula title. He made his

debut in the 2020–21 Formula E season for

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, replacing Sam Bird. He also made his debut in the

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for a combined entry of AF Corse and

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, replacing Red Bull Racing Reserve Driver Alex Albon in the final round of the 2021 season at the

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. He drove Red Bull's Ferrari 488 GT3s for the 2022 season.

Formula E

Envision Racing (2021–2023)

Cassidy began competing in

for the

team starting with the 2020–21 season, partnering Robin Frijns. Having failed to score during the first three races, Cassidy scored his first pole position during a wet-weather session at

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. However, Cassidy spun out of the lead on the opening lap as a result of a software glitch, before being pushed into the wall and out of the race by

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. He scored points in the following rounds in

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and

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before achieving his maiden podium at the Puebla ePrix. At the next race in

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Cassidy scored another pole and led the race until the closing laps, when a misjudged move by Jean-Éric Vergne forced the Kiwi down to fourth. He returned to the podium on Sunday, though this would be his final podium of the year, as Cassidy finished a chaotic season of Formula E 15th in the standings, 23 points behind champion Nyck de Vries. For the 2021–22 season, Cassidy remained at Envision, once again partnering Frijns. The opening half of his season yielded little success for the New Zealander, who only took three points finishes in the first ten races. Just like the previous year, Cassidy qualified on pole pole position for the first race in

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, one he would convert into his first Formula E victory despite being involved in a multi-car pileup thanks to a sudden rain shower late in the race, as the event was aborted and countback rules were applied to the classification. He qualified on pole the following day only to be sent to the back of the grid as repairs to his car forced the team to use a fifth radiator of the season, earning Cassidy a 30-place grid penalty. Cassidy finished on the podium at

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as a result of a penalty for De Vries and ended the season eleventh in the standings, four positions behind teammate Frijns. Envision retained Cassidy ahead of the 2022–23 campaign, with him being partnered by Season 2 champion

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. After two events that earned him points finishes, Cassidy scored back-to-back podiums at

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and

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before missing out narrowly on victory to Mitch Evans at the São Paulo ePrix. The Kiwi continued his championship assault in Germany, winning the second race of the Berlin ePrix, narrowing his gap to leader Pascal Wehrlein to four points. At the next round in

, Cassidy charged from his starting spot of tenth to second within the opening seven laps, before executing a pass on title rival Evans to take victory in the principality. Cassidy struggled in

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, finishing seventh on Saturday before losing out on points on Sunday after damaging his front wing in a self-inflicted accident with Wehrlein, though he would return to form with a win at Portland, having managed his car's energy well in a pandemonious, peloton-style race.

brought a podium on the opening day for Cassidy, however a crash caused by Evans on Sunday caused Cassidy to finish in a lowly 14th. Still with good chances to win the title, Cassidy qualified second for the first

race but was promoted to pole after Evans's penalty for the Rome accident had been applied. During the race, drama ensued: Cassidy, who had been leading the race until his first attack mode activation dropped him back to fourth, became the victim in a teammate collision as miscommunication caused him to rip of his car's front wing, with Buemi, who had been ready to help Cassidy in his title ambitions by letting the Kiwi through, received no communication from his team. As Cassidy retired due to the damage,

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managed to take the title on Saturday. A win from pole on a rainy Sunday acted as consolation for Cassidy, who finished the season second in the championship.

Jaguar Racing (2024–)

Cassidy switched to Jaguar TCS Racing on a multi-year contract, replacing Sam Bird and partnering fellow Kiwi driver Mitch Evans for the 2023–24 Formula E season. Having been consistent through the first half of the season, Cassidy scored two victories and six more podiums. He entered the 2024 Portland ePrix with a lead of 25 points over Pascal Wehrlein. Cassidy was leading race 1 of the Portland ePrix until the penultimate lap, where he spun out. He left Portland with no points scored across the two races. A disastrous qualifying in London race 1 and an accident in race two with

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meant Cassidy could only finish the season in third place.

Karting record

Karting career summary

Racing record

Racing career summary

^† As Cassidy was a guest driver, he was ineligible to score championship points.

Complete Toyota Racing Series results

( key)

Complete New Zealand Grand Prix results

Complete Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 results

( key)

Complete FIA Formula 3 European Championship results

( key) ^† As Cassidy was a guest driver, he was ineligible to score championship points.

Complete Macau Grand Prix results

Complete Japanese Formula 3 results

( key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in ''italics'' indicate fastest lap)

Complete Super GT results

( key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in ''italics'' indicate fastest lap)

Complete Super Formula results

( key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in ''italics'' indicate fastest lap) ^‡ Half points awarded as less than 75% of race distance was completed.

Complete IMSA SportsCar Championship results

( key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; results in ''italics'' indicate fastest lap)

Complete Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters results

( key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in ''italics'' indicate fastest lap) ^† As Cassidy was a guest driver, he was ineligible to score championship points.

Complete Formula E results

( key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in ''italics'' indicate fastest lap) ^* Season still in progress.

Complete FIA World Endurance Championship results

( key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in ''italics'' indicate fastest lap)

Complete 24 Hours of Le Mans results

References

External links

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