2025 Tokyo ePrix

Qualification

The qualifying session for Race 1 was originally set to take place at 10:20 on 17 May.^[1] However, due to torrential rain and unfavorable track conditions, the session was cancelled roughly 40 minutes after its scheduled time. This marked the first-time in Formula E history that a non-practice session had been canceled.^[2]

The order of the starting grid was determined by the results from Free Practice 2, that had taken place earlier in the day under damp conditions. Oliver Rowland of Nissan Formula E Team received pole position, though due to the session not having started, no championship points would be awarded for pole position.^[3]

Free Practice 2 Classification - Starting Grid Order

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Pos.	No.	Driver	Team	Time	Grid
1	23	Oliver Rowland	Nissan	1:32.525	1
2	48	Edoardo Mortara	Mahindra	1:33.212	2
3	17	Norman Nato	Nissan	1:33.488	3
4	5	Taylor Barnard	Mclaren-Nissan	1:33.566	4
5	21	Nyck De Vries	Mahindra	1:33.570	5
6	16	Sebastien Buemi	Envision-Jaguar	1:33.959	6
7	33	Dan Ticktum	Cupra Kiro-Porsche	1:34.133	7
8	25	Jean-Eric Vergne	DS Penske	1:34.177	8
9	7	Maximilian Gunther	DS Penske	1:34.307	9
10	4	Robin Frijns	Envision-Jaguar	1:34.326	10
11	13	Antonio Felix da Costa	Porsche	1:34.545	11
12	8	Sam Bird	Mclaren-Nissan	1:34.604	12
13	37	Nick Cassidy	Jaguar	1:34.983	13
14	2	Stoffel Vandoorne	Maserati	1:35.246	14
15	55	Jake Hughes	Maserati	1:35.407	15
16	22	Zane Maloney	Lola Yamaha ABT	1:36.182	16
17	1	Pascal Wehrlein	Porsche	1:37.109	17
18	11	Lucas di Grassi	Lola Yamaha ABT	1:37.554	18
19	9	Mitch Evans	Jaguar	1:37.951	19
20	3	David Beckmann	Cupra Kiro-Porsche	1:38.604	20
21	51	Nico Muller	Andretti-Porsche	1:38.867	21
22	27	Jake Dennis	Andretti-Porsche	1:38.977	22
Source:[4]

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Race

The race was set to start at 15:05 on 17 May, however due to weather, the race start was rescheduled to 15:15, 10 minutes after the original start time.^[1] This race was the 3rd race of the season that included the 30-second "Pit Boost" stops, and the first where the stops had been conducted under damp race conditions.

The race originally started under safety car conditions, however after 4 of 35 laps had been completed, the drivers were ordered to conduct the usual standing start procedure.

Stoffel Vandoorne emerged triumphant after 38 laps of racing to take his first victory since the 2022 Monaco ePrix, ending a 49 race drought.^[5] Vandoorne had taken his "Pit Boost" stop before the Red Flag came out on Lap 13 for Maximilian Gunther’s stalled DS Penske car, meaning that he was able to gain a net advantage over the rest of the field. This allowed him to take a dominant victory by 8 seconds over Nissan’s Oliver Rowland, making this the first victory for Maserati in the 2024-25 season, and their second consecutive win in Tokyo.

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Pos.	No.	Driver	Team	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	2	Stoffel Vandoorne	Maserati	38	1:17:00.573	14	25
2	23	Oliver Rowland	Nissan	38	+8.140	1	18
3	5	Taylor Barnard	McLaren-Nissan	38	+8.695	4	15
4	16	Sébastien Buemi	Envision	38	+9.047	6	12
5	33	Dan Ticktum	Cupra Kiro-Porsche	38	+14.499	7	10
6	48	Edoardo Mortara	Mahindra	38	+15.974	2	8
7	13	António Félix da Costa	Porsche	38	+19.035	11	6
8	25	Jean-Eric Vergne	DS Penske	38	+22.529	8	4
9	4	Robin Frijns	Envision	38	+23.958	10	2
10	37	Nick Cassidy	Jaguar	38	+25.039	13	1+11
11	21	Nyck De Vries	Mahindra	38	+25.781[b]	5
12	51	Nico Müller	Andretti-Porsche	38	+29.794	21
13	1	Pascal Wehrlein	Porsche	38	+31.111	17
14	8	Sam Bird	McLaren-Nissan	38	+40.763[c]	12
15	17	Norman Nato	Nissan	38	+42.345	3
16	22	Zane Maloney	Lola Yamaha ABT	38	+43.600	16
17	11	Lucas Di Grassi	Lola Yamaha ABT	38	+46.468	18
18	3	David Beckmann	Cupra Kiro-Porsche	38	+51.851	20
19	55	Jake Hughes	Maserati	37	+1 lap	15
Ret	9	Mitch Evans	Jaguar	21	Crash Damage	19
Ret	7	Maximilian Günther	DS Penske	11	Battery Issue	9
DSQ	27	Jake Dennis[d]	Andretti-Porsche	20		22
Source: [6]

