Wehrlein’s Formula E Sao Paulo crash was “a sickening feeling”, says Cassidy

Nick Cassidy has described his Sao Paulo E-Prix accident with Pascal Wehrlein, which despatched the reigning Components E champion airborne and the wrong way up into the barrier, as “a sickening feeling”.

The Jaguar driver had been in direction of the entrance of a dramatic season-opener in Brazil that featured two crimson flags and was finally received by team-mate Mitch Evans from final on the grid.

Whereas Evans had moved into the lead and headed Antonio Felix da Costa within the closing levels, Cassidy in third was attacked from behind by DS Penske’s Maximilian Gunther and Porsche’s Wehrlein into the tight Flip 4/5 chicane.

Gunther was pushed into the wall on the skin of the circuit with Cassidy, who was in the course of the trio, consequently breaking the suspension on his Jaguar.

The injury meant Cassidy’s automobile failed to show for the next flat-out, right-handed Flip 6 and he hit the facet of Wehrlein’s Porsche inflicting it to tip onto its facet.

The highest of Wehrlein’s automobile made heavy contact with the barrier on the skin of the circuit earlier than coming to relaxation the wrong way up.

Wehrlein reported over the radio that he was trapped and a crimson flag was deployed to help the German, who extracted himself from the automobile unharmed however visibly shaken as soon as it was righted.

Taken to hospital for precautionary checks, a Porsche spokesperson confirmed that Wehrlein was unhurt and had spoken to his household, in addition to watched the tip of the race.

Talking to Autosport in regards to the accident, which was investigated by the stewards who selected no additional motion, Cassidy stated: “It’s form of a sickening feeling everytime you see a automobile the wrong way up so simply very glad he’s okay.

“I don’t actually really feel like I hit anybody, I had two automobiles come from behind me to in entrance of me and each form of sandwiched me. I don’t know what I used to be meant to do there.”

With a second crimson flag neutralising the race, Cassidy recovered to the pits the place his staff tried to restore the automobile.

He rejoined for the four-lap sprint to the flag however retired earlier than the chequered flag because of points presumably unrelated to the accident.

“We had some form of power situation, there was one thing unsuitable in our software program for the previous few laps,” stated Cassidy.

“I don’t know what was bent or damaged, we needed to restore lots to have the ability to get again out after which once I was out we had another stuff happening.”