Amid a sudden burst of heavy rain that scurried south from the Manhattan skyline, the circuit around the Brooklyn Cruise Terminal quickly became saturated with water – creating treacherous conditions and building a puddle on the straight approaching Turn 6.
Cassidy then splashed through the puddle and aquaplaned, spilling his Envision car into the barriers at a vast rate of knots – with Lucas di Grassi and Stoffel Vandoorne following him into the barrier.
