2025 Tokyo ePrix

The 2025 Tokyo ePrix was the eighth and ninth race of the 2024–25 Formula E World Championship, held on 17-18 May 2025. It was the second running of the Tokyo ePrix, held around the Tokyo Street Circuit.

Background Oliver Rowland entered the race as the leader in the Drivers' Championship with a 48 point lead over António Félix da Costa, followed by defending champion Pascal Wehrlein (49 points behind).

Prior to the race, Porsche held a 35 point lead over Nissan in the Teams' Championship, with Mahindra Racing in third and DS Penske in fourth. In the Manufacturers' Trophy, Nissan held a 29 point lead over Porsche, with Jaguar in third.

The first race featured the Pit Boost quick charge feature.

Classification All times are in Japan Standard Time (JST).

Race 1 Qualification The qualifying session for Race 1 was originally set to take place at 10:20 on 17 May. 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.

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.

Free Practice 2 Classification - Starting Grid Order Driver Team Time 1 23 Oliver RowlandNissan 1:32.525 12 48 Edoardo MortaraMahindra 1:33.212 23 17 Norman NatoNissan 1:33.488 34 5 Taylor BarnardMclaren-Nissan 1:33.566 45 21 Nyck De VriesMahindra 1:33.570 56 16 Sebastien BuemiEnvision-Jaguar 1:33.959 67 33 Dan Ticktum Cupra Kiro-Porsche 1:34.133 78 25 Jean-Eric VergneDS Penske 1:34.177 89 7 Maximilian GuntherDS Penske 1:34.307 910 4 Robin FrijnsEnvision-Jaguar 1:34.326 1011 13 Antonio Felix da CostaPorsche 1:34.545 1112 8 Sam BirdMclaren-Nissan 1:34.604 1213 37 Nick CassidyJaguar 1:34.983 1314 2 Stoffel VandoorneMaserati 1:35.246 1415 55 Jake HughesMaserati 1:35.407 1516 22 Zane Maloney Lola Yamaha ABT 1:36.182 1617 1 Pascal Wehrlein Porsche 1:37.109 1718 11 Lucas di Grassi Lola Yamaha ABT 1:37.554 1819 9 Mitch EvansJaguar 1:37.951 1920 3 David BeckmannCupra Kiro-Porsche 1:38.604 2021 51 Nico MullerAndretti-Porsche 1:38.867 2122 27 Jake DennisAndretti-Porsche 1:38.977 22Source:

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. 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. 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.

Driver TeamTime/RetiredGridPoints1 2 Stoffel VandoorneMaserati38 1:17:00.573 14 252 23 Oliver RowlandNissan38 +8.140 1 183 5 Taylor BarnardMcLaren-Nissan 38 +8.695 4 154 16 Sébastien BuemiEnvision-Jaguar38 +9.047 6 125 33 Dan TicktumCupra Kiro-Porsche38 +14.499 7 106 48 Edoardo MortaraMahindra38 +15.974 2 87 13 António Félix da CostaPorsche38 +19.035 11 6 8 25 Jean-Eric Vergne DS Penske38 +22.529 8 49 4 Robin FrijnsEnvision-Jaguar38 +23.958 10 210 37 Nick CassidyJaguar38 +25.039 13 1+111 21 Nyck De Vries Mahindra38 +25.781 5 12 51 Nico Müller Andretti-Porsche38 +29.794 21 13 1 Pascal WehrleinPorsche 38 +31.111 17 14 8 Sam BirdMcLaren-Nissan 38 +40.763 12 15 17 Norman Nato Nissan38 +42.345 316 22 Zane MaloneyLola Yamaha ABT38 +43.600 16 17 11 Lucas Di GrassiLola Yamaha ABT 38 +46.468 18 18 3 David BeckmannCupra Kiro-Porsche 38 +51.851 20 19 55 Jake HughesMaserati37 +1 lap 15 Ret 9 Mitch EvansJaguar21 Crash Damage 19 Ret 7 Maximilian GüntherDS Penske11 Battery Issue 9 DSQ 27 Jake DennisAndretti-Porsche20 22Source: Notes: – Fastest lap.

