Facts & Figures: The best statistics on the two Formula E races in Tokyo in 2025

Formula E held its races 8 and 9 of the 2024/25 Formula E World Championship season in the Japanese capital last weekend. The first "double-header" in Tokyo produced some interesting statistics, milestones and curiosities.

Statistical peculiarities at the Tokyo E-Prix

• For the first time in the history of Formula E, a qualifying session was cancelled. Previously, only two sessions were cancelled in the electric series: 1st Free Practice in Miami in 2015 and the Super Pole in Diriyah in 2018.
• Pascal Wehrlein reached the duel phase of qualifying on Sunday for the 34th time - a record!
• Oliver Rowland celebrated his tenth and eleventh pole position in Formula E in Tokyo. He is now in third place in the eternal best list. It was also his 3rd pole position in a row. Only Alexander Sims and Antonio Felix da Costa had previously achieved this in Formula E.
• At the same time, it was the sixth consecutive pole position for a Nissan powertrain - something that has never been achieved before in Formula E! In 2020, DS achieved five pole positions in a row.
• It was Rowland's 3rd pole position in Tokyo - a 100 per cent rate! He thus became the second driver to achieve pole position three times in a row in one city. Previously, only Sebastien Buemi achieved this in New York City (2018 and 2019).
• Dan Ticktum reached a final duel for the first time on Sunday. Although he lost it, second place was the best grid position in his Formula E career.
• Nyck de Vries failed to reach the duel phase in Tokyo for the first time since the Mexico City E-Prix. Previously, he had participated in the duels five times in a row, something no other driver has managed this season.
• Stoffel Vandoorne celebrated his fourth Formula E victory on Saturday. It was his first success since Monaco 2022, back then for Mercedes-EQ. He had subsequently gone 49 races without a win.
• It was the eleventh victory for Maserati MSG Racing and its predecessor team Venturi. The team from Monaco thus drew level with Andretti (including BMW). It was also the first victory for the team since Maximilian Günter won in Tokyo last year.
• Vandoorne won the race from 14th on the grid, which was the 3rd-worst grid position for a race winner in Formula E. Only Mitch Evans in Sao Paulo 2024 (22nd) and Lucas di Grassi in Mexico 2017 (15th) had started further back.
• Taylor Barnard scored his fourth Formula E podium in his eleventh race on Saturday. It was the seventh podium for McLaren. Barnard has scored more podiums for the team than all other drivers combined.
• Oliver Rowland celebrated his seventh race win in Formula E on Sunday. It was his 20th podium in Formula E, the seventh of the season. Only one driver has achieved this after nine races in the past: Lucas di Grassi in the 2015/16 season.
• For Nissan (including predecessor team e.dams), it was the 23rd victory in Formula E. As a result, the team continues to lead the all-time leaderboard ahead of Envision and Jaguar, who both have 17 race wins each.
• For Ticktum, it was the first podium in his 57th Formula E race. Wehrlein was on the podium for the 15th time.
• After his victory on Sunday, Rowland now has a 77-point lead in the drivers' championship. There has never been such a big lead in Formula E before.
• On Sunday, Mahindra Racing scored no points for the first time this season. This makes Porsche the only team to have scored points in every race of the season. The last time the team failed to score points was at the first Misano race in 2024.
• Norman Nato has now finished 35 races in a row. The Frenchman's last retirement was at the Sao Paulo E-Prix in 2023, but he only finished in the top 10 15 times, and only once this season.

Average qualifying position (season)

The best qualifier of the season is still clearly Rowland. But the two Porsche drivers Wehrlein and Felix da Costa also always do quite well in qualifying.

Average race result (season)

Rowland is also the driver with the best average position in the race - by some distance. Behind him are Jean-Eric Vergne and Pascal Wehrlein.

Position changes (Tokyo E-Prix)

With a total of 18 positions gained, Nico Müller was the driver who moved up the most in Tokyo. He gained nine places in both races, but still finished without points. Stoffel Vandoorne is also in double figures with eleven positions gained. On Saturday, he drove from 14th place to win the race, on Sunday he dropped out and was therefore two places behind his starting position on the results lists.

At the bottom of the list with 21 positions lost is Norman Nato, who failed to finish in the points on both occasions despite good starting positions. Mortara (-11), de Vries, Felix da Costa and Günther (-10) are also down in double figures.

Race laps completed (season)

After the Tokyo E-Prix, nine drivers have still completed all 289 race laps. Taylor Barnard and Stoffel Vandoorne are no longer among them after their retirements on Sunday.

Laps led (season)

Oliver Rowland still has by far the most laps in the lead this season, having extended his clear lead in Japan with 36 more laps. He has now led 109 of a total of 289 race laps this season. That is more than the next five drivers combined: Wehrlein, Felix da Costa, Barnard, Vergne and Günther have a combined total of exactly 100 laps. Dan Ticktum collected his first lead laps of the season in Tokyo.

Rowland has led at least five laps in every race this season - with the exception of Miami. However, with his team-mate Nato leading eight laps there, a Nissan car has accumulated lead kilometres in each of the last ten races.

Under "other" are summarised: Sebastien Buemi, Nyck de Vries (10 each), Dan Ticktum (9), Nick Cassidy, Norman Nato (8 each), Mitch Evans (7), Jake Dennis, Nico Müller (6 each), Robin Frijns (3) and David Beckmann (2)

Performance analysis of the drivers & teams (Tokyo E-Prix)

The fastest man at the Tokyo E-Prix was Rowland. In the semi-final duel on Sunday, the Nissan driver set the fastest time of the weekend (1:12.007 minutes). He was closely followed by Pascal Wehrlein and Dan Ticktum. 20 drivers were within one second of each other in Tokyo. At the back of the field were Sebastien Buemi (1:13.043) and David Beckmann (1:13.405), who was almost 1.4 seconds off the best time and also his team-mate.

The fastest team on one lap was therefore Nissan, ahead of Porsche and Kiro. They were followed by Maserati, DS Penske and McLaren. The slowest team in Tokyo was Lola Yamaha ABT. Adjusted for the manufacturer ranking, this means: Nissan >>> Porsche >>> DS/Maserati >>> Mahindra >>> Jaguar >>> Lola Yamaha