Yahoo Autos Rowland fastest in final London E-Prix practice as Cassidy fails to set a time
Oliver Rowland was quickest in Sunday’s final practice session at the London E-Prix, but Nick Cassidy’s weekend went from bad to worse after he failed to complete a lap.
Jaguar TCS Racing’s Cassidy came into the weekend as the points leader, but didn’t make the qualifying Duels on Saturday, then could only finish seventh in the race. Brake issues meant that he spent most of Sunday morning’s practice in the garage, eventually making it out, but not completing a single fast lap.
Nissan driver Rowland’s session-best time of 1m10.127 was just 0.011s quicker than Saturday winner and current points leader Pascal Wehrlein of TAG Heuer Porsche, while Jean-Eric Vergne clocked the third-fastest time for DS Penske, a further 0.012s back.
Maximilian Guenther, bouncing back from gearbox failure in Saturday’s race, was fourth in his Maserati, while Robin Frijns showed there were no lingering effects from his Saturday crash – which resulted in a precautionary trip to the hospital – by going fifth fastest for Envision Racing.
Jehan Daruvala was sixth quickest in the second Maserati, ahead of Envision’s Sebastien Buemi and ERT’s Dan Ticktum, with Abt Cupra driver Nico Mueller and DS Penske’s Stoffel Vandoorne completing the top-10. Sacha Fenestraz and outgoing champion Jake Dennis were next up, with Antonio Felix da Costa matching his position to his car number in 13th.
NEOM McLaren’s Sam Bird was the highest placed driver not running on full power in 14th, ahead of Lucas di Grassi and Edoardo Mortara.
After getting pole and second in the race on Saturday, Mitch Evans found himself a lowly 17th on Sunday morning, while Norman Nato, Sergio Sette Camara, and Jake Hughes rounded out the runners.
