Envision Racing’s Cassidy, who enters this weekend’s double-header on the ExCeL London’s distinctive indoor/outside circuit 24 factors behind Dennis within the championship, set a 1m11.264s lap three minutes from the tip of the session which proved to be the quickest time.
This was after a crash within the remaining minute for Abt Cupra’s Robin Frijns at Flip 16, which introduced out the pink flag and prevented drivers from bettering on their remaining runs.
The skin sections of the circuit remained damp on Saturday morning, which means instances had been initially a number of seconds off the tempo in contrast with FP1 on Friday afternoon, with Cassidy the primary driver to go under the 1m15s mark.
Fellow New Zealander Mitch Evans, who can also be in championship rivalry albeit 44 factors behind Dennis, went sooner with a 1m14.851s, however his greatest lap was virtually instantly crushed by Maserati’s Edoardo Mortara after which McLaren’s Rene Rast.
Approaching the midway level of the session, DS Penske’s Stoffel Vandoorne hit the highest of the instances with a 1m14.121s earlier than Sacha Fenestraz set a 1m14.085s.
Dennis turned the primary driver to set a sub 1m14s lap, registering a 1m13.966s, which was instantly crushed by Envision’s Sebastien Buemi who set a time virtually eight tenths sooner.
Dennis improved on his subsequent lap, posting a 1m13.444s, which moved him nearer to Buemi’s prime time however nonetheless greater than two tenths in arrears.
Approaching the ultimate 10 minutes of the 30-minute session Evans sat on the prime of instances with a 1m12.861s earlier than going even sooner on his subsequent run with a 1m12.596s.
Jake Dennis, Andretti Autosport
Photograph by: Andreas Beil
Lap instances continued to drop within the remaining minutes, with NIO 333’s Dan Ticktum shifting into second on a 1m11.578s simply earlier than the pink flag which was 0.314s slower than Cassidy’s greatest, with Buemi finishing the highest three.
Porsche’s Pascal Wehrlein, who can also be mathematically nonetheless in rivalry for the drivers’ title this weekend, completed fourth 0.350s behind Cassidy’s greatest lap.
Andretti Autosport’s Dennis set a greatest lap of 1m11.781s which put him greater than half a second behind Cassidy, with Jaguar’s Evans finishing the highest six.
Nissan’s Norman Nato topped Friday’s FP1 session with a 1m10.765s, simply 0.006s sooner than Buemi because the second Nissan of Fenestraz accomplished the highest three.
Championship protagonists Evans, Cassidy and Wehrlein completed fifth, eighth and ninth respectively, with Dennis solely eleventh.
The championship chief had complained a couple of lack of stability all session and was 0.605s off Nato’s quickest lap.
