Dave Cassidy

David Cassidy (born March 18, 1991) is an American racing driver. He is the youngest son of Brendon Cassidy Sr, and brother to Brendon Cassidy Jr and Ashley Cassidy.

Career

Early Career

The youngest son of American racing legend Brendon Cassidy Sr, unlike his siblings, Dave never displayed an interest in racing in IndyCars. Instead, his focus was always on Formula 1. While he struggled in the lower rungs of the feeder series leading to Indycar, when Dave turned 18 he immediately moved to the UK to get himself closer to the F1 spotlight. He continued to struggle through British Formula Renault in 2009, but throughout the season continually improved and by the end earned a seat in Formula Renault 3.5 in 2010.

The step up proved daunting for Dave and a single podium was his only score until the series returned from it's mid-season break. A rigorous testing schedule aided his confidence in the car, and he proceeded to finish on the podium in 4 of the remaining 6 races, surging to a surprising 4th place in the championship by the end of the season. Cassidy remained in the series for 2011, and dueled with Carter Simpson and Jean-Eric Vergne throughout the season, eventually finishing runner-up in the championship to Simpson.

Dave then switched to GP2 for 2012, and despite winning 3 feature races during the season, struggled with setting up the car and finished 6th in the championship. He re-doubled his efforts in 2013 however, and very quickly asserted himself as the championship favourite by winning 7 of the first 10 races. He won another 4 races during the season and claimed the title by over 100 points by the end of the season. This impressive performance was enough for him to be picked up by 2012 Formula 1 Constructors' Champions Sauber for the 2014 season, to partner Sebastien Bourdais.

Complete Career Results

Complete Formula One results

Year	Entrant	Chassis	Engine	1		2		3		4		5		6		7		8		9		10		11		12		13		14		15		16		17		18		19		WDC	Points
2014	Rexona Sauber F1 Team	Sauber C33	Mercedes PU104A	BAH		MAL		BRA		MEX		USA		CAN		GBR		ESP		AUT		TUR		GER		POR		ITA		ABU		IND		CHN		KOR		JPN		SIN		6th	298
				5	8	10	9	Ret	2	Ret	Ret	Ret	8	Ret	10	5	Ret	5	5	5	11*	2	Ret	4	2	4	2	8	4	4	Ret	2	9	8	3	1	Ret	Ret	Ret	2	2
2015	Rexona Sauber F1 Team	Sauber C31	Mercedes PU104A	BAH		MAL		BRA		MEX		USA		CAN		GBR		GER		ESP		RUS		AUT		ITA		CYP		ABU		IND		JPN		KOR		SIN		CHI		8th	172
				Ret	1	4	C	4	6	9	5	19*	Ret	13	5	5	13	3	7	Ret	7	6	Ret	15*	9	Ret	6	Ret	8	Ret	Ret	10	8	10	Ret	14*	8	16	3	Ret	Ret
2016	ING WilliamsF1	Williams FW38	Peugeot TI4	BAH		IND		BRA		MEX		PAC		CYP		HUN		GER		GBR		RUS		AUT		ITA		EUR		ESP		USA		ABU		SIN		JPN		CHI		3rd	416
				2	4	15	Ret	Ret	11	Ret	1	2	5	Ret	5	1	1	2	4	1	Ret	3	3	4	19	4	4	15	4	6	7	4	Ret	14	3	Ret	8	6	4	6	1
2017	ING WilliamsF1	Williams FW39	Peugeot TI4	USA		JPN		IND		BAH		CYP		HUN		GER		GBR		AUS		PAC		MEX		AUT		ITA		EUR		ESP		ABU		RUS		BRA		CHN		7th	184
				1	5	5	Ret	1	6	5	3	10	1	Ret	10	Ret	6	8	Ret	DSQ		EX	EX	16	7	15	8	9	DSQ	17*	13	17	2	Ret	8	C	C	17	6	Ret	10
2018	Elf AMG Precision Motorsport	Precision KP18	Mercedes PU104C	USA		JPN		BAH		TUR		CYP		MED		GER		FIN		RUS		SIN		AUS		GBR		FRA		NED		HUN		ABU		CHN		MEX		BRA		4th*	112 (124)*
				Ret	10	13	4	1	Ret	Ret	Ret	17	3	3	3	4	1	19	3	2	7			1	Ret