2024 Tokyo ePrix

2024 Tokyo ePrix
2024 Tokyo ePrix
Race 5 of 16 of the 2023–24 Formula E season
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Race details
Date	30 March 2024
Official name	2024 Tokyo ePrix
Location	Tokyo Street Circuit, Tokyo, Japan
Course	Street Circuit
Course length	2.585 km (1.606 mi)
Distance	35 laps, 90.475 km (56.219 mi)
Scheduled distance	33 laps, 85.305 km (53.006 mi)
Pole position
Driver	Oliver Rowland;
Time	1:19.023
Fastest lap
Driver	Sam Bird; Maximilian Günther
Time	1:19.731 on lap 27
Podium
First	Maximilian Günther;
Second	Oliver Rowland;
Third	Jake Dennis;
	Lap leaders ;

The 2024 Tokyo ePrix was the fifth race of the 2023–24 Formula E World Championship, held on 30 March 2024. It was the first running of the Tokyo ePrix, a new event held around the Tokyo Street Circuit.

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The ePrix was won by Maximilian Günther for Maserati, who overtook Nissan driver Oliver Rowland towards the end of the race after saving energy throughout. Defending champion Jake Dennis completed the podium in third place for Andretti. Günther's win was his fifth Formula E race victory and first of the season to date, and only the second ever Formula E victory for Maserati.

Nick Cassidy entered the race as the leader in the Drivers' Championship with a four point lead over Pascal Wehrlein, followed by Mitch Evans and Jean-Éric Vergne (both 18 points behind) and defending champion Jake Dennis (19 points behind).

Prior to the race, Jaguar held a 35 point lead over Porsche in the Teams' Championship, with DS Penske in third and McLaren in fourth. In the Manufacturers' Trophy, Jaguar held a 28 point lead over Porsche, with Nissan in third.

All times are in Japan Standard Time (JST).

Qualification

Qualification took place at 10:20 on 30 March.^[1]

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Group draw
Group A	BUE	CAS	DAC	DAR	DEN	DIG	EVA	HUG	MOR	NAT	ROW
Group B	BIR	DEV	FEN	FRI	GUE	JEV	MUL	SET	TIC	VAN	WEH

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Qualifying duels

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Final

A2

Edoardo Mortara

A3

Jake Dennis

Oliver Rowland

Edoardo Mortara

A1

Oliver Rowland

A4

Mitch Evans

Oliver Rowland

Maximilian Günther

B2

Sérgio Sette Câmara

B3

Nico Müller

Maximilian Günther

Sérgio Sette Câmara

B1

Maximilian Günther

B4

Pascal Wehrlein

Overall classification

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Pos.	No.	Driver	Team	A	B	QF	SF	F	Grid
1	22	Oliver Rowland	Nissan	1:19.658	—	1:19.164	1:18.855	1:19.023	1
2	7	Maximilian Günther	Maserati	—	1:19.391	1:19.252	1:19.046	1:19.044	2
3	48	Edoardo Mortara	Mahindra	1:19.678	—	1:19.008	1:19.081	—	3
4	3	Sérgio Sette Câmara	ERT	—	1:19.474	1:19.160	1:21.244	—	4
5	1	Jake Dennis	Andretti-Porsche	1:19.939	—	1:19.323	—	—	5
6	9	Mitch Evans	Jaguar	1:19.991	—	1:19.448	—	—	9^[c]
7	94	Pascal Wehrlein	Porsche	—	1:19.792	1:19.560	—	—	6
8	51	Nico Müller	ABT Cupra-Mahindra	—	1:19.725	1:19.756	—	—	7
9	13	António Félix da Costa	Porsche	1:20.010	—	—	—	—	8
10	4	Robin Frijns	Envision-Jaguar	—	1:19.822	—	—	—	10
11	17	Norman Nato	Andretti-Porsche	1:20.056	—	—	—	—	11
12	21	Nyck de Vries	Mahindra	—	1:19.881	—	—	—	12
13	5	Jake Hughes	McLaren-Nissan	1:20.226	—	—	—	—	16^[d]
14	25	Jean-Éric Vergne	DS Penske	—	1:19.883	—	—	—	13
15	11	Lucas di Grassi	ABT Cupra-Mahindra	1:20.269	—	—	—	—	14
16	33	Dan Ticktum	ERT	—	1:19.952	—	—	—	15
17	18	Jehan Daruvala	Maserati	1:20.395	—	—	—	—	17
18	2	Stoffel Vandoorne	DS Penske	—	1:20.027	—	—	—	18
19	37	Nick Cassidy	Jaguar	1:20.401	—	—	—	—	19
20	23	Sacha Fenestraz	Nissan	—	1:20.132	—	—	—	20
21	16	Sébastien Buemi	Envision-Jaguar	1:20.678	—	—	—	—	21^[e]
22	8	Sam Bird	McLaren-Nissan	—	1:20.660	—	—	—	22^[f]
Source:^[2]

