Nyck de Vries has been handed a five-second penalty after FIAFormulaE's LondonEPrix which drops him from third to sixth. The MercedesEQFE driver was adjudged to have used more than one defensive manoeuvre against chief beneficiary Nick Cassidy ⬇️
In a heated battle for third place in the latter stages of Saturday's first of two races at the ExCeL, defending series champion de Vries was attempting to keep a hard-charging Cassidy at bay and fought at close quarters until the end.Mercedes driver de Vries was able to clinch third at the line
But the FIA has reviewed another of de Vries' defensive moves, and felt that in the penultimate lap, the Dutchman moved twice in trying to hold off Cassidy into Turn 1. A five-second penalty thus drops de Vries to sixth as Cassidy assumes third place ahead of Oliver Askew and Mitch Evans.
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