Standings after the race

Drivers' Championship standings PosDriverPoints 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 4 McLaren 85 1 5 DS Penske 80

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

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

Race 2 Qualification Qualification took place at 10:20 on 18 May. Group drawGroup A ROW BAR DEV VAN BUE JEV CAS EVA DIG NAT MALGroup B DAC WEH MOR DEN GUE TIC HUG MUE BIR FRI BEC

Qualifying duels

Overall classification

Driver Team 1 23 Oliver RowlandNissan 1:13:818 1:12:375 1:12:007 1:12:615 12 33 Dan Ticktum Cupra Kiro-Porsche 1:13:715 1:12:173 1:12:028 1:24:181 23 1 Pascal WehrleinPorsche 1:13:671 1:12:299 1:12:189 34 25 Jean-Eric VergneDS Penske 1:13:892 1:12:681 1:12:602 45 48 Edoardo Mortara Mahindra 1:13:708 1:12:754 56 11 Lucas di GrassiLola Yamaha ABT 1:13:781 1:12:756 67 13 António Félix da CostaPorsche 1:13:812 1:12:920 78 17 Norman NatoNissan 1:13:790 1:30:431 89 4 Taylor BarnardMcLaren-Nissan 1:14:040 910 8 Sam BirdMcLaren-Nissan 1:13:812 1011 21 Nyck de Vries Mahindra 1:14:056 1112 7 Maximilian GüntherDS Penske 1:13:975 1213 37 Nick CassidyJaguar 1:14:106 1314 27 Jake DennisAndretti-Porsche 1:13:987 1415 22 Zane MaloneyLola Yamaha ABT 1:14:157 1516 3 David BeckmannCupra Kiro-Porsche 1:14:045 1617 16 Sébastian BuemiEnvision-Jaguar 1:14:258 1718 55 Jake Hughes Maserati 1:14:234 1819 2 Stoffel Vandoorne Maserati 1:14:453 1920 51 Nico MüllerAndretti-Porsche 1:14:268 2021 9 Mitch EvansJaguar 1:24:043 2122 4 Robin Frijns Envision-Jaguar 1:14:456 22Source:

Race The race started at 15:05 on 18 May.

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.

On Lap 29, the battle for the lead reached its 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. 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.

Driver TeamTime/RetiredGridPoints1 23 Oliver RowlandNissan32 45:51:352 1 25+32 1 Pascal WehrleinPorsche32 +0.337 3 183 33 Dan TicktumCupra Kiro-Porsche32 +0.901 2 154 27 Jake DennisAndretti-Porsche32 +1.156 14 125 11 Lucas Di GrassiLola Yamaha ABT32 +2.917 6 106 25 Jean-Eric Vergne DS Penske32 +3.698 4 87 37 Nick CassidyJaguar32 +3.995 13 6 8 8 Sam BirdMcLaren-Nissan32 +4.327 10 4+19 16 Sébastien BuemiEnvision32 +4.884 16 210 7 Maximilian GüntherDS Penske32 +5.186 12 111 51 Nico Müller Andretti-Porsche32 +6.088 20 12 48 Edoardo MortaraMahindra32 +6.694 5 13 3 David BeckmannCupra Kiro-Porsche 32 +6.892 19 14 22 Zane MaloneyLola Yamaha ABT32 +7.898 15 15 21 Nyck De Vries Mahindra32 +10.192 1116 4 Robin FrijnsEnvision32 +10.560 22 17 17 Norman Nato Nissan32 +14.686 8 18 55 Jake HughesMaserati32 +1:12.476 17 Ret 5 Taylor BarnardMcLaren-Nissan 29 Collision 9 Ret 2 Stoffel VandoorneMaserati29 Accident 18 Ret 13 António Félix da CostaPorsche13 Collision damage 7 DNS 9 Mitch EvansJaguar0 21Source: Notes: – Pole position. – Fastest lap.

Standings after the race

Drivers' Championship standings PosDriverPoints 1 Oliver Rowland 161 2 2 Pascal Wehrlein 84 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 4 McLaren 90 5 DS Penske 89

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

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

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References

2025 Tokyo ePrix

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