2024 Tokyo ePrix

2024 Tokyo ePrix
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Race details
Date	30 March 2024 (2024-03-30)
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	Nissan
Time	1:19.023
Fastest lap
Driver	Sam Bird Maximilian Günther	McLaren-Nissan
Time	1:19.731 on lap 27
Podium
First	Maximilian Günther	Maserati
Second	Oliver Rowland	Nissan
Third	Jake Dennis	Andretti-Porsche
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.

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.

Background

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.

Classification

All times are in Japan Standard Time (JST).

Qualification

Qualification took place at 10:20 on 30 March.

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

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

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
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
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
22	8	Sam Bird	McLaren-Nissan	—	1:20.660	—	—	—	22
Source:

Race

The race started at 15:03 on 30 March.

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	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	3
Source:

Notes:

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

Standings after the race

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

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