Porsche are on the brink of winning the Formula E teams' championship, following another chaotic London E-Prix.
The opening race of the season-ending double-header was won by Jaguar's departing Nick Cassidy, ahead of Nyck de Vries and Pascal Wehrlein.
Wehrlein secured the factory Porsche squad 16 points, whilst Nissan collected two, courtesy of Norman Nato.
It means the Stuttgart-based team boast a 37-point lead going into the season finale, meaning Nissan require a miracle to complete the triple crown.
How the race unfolded
There was drama immediately at the ExCeL Centre, as Maximilian Günther found himself with broken front suspension after planting into the wall on the exit of Turn 5 following contact with Edoardo Mortara.
He attempted to continue but stopped at Turn 6, triggering several drivers to stop, including, both McLaren drivers. It resulted in a three-lap safety car, with Jake Hughes also retired under.
At the front, Mitch Evans made an excellent start from pole, ahead of Nyck de Vries and Pascal Wehrlein. Green flag racing resumed on lap four, and was followed by 12 uneventful laps.
That was until lap 16, when the first flurry of drivers entered the pit lane for Pit Boost. A lap later, de Vries and Wehrlein activated Attack Mode. It worked well for de Vries, as he quickly overtook Evans for the lead.
Wehrlein also made his way past almost a lap later, following strong defending from Evans. The strong defending was to support Cassidy, who was one of the first flurry of drivers to take Pit Boost.
Interestingly, on lap 22, de Vries took his second attack mode, increasing his lead to four seconds before pitting for attack mode lap 25 – Wehrlein, Evans, Oliver Rowland and Taylor Barnard also pitted.
De Vries rejoined the circuit still in the net lead, but just three seconds ahead of Cassidy who had both attack modes remaining. Wehrlein, Stoffel Vandoorne and Sam Bird completed the top five.
Crucially, a lap later, Cassidy took his first attack mode, putting him at a significant pace advantage over de Vries. Following a short, hard defensive effort, Cassidy breezed past de Vries for the lead at the start of lap 28.
In the midfield and chaos on lap 31, as a helpless Evans was spun by Ticktum at the penultimate corner, who was busy defending from Jake Dennis. Evans rejoined, but dropped to 15th.
The carnage in the midfield continued on lap 33, as an ambitious overtaking attempt on Barnard by Ticktum saw the Kiro driver go straight into the wall at Turn 9, triggering a safety car.
No further overtakes took place at the front, although Bird retired on the final corner due to insufficient battery remaining. Cassidy won, ahead of de Vries and Wehrlein.
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