Grid penalties for Evans in Shanghai! All Formula E penalties at the Tokyo E-Prix at a glance

As with every Formula E race, the race stewards of the FIA have the task of checking compliance with the Technical and Sporting Regulations at the double header of Formula E in Tokyo. If an offence is found, they must also decide on the penalty. As usual, you will find a list of all decisions made by the Formula E race stewards in this article.

At the Tokyo E-Prix 2025, Matthias Heinz, Kazuo Hioki and Achim Loth will take on this task. They will be supported by driver steward Alexander Yoong. The Malaysian drove a total of 14 Formula 1 races for Minardi in 2001 and 2002 and was team-mates with Fernando Alonso and Mark Webber at the time. After his time in formula racing, he drove endurance and GT races, where he became champion in the Audi R8 LMS Cup three times in a row between 2014 and 2016.

Penalties in free practice on Friday and Saturday

• Lola Yamaha ABT was fined 1,000 euros for working on Lucas di Grassi's car in free practice 1 while it was in ready to move status. Apparently, di Grassi had forgotten to deactivate the status before the pit boost was carried out on his car.
• Nissan was also fined 1,000 euros for working on Norman Nato's car in free practice 1 when it was in ready to move status. Here too, the offence occurred during the pit boost.
• Cupra Kiro received a fine of 1,500 euros because the pit boost was carried out on David Beckmann's car even though the battery was below the minimum charge level of 40 per cent.
• Jaguar received a fine of 2,500 euros because the tyre pressure on Nick Cassidy's car was below the minimum level specified by tyre supplier Hankook.
• Envision Racing was also fined 2,500 euros for the same offence on Sebastien Buemi's car.
• Dan Ticktum received a reprimand for driving too fast during the full-course yellow during FP2.
• Maserati received a fine of 1,000 euros because too much power was used by the front powertrain on Jake Hughes' car with four-wheel drive.
• Jaguar received a further fine of 500 euros because one of the mechanics worked on Nick Cassidy's car without wearing the mandatory yellow wristband.

Penalties in the race on Saturday

• Jake Hughes had to start the race from the back of the grid at the restart after the race was interrupted because his car was in breach of the Parc Ferme regulations. The mechanics had replaced the Maserati's defective front wing during the red flag period.
• Jake Dennis was disqualified for driving into the pit lane before the restart of the race and performing the pit boost even though the pit lane was closed at the time.
• Sam Bird received a five-second time penalty for leaving the track at turn 12 and not stopping before returning to the track. In doing so, he was in breach of the race director's regulations. He nevertheless remained in 14th place, as his lead over Norman Nato was large enough.
• Nyck de Vries subsequently received a five-second time penalty for causing a collision with Mitch Evans. This knocked the Mahindra driver out of the points - although he crossed the finish line in eighth position, he was only classified in 11th place.
• Jean-Eric Vergne subsequently received a warning for performing a burnout while leaving the grid. He neglected the instructions of the race director by acting this way. Why he received just a warning and neither a penalty nor a reprimand, is unknown.

#TokyoEPrix 🇯🇵: @JeanEricVergne received a warning because he performed a burnout while leaving the grid during the race start behind the safety car. He neglected the instructions of the Race Director.

It's not a reprimand, just a warning. 🤔#FormulaE #ABBFormulaE pic.twitter.com/InnBrA4E6n

— Tobias Wirtz (@tobiw_apex) May 17, 2025

Penalties in qualifying on Sunday

• Robin Frijns was moved back 20 positions on the grid as the Motor Control Unit (MCU) on his car was changed after the third free practice session.
• Mitch Evans' fastest lap time in the group phase of qualifying was cancelled as he had triggered a red flag with his accident.
• David Beckmann received a three places grid penalty for impeding Edoardo Mortara in qualifying. He also received a penalty point on his racing licence.
• Norman Nato received a reprimand for not stopping in his quarter-final duel, even though the car was in an unsafe condition after contact with the wall. The stewards criticised criticize that Nato slowed down after the contact and did not leave the track at the next possibility, latest by passing the pit entry. However, they could not prove that the car had serious mechanical difficulties.

Penalties in the race on Sunday

• As Robin Frijns could not be moved back the grid penalty of 20 positions completely, he received a 10-second stop-and-go penalty for the race.
• Edoardo Mortara was given a warning for pushing Jean-Eric Vergne off the track in turn 3 on the first lap.
• Nyck de Vries also received a warning for running into Sam Bird.
• Norman Nato received a five-second time penalty for driving too fast at the full-course yellow. He also received a penalty point.
• Edoardo Mortara also was given a five-second time penalty for causing a collision with Taylor Barnard. The Swiss driver also received a penalty point on his racing licence.
• Mitch Evans was given a 20 places grid penalty for his next race because the Motor Control Unit (MCU) of his car has been changed. As he did not start in Tokyo on Sunday, the penalty applies to the first race in Shanghai.
• Mitch Evans was given another 20 places grid penalty for his next race, because the gearbox of his car wa changed, too. This penalty also applies to the first race in Shanghai.