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Oliver Rowland clinches Formula E title as Nick Cassidy wins second Berlin E-Prix

Oliver Rowland has been crowned the 2024-25 Formula E world champion after finishing fourth in the second Berlin E-Prix of the weekend, which was won by Nick Cassidy.

Chief title rival Pascal Wehrlein needed another strong points finish to keep his championship defence going into the double-header London finale, but faded during the race and slipped to 16th at the finish.

Oliver Rowland, Nissan Formula E Team (Photo by: Andreas Beil)

With Rowland battling at the front of the pack in the closing stages - the Nissan driver running in fourth place when the majority of attack mode activations had been taken - clinching the title in the Berlin Sunday race looked realistic until a full course yellow period was called on the penultimate lap.

But with the yellow flags withdrawn before the end of that lap, Rowland kept clear of the chasing pack to take fourth place and with it the drivers’ title with two races to spare.

Race winner Oliver Rowland, Nissan Formula E Team (Photo by: Simon Galloway / Motorsport Images via Getty Images)

Having dominated the Formula E season after victory in round two in Mexico, Rowland picked up further wins in Jeddah, Monaco and Tokyo to strengthen his grip on the title, while Wehrlein was unable to find the same consistency as the British driver.

Cassidy charged from 20th on the grid to win the second race of the weekend in Berlin, making it a Jaguar double after team-mate Mitch Evans won on Saturday.

The Kiwi driver fended off 2022-23 Formula E champion Jake Dennis, who had to settle for second for Andretti. Jean-Eric Vergne rounded out the podium for DS Penske.

Full report and analysis to follow.

Formula E Berlin E-Prix II - results

   
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Cla Driver # Laps Time Interval km/h Points Retirement
1 New Zealand N. Cassidy Jaguar Racing 37 41

47'29.430

       
2 United Kingdom J. Dennis Andretti Formula E 27 41

+1.533

47'30.963

1.533      
3 France J. Vergne DS Penske 25 41

+4.347

47'33.777

2.814      
4 United Kingdom O. Rowland Nissan 23 41

+5.258

47'34.688

0.911      
5 New Zealand M. Evans Jaguar Racing 9 41

+6.791

47'36.221

1.533      
6 United Kingdom T. Barnard McLaren 5 41

+7.185

47'36.615

0.394      
7 Brazil F. Drugovich Mahindra Racing 21 41

+7.553

47'36.983

0.368      
8 Switzerland N. Müller Andretti Formula E 51 41

+7.914

47'37.344

0.361      
9 Portugal A. Felix da Costa Porsche Team 13 41

+9.072

47'38.502

1.158      
10 Brazil S. Sette Camara Nissan 17 41

+9.546

47'38.976

0.474      
11 United Kingdom J. Hughes Maserati Racing 55 41

+9.918

47'39.348

0.372      
12 Switzerland E. Mortara Mahindra Racing 48 41

+11.174

47'40.604

1.256      
13 Brazil L. di Grassi LOLA YAMAHA ABT FORMULA E TEAM 11 41

+11.730

47'41.160

0.556      
14 Belgium S. Vandoorne Maserati Racing 2 41

+11.945

47'41.375

0.215      
15 United Kingdom D. Ticktum Cupra Kiro 33 41

+14.398

47'43.828

2.453      
16 Germany P. Wehrlein Porsche Team 1 41

+15.417

47'44.847

1.019      
17 Germany D. Beckmann Cupra Kiro 3 41

+16.424

47'45.854

1.007      
dnf Barbados Z. Maloney LOLA YAMAHA ABT FORMULA E TEAM 22 38

+3 Laps

44'16.895

3 Laps      
dnf Netherlands R. Frijns Envision Racing 4 38

+3 Laps

44'14.922

       
dnf Germany M. Guenther DS Penske 7 35

+6 Laps

41'33.325

3 Laps     Retirement
dnf United Kingdom S. Bird McLaren 8 22

+19 Laps

25'12.663

13 Laps     Retirement
dnf Switzerland S. Buemi Envision Racing 16 18

+23 Laps

19'20.514

4 Laps     Retirement
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