Dave Cassidy

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Dave Cassidy
Nationality Flag of the United States svg.png American
Born 18th March, 1991
Fort Wayne, Indiana
Current Team Elf AMG Precision Motorsport
Car Number 62
Former Teams Sauber, Williams
Races 183
Championships 0
Victories 14
Podiums 41
Points 1291 (1303)
Pole Positions 17
Fastest Laps 9
First Race 2014 Gulf Air Bahrain Grand Prix I
First Victory 2014 Hyundai Korean Grand Prix I
Last Victory 2018 Allianz Magyar Futamok II
Last Race 2018 Petrobras Brazilian Grands Prix II (Ongoing)
Best Finish 3rd (2016)


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.

Formula 1

Sauber (2014-2015)

Williams (2016-)

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 221 (233)
Ret 10 13 4 1 Ret Ret Ret 17 3 3 3 4 1 19 3 2 7 1 Ret Ret 7 5 4 4 Ret 2 1 Ret Ret 4 2 17 2 3 4