Evans explains accident with Müller at Formula E race in Mexico: "Incident at the end was unavoidable"

In Sao Paulo, Mitch Evans had stormed from last to first place. In Mexico City though, the Jaguar driver had to retire. Shortly before the end of the second Formula E race of the season, he crashed into the rear of Nico Müller, whose Andretti had briefly lost propulsion. After the race, Evans was disappointed - as was his team-mate Nick Cassidy, who is still without championship points.

Evans was on the pace right from the start in Mexico. In qualifying, he probably got the maximum out of his Jaguar and finished fifth on the grid. He drove around this position for most of the race. However, when he tried to attack again with his second Attack Mode shortly before the end on lap 31, an accident occurred.

At the exit of the chicane, Andretti driver Nico Müller suddenly "unexpectedly" slowed down, as the US team itself writes. Müller speaks of an unspecified "minor technical glitch" that prevented him from accelerating properly. Evans tried to swerve out of the way, but hit Müller's left rear wheel with his right front end and took off slightly as a result.

In the process, he damaged his front wing and the wheel suspension. Evans rolled out and was unable to continue - a premature end to the race for the championship leader! "I was right behind Nico but he had an issue and suddenly slowed. I tried to react but I just caught his left-rear, so there was nothing I could really do," explains the "Kiwi".

"I was hoping for a better result," says Evans. "The race wasn't fantastic and the incident at the end was unavoidable. Overall, it was a disappointing outcome so we have work to do before the next race in Jeddah." Despite the zero result in Mexico, Evans is still third overall thanks to his victory in the season opener in Brazil - level on points with the runner-up, Oliver Rowland.

Cassidy still without points after 2 races

Not much went according to plan for team-mate Nick Cassidy either. He was only able to produce a few highlights in free practice and did not seem to be coping well with his car set-up. He did set a good lap time in his qualifying group, which led to third place. However, his lap was cancelled due to an incorrectly adjusted "power pedal mapping" on his Jaguar, meaning the New Zealander had to start from the back of the grid.

In the race, he still managed to move up ten places. On lap 27, Cassidy activated his first six minutes of Attack Mode, but was barely able to capitalise on this advantage due to the first safety car period. Shortly before the end on lap 34, he at least used the two remaining minutes of his second Attack Mode to move up to 12th place. Once again no points for Cassidy!

"Today has been really frustrating", says the overall third-placed driver from season 10. "Mexico City is a hard track to overtake on so starting from the back made it hard to progress." Nevertheless, as a team Jaguar made "fantastic progress" from free practice to the race, he says. But that alone is not enough: after two rounds of the season 2024/25, world championship candidate Cassidy is still without points - one of only six drivers.