After ending a powerful second in the inaugural Hyderabad E-Prix last Saturday, Cassidy has flown straight to Florida to participate in a bunch take a look at for Ganassi, driving certainly one of its 4 Honda-powered Dallara IR18s at Sebring.
Cassidy’s contract with Envision is up for renewal on the finish of the 2023 Method E season, giving him the choice to pursue different alternatives exterior of the all-electric sequence.
When requested by Autosport if he wish to proceed in FE subsequent 12 months, the second season of the Gen3 period, the Kiwi mentioned: “My choices are open, so we’ll see.”
Cassidy is at present in his third 12 months with Envision and has impressed together with his pace on a variety of events, with a victory in final 12 months’s New York double-header the spotlight of his stint thus far.
He competed in each DTM and the World Endurance Championship alongside Method E final 12 months, however is but so as to add a second programme to his 2023 schedule. The DTM route was closed when Red Bull decided to withdraw its team from the series, whereas AF Corse has chosen Davide Rigon to take his place within the WEC.
The 28-year-old may probably make his debut in Supercars, nevertheless, after being linked to a plum enduro drive with Shane van Gisbergen at Triple Race Engineering squad earlier this 12 months.
Alex Palou, Chip Ganassi Racing Honda
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IndyCar may probably be an choice for Cassidy in 2024, particularly if Ganassi has a emptiness to fill within the #10 automobile at present pushed by Alex Palou.
Palou and Ganassi were involved in an ugly contract saga last year after he tried to leap ship to Arrow McLaren, and whereas the Spaniard mentioned earlier this month that his relationship with the squad is now again to “100%”, a transfer to McLaren in 2024 nonetheless seems doubtless.
Though Cassidy has targeted on Method E and sportscar racing in recent times, he has a powerful background in conventionally-powered single-seaters.
The Kiwi was a race winner within the now-defunct European F3 sequence with Prema and his four-year foray in Japan’s Tremendous Method sequence yielded three wins, 11 podiums in whole and the 2019 title.