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Notes:

• ^1  – Fastest lap.

Standings after the race

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Drivers' Championship standings Pos Driver Points 1 Oliver Rowland 133 2 António Félix da Costa 73 1 3 Taylor Barnard 69 1 4 Pascal Wehrlein 66 5 Nyck de Vries 52

Teams' Championship standings Pos Team Points 1 1 Nissan 144 1 2 Porsche 139 3 Mahindra 99 1 5 McLaren 85 1 4 DS Penske 80

Manufacturers' Championship standings Pos Manufacturer Points 1 Nissan 225 2 Porsche 179 2 3 Stellantis 136 1 4 Jaguar 128 1 5 Mahindra 119

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• Notes: Only the top five positions are included for all three sets of standings.

Qualification

Qualification took place at 10:20 on 18 May.^[7]

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Group draw
Group A	ROW	BAR	DEV	VAN	BUE	JEV	CAS	EVA	DIG	NAT	MAL
Group B	DAC	WEH	MOR	DEN	GUE	TIC	HUG	MUE	BIR	FRI	BEC

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Qualifying duels

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Final

A2

Norman Nato

A3

Oliver Rowland

Oliver Rowland

Jean-Éric Vergne

A1

Lucas di Grassi

A4

Jean-Éric Vergne

Oliver Rowland

Dan Ticktum

B2

Edoardo Mortara

B3

Dan Ticktum

Dan Ticktum

Pascal Wehrlein

B1

Pascal Wehrlein

B4

António Félix da Costa

Overall classification

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Pos.	No.	Driver	Team	A	B	QF	SF	F	Grid
1	23	Oliver Rowland	Nissan	1:13:818	—	1:12:375	1:12:007	1:12:615	1
2	33	Dan Ticktum	Cupra Kiro-Porsche	—	1:13:715	1:12:173	1:12:028	1:24:181	2
3	1	Pascal Wehrlein	Porsche	—	1:13:671	1:12:299	1:12:189	—	3
4	25	Jean-Eric Vergne	DS Penske	1:13:892	—	1:12:681	1:12:602	—	4
5	48	Edoardo Mortara	Mahindra	—	1:13:708	1:12:754	—	—	5
6	11	Lucas di Grassi	Lola Yamaha ABT	1:13:781	—	1:12:756	—	—	6
7	13	António Félix da Costa	Porsche	—	1:13:812	1:12:920	—	—	7
8	17	Norman Nato	Nissan	1:13:790	—	1:30:431	—	—	8
9	4	Taylor Barnard	McLaren-Nissan	1:14:040	—	—	—	—	9
10	8	Sam Bird	McLaren-Nissan	—	1:13:812	—	—	—	10
11	21	Nyck de Vries	Mahindra	1:14:056	—	—	—	—	11
12	7	Maximilian Günther	DS Penske	—	1:13:975	—	—	—	12
13	37	Nick Cassidy	Jaguar	1:14:106	—	—	—	—	13
14	27	Jake Dennis	Andretti-Porsche	—	1:13:987	—	—	—	14
15	22	Zane Maloney	Lola Yamaha ABT	1:14:157	—	—	—	—	15
16	3	David Beckmann	Cupra Kiro-Porsche	—	1:14:045	—	—	—	16
17	16	Sébastian Buemi	Envision-Jaguar	1:14:258	—	—	—	—	17
18	55	Jake Hughes	Maserati	—	1:14:234	—	—	—	18
19	2	Stoffel Vandoorne	Maserati	1:14:453	—	—	—	—	19
20	51	Nico Müller	Andretti-Porsche	—	1:14:268	—	—	—	20
21	9	Mitch Evans	Jaguar	1:24:043	—	—	—	—	21
22	4	Robin Frijns	Envision-Jaguar	—	1:14:456	—	—	—	22
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Race

The race started at 15:05 on 18 May.^[7]

Mitch Evans of Jaguar Racing was forced to withdraw from the race, due to substantial damage to his car after a crash in the qualifying session.

