Citroën confirms Vergne and Cassidy for first Formula E season

Citroën Racing has confirmed that Jean-Eric Vergne and Nick Cassidy will be its drivers in its first Formula E season.

Vergne moves over from sister brand DS, which he has represented for all but three of his seasons in Formula E, and with which he took the second of his two titles in 2018-19 when it was aligned with Techeetah. For the last three seasons, all of GEN3 to date, he has driven for DS Penske, the upmarket French brand having been aligned with Jay Penske’s Penske Autosport organization in that time.

Vergne currently sits sixth on the all-time wins list with 11, six of them coming with DS/Stellantis power.

Cassidy, meanwhile, joins from Jaguar TCS Racing, where he has spent the last two seasons and accumulated six of his 11 Formula E victories, and 13 of his 25 podiums in the series.

He finished third in his first campaign with the British team, and went one better last season, coming second after a late season resurgence in which he won four of the last six races, including the final three of the season. He previously spent three years with Envision Racing, the last of those when the team was a Jaguar customer outfit. He finished second in that season, too.

Both drivers will have dual programs with Citroën parent company Stellantis, with the pair also set to part of Peugeot’s Hypercar effort in the FIA World Endurance Championship next season.

Vergne has been part of the sports car fold since its inception, competing in the last four seasons for the team, taking third place finishes at Monza in 2023 and Bahrain last season.

Cassidy is no stranger to sports cars, but next season will be his debut in WEC’s top class, having previously raced an AF Corse Ferrari 488 GTE Evo in the LMGTE Am category in 2022. He also has a sole Rolex 24 at Daytona start to his name (in 2019 with AIM Vasser Sullivan, where he finished fifth in the GTD class), two wins in DTM's GT3 era (at Spa and the Red Bull Ring in 2022), and the 2017 Super GT title.

Confirmation of Vergne and Cassidy’s signings leaves Jake Hughes and Stoffel Vandoorne with uncertain futures in Formula E. The pair drove for the MSG team – which Citroën has taken over the branding of – when it ran under the Maserati banner last season.

It also comes a day after DS Penske announced Maximilian Guenther and Taylor Barnard as its drivers for the upcoming season.

More information about Citroën Racing’s Formula E program will be revealed on October 20.