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Race

The race started at 15:03 on 30 March.^[1]

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Pos.	No.	Driver	Team	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	7	Maximilian Günther	Maserati	35	53:34.665	2	25+1²
2	22	Oliver Rowland	Nissan	35	+0.755	1	18+3¹
3	1	Jake Dennis	Andretti-Porsche	35	+1.405	5	15
4	13	António Félix da Costa	Porsche	35	+1.822	8	12
5	94	Pascal Wehrlein	Porsche	35	+3.897	6	10
6	17	Norman Nato	Andretti-Porsche	35	+4.573	11	8
7	51	Nico Müller	ABT Cupra-Mahindra	35	+4.983	7	6
8	37	Nick Cassidy	Jaguar	35	+5.542	19	4
9	4	Robin Frijns	Envision-Jaguar	35	+5.929	10	2
10	3	Sérgio Sette Câmara	ERT	35	+6.504	4	1
11	23	Sacha Fenestraz	Nissan	35	+7.016	20
12	25	Jean-Éric Vergne	DS Penske	35	+7.583	13
13	16	Sébastien Buemi	Envision-Jaguar	35	+8.467	21
14	5	Jake Hughes	McLaren-Nissan	35	+8.859	16
15	9	Mitch Evans	Jaguar	35	+9.316	9
16	2	Stoffel Vandoorne	DS Penske	35	+9.735	18
17	18	Jehan Daruvala	Maserati	35	+15.096	17
18	33	Dan Ticktum	ERT	35	+49.418	15
19	8	Sam Bird	McLaren-Nissan	34	+1 lap^[g]	22
Ret	11	Lucas di Grassi	ABT Cupra-Mahindra	17	Retired in pits	14
Ret	21	Nyck de Vries	Mahindra	17	Retired in pits	12
DSQ	48	Edoardo Mortara	Mahindra	35	Disqualified^[h]	3
Source:^[3]

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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	1	Pascal Wehrlein	63
1	2	Nick Cassidy	61
4	3	Oliver Rowland	54
1	4	Jake Dennis	53
3	5	Maximilian Günther	48

Teams' Championship standings

	Pos	Team	Points
	1	Jaguar	100
	2	Porsche	83
2	3	Andretti	70
2	4	Nissan	62
2	5	DS Penske	57

Manufacturers' Trophy standings

	Pos	Manufacturer	Points
	1	Jaguar	129
	2	Porsche	122
	3	Nissan	109
	4	Stellantis	97
1	5	Mahindra	6

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

33 planned laps and 2 extra laps
The point for fastest lap was awarded to Günther, as Bird did not finish in the top 10.
Evans was given a three-place grid penalty for impeding Jake Hughes in qualifying group A.
Hughes was given a three-place grid penalty for impeding Lucas di Grassi in qualifying group A.
Buemi was given a three-place grid penalty for impeding Lucas di Grassi in qualifying group A.
Bird was given a three-place grid penalty for impeding Jean-Éric Vergne in qualifying group B.
Bird retired in the pit lane on lap 34, but was still classified in the final results as he completed more than 90% of the race distance.
Mortara was disqualified after the conclusion of the race for illegal energy usage above the maximum of 32 kWh.

[1]
"2024 TOKYO E-PRIX - Event Schedule". Formula E. Retrieved 1 April 2024.
[2]
"2024 TOKYO E-PRIX - Qualifying Result". Formula E. Retrieved 1 April 2024.
[3]
"2024 TOKYO E-PRIX - E-Prix Result". Formula E. Retrieved 1 April 2024.

Previous race: 2024 São Paulo ePrix (March)	FIA Formula E World Championship 2023–24 season	Next race: 2024 Misano ePrix
Previous race: N/A	Tokyo ePrix	Next race: 2025 Tokyo ePrix

[1] 33 planned laps and 2 extra laps

[2] The point for fastest lap was awarded to Günther, as Bird did not finish in the top 10.

[4] Evans was given a three-place grid penalty for impeding Jake Hughes in qualifying group A.

[5] Hughes was given a three-place grid penalty for impeding Lucas di Grassi in qualifying group A.

[6] Buemi was given a three-place grid penalty for impeding Lucas di Grassi in qualifying group A.

[7] Bird was given a three-place grid penalty for impeding Jean-Éric Vergne in qualifying group B.

[9] Bird retired in the pit lane on lap 34, but was still classified in the final results as he completed more than 90% of the race distance.

[10] Mortara was disqualified after the conclusion of the race for illegal energy usage above the maximum of 32 kWh.

[schedule-3] [1]
"2024 TOKYO E-PRIX - Event Schedule". Formula E. Retrieved 1 April 2024.

[8] [2]
"2024 TOKYO E-PRIX - Qualifying Result". Formula E. Retrieved 1 April 2024.

[11] [3]
"2024 TOKYO E-PRIX - E-Prix Result". Formula E. Retrieved 1 April 2024.

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