The race saw a dramatic battle for the lead in the last few laps between Rowland, Wehrlein, Ticktum, and Barnard. Rowland had managed to climb from 6th (following a relatively unsuccessful use of his first attack mode activation), to retake the lead on Lap 26 from Wehrlein with his second attack mode activation.^[9]

On Lap 29, the battle for the lead reached it's climax when Rowland and Wehrlein went side-by-side through the final chicane (Turns 17-18), with Rowland holding onto the lead. Behind them, Ticktum had been able to get ahead of Barnard for 3rd, and nearly capitalized off of an opportunity to get ahead of Wehrlein for 2nd as well in Turns 1-2. However, at Turn 6, the battle for the lead came to an end when Taylor Barnard took contact from Edoardo Mortara, sending him into the wall and breaking the rear suspension of his McLaren.^[10] This brought out a late race Safety Car, with no laps added onto the original race distance.

As a result, when the race got restarted on the final lap, the drivers didn't need to conserve as much energy to make the finish, allowing Oliver Rowland in the Nissan to comfortably take the victory over Wehrlein in 2nd, and Ticktum in 3rd. This was the first time that Nissan had taken victory on home soil in a Formula E race, and was also the first career Formula E podium for Dan Ticktum from the Cupra Kiro team.^[11]

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Pos.	No.	Driver	Team	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	23	Oliver Rowland	Nissan	32	45:51:352	1	25+31
2	1	Pascal Wehrlein	Porsche	32	+0.337	3	18
3	33	Dan Ticktum	Cupra Kiro-Porsche	32	+0.901	2	15
4	27	Jake Dennis	Andretti-Porsche	32	+1.156	14	12
5	11	Lucas Di Grassi	Lola Yamaha ABT	32	+2.917	6	10
6	25	Jean-Eric Vergne	DS Penske	32	+3.698	4	8
7	37	Nick Cassidy	Jaguar	32	+3.995	13	6
8	8	Sam Bird	McLaren-Nissan	32	+4.327	10	4+12
9	16	Sébastien Buemi	Envision	32	+4.884	16	2
10	7	Maximilian Günther	DS Penske	32	+5.186	12	1
11	51	Nico Müller	Andretti-Porsche	32	+6.088	20
12	48	Edoardo Mortara	Mahindra	32	+6.694[e]	5
13	3	David Beckmann	Cupra Kiro-Porsche	32	+6.892	19
14	22	Zane Maloney	Lola Yamaha ABT	32	+7.898	15
15	21	Nyck De Vries	Mahindra	32	+10.192	11
16	4	Robin Frijns	Envision	32	+10.560	22
17	17	Norman Nato	Nissan	32	+14.686[f]	8
18	55	Jake Hughes	Maserati	32	+1:12.476	17
Ret	5	Taylor Barnard	McLaren-Nissan	29	Collision	9
Ret	2	Stoffel Vandoorne	Maserati	29		18
Ret	13	António Félix da Costa	Porsche	13	Collision damage	7
DNS	9	Mitch Evans	Jaguar	0		21
Source: [12]

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Notes:

• ^1  – Pole position.
• ^2  – Fastest lap.

Standings after the race

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Drivers' Championship standings Pos Driver Points 1 Oliver Rowland 161 2 2 Pascal Wehrlein 66 1 3 António Félix da Costa 73 1 4 Taylor Barnard 69 3 5 Jake Dennis 56

Teams' Championship standings Pos Team Points 1 Nissan 172 2 Porsche 157 3 Mahindra 99 5 McLaren 90 4 DS Penske 89

Manufacturers' Championship standings Pos Manufacturer Points 1 Nissan 256 2 Porsche 212 3 Stellantis 148 4 Jaguar 141 5 Mahindra 120

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• Notes: Only the top five positions are included for all three sets of standings.