Formula E: Maserati's Guenther Wins Inaugural Tokyo E-Prix

After a tense race against Oliver Rowland, Maximilian Guenther of the Maserati MSG team won the first-ever Tokyo E-Prix. This was Guenther's first Formula E victory of the season. With clever management of his energy reserves, Rowland had a commanding lead for most of the race on a track recognised for its difficult passing possibilities. Although Edoardo Mortara's Mahindra started the race in third place, Guenther was able to gain his position with the help of his second attack mode boost. Around two-thirds of the way through the race, he passed Rowland for the lead. Rowland chose to save energy by giving up the lead and slipping behind Guenther. In the early stages, the top places were fairly consistent. However, when Mortara made a defensive move into Turn 6 on lap 10, it opened a space that Rowland took advantage of the next lap to preserve his lead. Rowland entered his second attack mode on lap 13, which eventually propelled Guenther into the lead for the rest of the race after Mortara momentarily promoted Guenther on the same lap with his additional power boost.

Formula E Tokyo E-Prix 2024: Race Result

After the Japanese round of the championship, Nick Cassidy of Jaguar is still in first place, although he is now tied with Wehrlein for second place on the basis of a tiebreaker. Cassidy demonstrated his skill in minimising damage with his resilient effort, which allowed him to salvage a seventh-place finish. Unfortunately, he missed out on a pivotal lap for the battles after being demoted to an uncomfortable 19th place on the starting line owing to a throttle map violation in qualifying.

Unfortunately for Cassidy, his teammate Mitch Evans was involved in an incident when trying to pass Frijns. This caused him to have to make an unplanned pit stop for repairs, and he ended up finishing in fourteenth position. Evans had started in ninth place due to a penalty for impeding Jake Hughes.

Because the Porsche runners' possible speed advantage was limited, Guenther and Rowland took advantage of the resulting bottleneck. Guenther and Rowland were able to make progress since Sette Camara's ERT and Mortara's Mahindra successfully slowed down quicker opponents in qualifying.

Unfortunately for da Costa, he was unable to secure a podium finish—his first since last June—when he tried to overtake Rowland on the outside line in the last circuits. Dennis was able to sneak by because Rowland efficiently maintained his place.