Cassidy wins in Berlin as Rowland claims Formula E title

Nick Cassidy completed a sweep of the Berlin E-Prix for Jaguar TCS Racing as Oliver Rowland clinched the 2024-25 Formula E World Championship with two rounds to spare.

Cassidy started 21st on the 22 car grid, but in typical fashion, he spent his time in the pack conserving energy before mounting a late surge to the front. He was down in 19th when he took his second Attack Mode on lap 31 of the 41 lap race (extended from 38 as a result of two safety car periods). With the leaders having used their final Attack Modes five laps earlier, Cassidy immediately capitalized on the four minutes additional 50kW and four-wheel-drive to power forward.

By lap 34, as his Attack Mode ran out, Cassidy was already up to second, and two laps later he took the lead at Turn 6, slipping up the inside of Rowland.

Rowland started eighth on the grid despite qualifying third after getting a five-place grid penalty for contact with Stoffel Vandoorne in Saturday's race, but he'd already cracked the top five by the end of lap 9. Like Cassidy, starting deeper in the pack proved beneficial for Rowland because he held an energy advantage over early race leader and title rival Pascal Wehrlein.

A safety car following a collision between Sam Bird and Nico Mueller on lap 23 bunched the field up and when the race restarted three laps later, the top four all took their first Attack Modes, with Rowland running third at that point behind Wehrlein and Robin Frijns. He went for his second seven laps later, and although that dropped him down to ninth and an unfavorable position in terms of the title fight, it proved to be brief because he was already fourth by the end of that lap, and the lead the following tour.

But it proved to be inconsequential. Rowland finished fourth, and with Werhlein fading to 11th during the final part of the race – after only taking two minutes for his First Attack Mode while everyone around him went for four – that was enough for the Briton to wrap up the championship before it heads to Rowland's home turf for the final two races of the season in two weeks.

Mitch Evans was fifth after a tense late-race duel with Taylor Barnard through Turns 3, 4, and 5. Barnard had been in the lead fight in the first half of the race, but the safety car for the collision between his NEOM McLaren teammate and Mueller came right as he was in the middle of his first Attack Mode. The loss of two minutes of extra power and 4wd running derailed any chances he had of a win.

Felipe Drugovich claimed his first formula E points with seventh for Mahindra, ahead of Antonio Felix da Costa, while Sergio Sette Camara also scored points in what has been a return to the series with Nissan, standing in for Norman Nato who has World Endurance Championship commitments this weekend.

Sebastien Buemi was the first retirement of the race, coming to a stop with a technical issue at the entry of Turn 3 on lap 19. Bird and Guenther, as well as Zane Maloney and Sebastien Buemi, who both stopped on lap 41, necessitating a brief full course yellow, also failed to finish.

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