- Preview: Tokyo E-Prix, 30 March 2024, Round 5 of the ABB FIA Formula E World Championship.
- The Japanese metropolis hosts a Formula E race for the first time on its technically demanding circuit.
- The TAG Heuer Porsche Formula E Team fields two Porsche 99X Electric with drivers Pascal Wehrlein (GER) and António Félix da Costa (POR).
- The Porsche customer team Andretti Formula E competes in Tokyo with world champion Jake Dennis (GBR) and Norman Nato (FRA).
The ABB FIA Formula E World Championship continues to expand and is now adding a new and exciting city to its world map: the innovative electric racing series visits Japan for the first time at the Tokyo E-Prix on 30 March. A total of four Porsche 99X Electric race cars will line up on the grid.
The first-ever race in Tokyo is just the beginning. After the event in the capital of Japan, two new venues follow on the 2024 Formula E calendar: two double-header events will be contested on 13 and 14 April in Misano, Italy and in the Chinese economic metropolis of Shanghai on 25 and 26 May.
A total of four Porsche 99X Electric will contest the Formula E premiere in the Land of the Rising Sun. The fully electric racing cars were developed at the net-carbon-neutral Weissach facility. The TAG Heuer Porsche Formula E team fields two Porsche 99X Electric for drivers Pascal Wehrlein and António Félix da Costa. The Porsche customer team Andretti Formula E will also tackle the race with two Porsche 99X Electric. The drivers for US motorsport legend Michael Andretti’s racing team are world champion Jake Dennis and Norman Nato.
Thanks to his second pole position this season and fourth place at the São Paulo race two weeks ago, Pascal Wehrlein is on the verge of taking the lead in the drivers’ classification of the ABB FIA Formula E World Championship. The Porsche works driver, who finished in the points in Brazil for the 15th consecutive time, ranks second overall with 53 points, only four points behind the leader Nick Cassidy (NZL). Jake Dennis lies fifth with 38 points with Norman Nato following in 13th place with nine points. António Félix da Costa ranks 15th with eight points. In the team classification, the TAG Heuer Porsche Formula E Team has advanced to second place with 61 points behind Jaguar (96 points). Andretti Formula E is fifth with 47 points.
