insists he was to not blame for a multi-car collision in Sunday’s Berlin E-Prix after labelled him an “fool” over workforce radio.
In an intense pack-style Formulation E race at Berlin, Cassidy and de Vries had been preventing for third place once they got here to blows at Flip 6, forcing each of them instantly exterior the highest 10. The incident additionally concerned and , with all 4 vehicles converging on the tight hairpin.
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Citroen driver Cassidy was fuming within the rapid aftermath, telling his workforce on the radio: “This De Vries is such an fool, man. Why does he drive like this? We’re four-wide below braking and he strikes. It’s humorous he provides me shit about Imola [where Cassidy made a mistake on cold tyres] and says he by no means makes a mistake in WEC.”
De Vries, nevertheless, disputed that model of the occasions, pointing to how Buemi triggered a sequence response that ended with him pushing Cassidy vast.
Exhibiting an onboard video of the conflict to Motorsport.com, the Mahindra driver stated: “The incident wasn’t actually between us, it was on the within. Seb Buemi got here in scorching, and he hit Edo, and Edo hit me, and I hit Cassidy.
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“I am right here on the surface, Seb is right here, and Seb simply… So, I do not actually perceive why…
“The contact is between Seb and Edo, after which myself and Cassidy. We had been simply 4 vast, we had been simply… It is vast sufficient, however I suppose I used to be simply on this sandwich.”
Replays confirmed Cassidy and de Vries banging wheels whereas braking, earlier than a separate conflict between Buemi and Mortara on the apex despatched Mortara into the trail of his team-mate de Vries, who then pushed Cassidy vast.
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The incident compelled de Vries to retire with suspension harm, dealing one other blow to him in what has been a difficult season up to now.
De Vries has additionally come below fireplace for his driving requirements this 12 months, most notably after working team-mate Mortara vast in the beginning of the Sao Paulo season opener. Nevertheless, he hasn’t all the time been at fault, and was unfortunate to select up a 60-place grid penalty in Jeddah after Mahindra changed a number of elements on his automobile.
Buemi advised he was hit from behind earlier than he made contact with Mortara, which in the end triggered the sequence of occasions.
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“I had the sensation I used to be on the within however I really feel like I bought touched after which I touched the opposite guys. I must see higher,” he advised Motorsport.com.
Pressed additional if one other driver hit him first, he stated: “I’ve the sensation, yeah. However I do not know who hit what first. Whenever you drive 4 vast sooner or later, it is unhealthy.”
Cassidy initially emerged unscathed from the four-way incident, albeit together with his race severely compromised, earlier than one other conflict with Buemi later within the race left him with a broken entrance wing.
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The Kiwi couldn’t seem for his post-race media commitments after being chosen for routine anti-doping exams.
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