Cassidy opens Miami E-Prix on top in FP1 at Homestead

Nick Cassidy paced the opening practice session of the Miami E-Prix at Homestead-Miami Speedway, leading Antonio Felix da Costa.

The Jaguar driver completed 16 laps in the 40 minute session, setting a best time of 1m23.785s, 0.113s quicker than Porsche’s da Costa.

Taylor Barnard was third quickest for NEOM McLaren, a further 0.58s back, with Mitch Evans and Pascal Wehrlein making it two Jaguars and Porsches in the top five respectively.

Sam Bird was sixth in the second McLaren, with Norman Nato and Dan Ticktum next for Nissan and Cupra Kiro respectively.

DS Penske’s Maximilian Guenther and Lola Yamaha Abt’s Lucas di Grassi – who led the session early on – completed the top 10.

Nyck de Vries was 11th for Mahindra, ahead of Robin Frijns and David Beckman, with the Maserati MSG Racing pair of Jake Hughes and Stoffel Vandoorne 14th and 15th. Jean Eric Vergne, polesitter of the inaugural Miami E-Prix at Biscayne Bay a decade ago wound up 16th, ahead of Edoardo Mortara and Jake Dennis, who had a top-10 time deleted for track limits.

Championship leader Oliver Rowland finished down in 19th. The Nissan man had a moment at Turn 3 during the session, overshooting and running into the grass. Zane Maloney, Nico Mueller, and Sebastien Buemi completed the field of 22.

Second practice will take place on Saturday morning at 7:30 a.m. local time, before qualifying at 9:40, and the 26-lap race at 2:05 p.m.