Cassidy struggled to seventh in the first of two FE races in Indonesia, failing to make much in-roads from 10th on the grid in his Jaguar-powered Envision car despite saving his final Attack Mode activation in hope of a late charge.
With title rival Pascal Wehrlein winning the race after qualifying a strong third, Cassidy’s lead in the championship has been slashed from 20 points to just two ahead of the final six races of the season.
The Kiwi’s worst result since the Diriyah E-Prix in January followed a sudden drop in pace for Jaguar in Jakarta, with both the works team and the customer Envision squad struggling for one-lap and long-run pace at the 2.4 circuit.
Asked if the Indonesian weekend is turning out to be a case of damage limitation, Cassidy told Autosport. “I think for sure. It's just not a good track for us, clearly. All four of us were clearly struggling. So to finish seventh today was quite a good result.
“That's just the pace that we had. We were 17th in FP1, 13th in FP2, 10th in quali, seventh in the race, so we maximised what we had.”
Source: Autosport