2024 Tokyo ePrix
| 2024 Tokyo ePrix | |||||
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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[a] laps, 90.475 km (56.219 mi) | ||||
| Scheduled distance | 33 laps, 85.305 km (53.006 mi) | ||||
| Pole position | |||||
| Driver | Nissan | ||||
| Time | 1:19.023 | ||||
| Fastest lap | |||||
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United Kingdom Sam Bird Maximilian Günther[b] | McLaren-Nissan | |||
| Time | 1:19.731 on lap 27 | ||||
| Podium | |||||
| First | Maserati | ||||
| Second | Nissan | ||||
| Third | Andretti-Porsche | ||||
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Lap leaders
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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
[edit | edit source]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
[edit | edit source]All times are in Japan Standard Time (JST).
Qualification
[edit | edit source]Qualification took place at 10:20 on 30 March.[1]
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| Group A | Switzerland BUE | New Zealand CAS | Portugal DAC | India DAR | United Kingdom DEN | Brazil DIG | New Zealand EVA | United Kingdom HUG | Switzerland MOR | France NAT | United Kingdom ROW |
| Group B | United Kingdom BIR | Netherlands DEV | France FEN | Netherlands FRI | Germany GUE | France JEV | Switzerland MUL | Brazil SET | United Kingdom TIC | Belgium VAN | Germany WEH |
Qualifying duels
[edit | edit source]Overall classification
[edit | edit source]| Pos. | No. | Driver | Team | A | B | QF | SF | F | Grid |
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| 1 | 22 | United Kingdom Oliver Rowland | Nissan | 1:19.658 | — | 1:19.164 | 1:18.855 | 1:19.023 | 1 |
| 2 | 7 | Germany Maximilian Günther | Maserati | — | 1:19.391 | 1:19.252 | 1:19.046 | 1:19.044 | 2 |
| 3 | 48 | Switzerland Edoardo Mortara | Mahindra | 1:19.678 | — | 1:19.008 | 1:19.081 | — | 3 |
| 4 | 3 | Brazil Sérgio Sette Câmara | ERT | — | 1:19.474 | 1:19.160 | 1:21.244 | — | 4 |
| 5 | 1 | United Kingdom Jake Dennis | Andretti-Porsche | 1:19.939 | — | 1:19.323 | — | — | 5 |
| 6 | 9 | New Zealand Mitch Evans | Jaguar | 1:19.991 | — | 1:19.448 | — | — | 9[c] |
| 7 | 94 | Germany Pascal Wehrlein | Porsche | — | 1:19.792 | 1:19.560 | — | — | 6 |
| 8 | 51 | Switzerland Nico Müller | ABT Cupra-Mahindra | — | 1:19.725 | 1:19.756 | — | — | 7 |
| 9 | 13 | Portugal António Félix da Costa | Porsche | 1:20.010 | — | — | — | — | 8 |
| 10 | 4 | Netherlands Robin Frijns | Envision-Jaguar | — | 1:19.822 | — | — | — | 10 |
| 11 | 17 | France Norman Nato | Andretti-Porsche | 1:20.056 | — | — | — | — | 11 |
| 12 | 21 | Netherlands Nyck de Vries | Mahindra | — | 1:19.881 | — | — | — | 12 |
| 13 | 5 | United Kingdom Jake Hughes | McLaren-Nissan | 1:20.226 | — | — | — | — | 16[d] |
| 14 | 25 | France Jean-Éric Vergne | DS Penske | — | 1:19.883 | — | — | — | 13 |
| 15 | 11 | Brazil Lucas di Grassi | ABT Cupra-Mahindra | 1:20.269 | — | — | — | — | 14 |
| 16 | 33 | United Kingdom Dan Ticktum | ERT | — | 1:19.952 | — | — | — | 15 |
| 17 | 18 | India Jehan Daruvala | Maserati | 1:20.395 | — | — | — | — | 17 |
| 18 | 2 | Belgium Stoffel Vandoorne | DS Penske | — | 1:20.027 | — | — | — | 18 |
| 19 | 37 | New Zealand Nick Cassidy | Jaguar | 1:20.401 | — | — | — | — | 19 |
| 20 | 23 | France Sacha Fenestraz | Nissan | — | 1:20.132 | — | — | — | 20 |
| 21 | 16 | Switzerland Sébastien Buemi | Envision-Jaguar | 1:20.678 | — | — | — | — | 21[e] |
| 22 | 8 | United Kingdom Sam Bird | McLaren-Nissan | — | 1:20.660 | — | — | — | 22[f] |
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Race
[edit | edit source]The race started at 15:03 on 30 March.[1]
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Standings after the race
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- Notes: Only the top five positions are included for all three sets of standings.
Notes
[edit | edit source]- ^ 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.
References
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