Race Against Climate Change

ABB FIA Formula E World Championship

As the world’s first all-electric FIA World Championship and the only sport certified net zero carbon since inception, the ABB FIA Formula E World Championship brings dramatic racing to the heart of some of the world’s most iconic cities providing an elite motorsport platform for the world’s leading automotive manufacturers to accelerate electric vehicle innovation.
 
The Formula E network of teams, manufacturers, partners, broadcasters and host cities are united by a passion for the sport and a belief in its potential to accelerate sustainable human progress and create a better future for people and planet.

Formula E racing has moved from a horsepower competition to an algorithmic one. Based on the EnOS™ platform, Envision models a variety of devices, as well as weather and ground conditions and wind resistance, allowing the drivers to practice and adjust their racing strategies in a simulator. We are involved in the Formula E race, not to race for the fastest title, but to accelerate the electrification of mobility. What we are truly racing against is climate change. Our purpose is to outrun climate change, so that our dream of a zero-carbon world can be realised earlier.

— Lei Zhang, CEO of Envision

Season 9

CAR SPEC

  • 2.8 S

  • 320 KM/H

  • 350 KW

  • 840 KG

  • 5,016.2 MM

  • 1,700 MM

  • 1,023.4 MM

Nick Cassidy

Born and raised in Auckland, Nick Cassidy began karting at the age of just six but has since gone on to become one motorsport’s most promising and exciting young talents. The New Zealander is a former Super Formula champion, as well as one of the most successful drivers in the history of the Toyota Racing Series and even secured the coveted ‘triple crown’ of Japanese motorsport titles. Boasting an impressive 66 race wins to date, the Kiwi has achieved all this at the age of just 27.


His passion for four-wheeled racing was inspired by his father and uncle, both club racers themselves. With only small sponsorship funding behind him, Nick and his family worked their way around the New Zealand karting scene – often racing against the likes of Mitch Evans (Formula E driver) and Tom Blomqvist (son of renowned rally driver Stig).

Starting his single-seater career in Formula First championships in 2008, he quickly took the step up to race in Formula Ford Championships in both New Zealand and Australia, where he was named Rookie of the Year in 2010.

In 2011, Cassidy made his debut in the Toyota Racing Series clinching five podium finishes and winning an impressive two out of three races in the final race weekend. Finishing as runner-up behind team-mate Mitch Evans, Cassidy was yet again named Rookie of the Year.

Following his success, Cassidy moved across to Europe to race in Formula Renault and then Formula Three with British team T Sport. He was selected to do the final two rounds of the European Championship for the team and then competed in the blue-ribbon Macau Grand Prix – where he secured an impressive debut podium (2014).

This catapulted his career in Japanese motorsport, where he has firmly established himself as one of the rising stars of the future – racing in both open wheel and GT racing through the Super Formula and Super GT championships.

With Cassidy now on the radar of many international teams, it was Envision Racing that saw his true potential and offered him a test in their 174mph all-electric Formula E car during the championship’s rookie test back in March 2020 in Marrakesh. Here, he not only posted the fastest time out of 23 other drivers but set a new lap record for the circuit, proving he was a force to be reckoned with.

Cassidy then signed to Envision Racing for Season 7 of the ABB FIA Formula E World Championship. The Kiwi enjoyed a successful rookie season which included podiums in Mexico and New York, as well as two pole positions. He ended his first Formula E season with 76 points – only 23 points away from the World Championship winning driver.

No longer a rookie, Cassidy headed into Season 8 with big ambition and the goal to clinch his first Formula E victory, which he did during a sensational E-Prix in New York from pole position. Following this win, Cassidy ended the season on a roll, taking another podium in London and consistently in the points. He also brought home the most fastest lap awards of the year and cemented himself as a title contender for Season 9.

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Sébastien Buemi

Sébastien’s racing career started at the age of 8, three years after getting his first kart, as a Christmas present in 1993. After something of a tough first year, he won the Swiss Minis championship at the age of 9. From 1998 to 2002, he won four Swiss karting titles: Mini, Mini90, SuperMini.


At the end of 2003, Sébastien took part in the “BMW scholarship” which he won. The fund meant he could compete in the 2004 Formula BMW championship, finishing third behind Sebastian Vettel who was runner up that year. Picked up by Red Bull, he signed a 5-year contract with the Austrian company, which became his sponsor as of 2005.

In 2006 and 2007, Sébastien took part in the Formula 3 Euroseries. In the second year, he fought for the title right down to the last round and finally ended up runner-up.

It was in July 2007 that Sébastien drove a Formula 1 car on a racetrack for the very first time, when he got behind the wheel of the Red Bull at the Jerez circuit in Spain.

During 2008, Sébastien attended all the Grands Prix as reserve driver for the Red Bull team. At the same time, in the months of May, July, September, November and December, he drove several tests with the Toro Rosso team, which helped him get used to the complex task of driving a Formula 1 car. Finally, it led to Red Bull giving him a race drive with Toro Rosso for 2009.

The first Grand Prix of Sébastien’s career went off like a dream. He finished his debut Grand Prix in Melbourne in the points in 7th.
 
Having raced three full seasons for Toro Rosso, Sébastien was taken on by Red Bull as the team’s third driver. His main role was to work on the development of the car in the team’s hyper-sophisticated simulator, while also being on hand at every race to stand in for one of the two drivers in a Grand Prix if the need arose.

In 2013, Sébastien took part in all rounds of the WEC (World Endurance Championship.) He finished on the podium four times and won the final race in Bahrain.

The 2014 WEC season ended with four victories and seven podium finishes out of eight races. Sébastien and his team-mate Anthony Davidson were crowned World Champions. Sébastien’s WEC career has been highly successful and boasts four victories at the famous 24 hours of Le Mans.

For the first season of Formula E in 2015, Sébastien finished 2nd in the championship. He lost for 1 small point to Nelson Piquet Jr. In the 2nd season of Formula E, Sébastien wins the championship in London in front of Lucas Di Grassi for this time 1 point. The 2018 season saw Sébastien conclude the championship in 2nd, and in the 2019/20 season he finished in 4th. A couple of difficult seasons followed, and the move was made to join Envision Racing for the Gen3 era.

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