The electric stats from Formula E’s twists in the tale in Tokyo
- Vyas Ponnuri
- Jul 27
- 5 min read
Formula E experienced an attritional Tokyo E-Prix doubleheader under the lights in 2026, with two exciting races decided in the closing moments. Cupra Kiro’s Dan Ticktum stole the spotlight with a late move on new championship leader Jake Dennis in Round 14, while Nyck de Vries grabbed a second victory for Mahindra on the following day.
Several big hitters once again fell down the order in mixed conditions across the weekend, with neither Mitch Evans nor Pascal Wehrlein scoring in Round 15. This promoted Dennis to the head of the standings by two points, while Nissan’s Oliver Rowland sits only 14 points away in fourth, setting up a four-way battle into the season finale at London.
But there were plenty more surprises in store for the Formula E faithful in Tokyo. DIVEBOMB delves into some of the key statistics from the penultimate weekend of Season 12.
First on the list - Dan Ticktum. The Briton has had a torrid time of it in 2026, and his victory in Tokyo came at an important time, with his stocks now higher in the quest for a seat on the grid for Season 13. But his win in Tokyo marked a first for Cupra Kiro in 2026, and his first since the Jakarta E-Prix last July.
With Ticktum now winning a race, he becomes the 10th different winner in Season 12. This is the second-highest number of winners in a season now, with Season 7 in 2021 still holding the lead at 11 different winners.
It also marks the first time both Cupra Kiro drivers have scored podiums in a season, in the short history of the constructor’s existence.
Ticktum also marked the ninth different driver to win in nine successive races, a new Formula E record set in the process. This beats the record from Season 5, which saw eight different winners in eight races to start the season.
The Cupra Kiro man also became the 16th driver to score a podium finish in 2026, with his win in Round 14. Only the DS Penske duo of Taylor Barnard and Maximilian Günther, Nissan’s Norman Nato and Lola’s Zane Maloney are yet to appear on a podium in Season 12.
Mahindra’s Nyck de Vries took his second race win of Season 12, marking the first time since Season 8 that he won multiple races in the same season. 2026 would also see Mahindra win two races in a season for the first time since Felix Rosenqvist in Season 4 (2017-18).
With Mahindra winning again, Season 12 marked the first instance of four constructors winning two or more races in the same season since Season 9 in 2023. The record for this still lies with Season 7 in 2021, though, when six different constructors won two or more races in a single Formula E campaign. Season 3 also saw four different constructors take multiple wins in a season.
Even as Cupra Kiro won out in the night of Tokyo, it marked eight different constructors winning a race over the course of the season. The last time this happened was back in Season 5, in the 2018-19 season, while Season 7 and 8 saw seven different teams take to the top of the podium.
Citroën’s Nick Cassidy registered podiums in both races on the Tokyo E-Prix weekend. The New Zealander scored his first points since the Monaco E-Prix, and stood on the podium in both races of a weekend for the first time since the London E-Prix in 2025.
It would also mark the first instance of a New Zealander standing on the podium in Tokyo, with neither Cassidy nor Evans doing so in the lead-up to this year’s Tokyo E-Prix.
With teammate Jean-Éric Vergne scoring top six finishes in both races, Citroën took home their best haul of points in a single weekend in Season 12, with 51 points from Tokyo, the highest scoring team across the pair of races.
Vergne is also on a five-race scoring streak, the longest of any driver in the championship at this moment. The Tokyo E-Prix also marked the first time both drivers from the French manufacturer finished in the top five of a race.
Let’s now come to Andretti’s Jake Dennis. He scored podiums in both races of the weekend, marking the first time he achieved the feat since the Misano E-Prix weekend in 2024. He also leads the championship for the first time since the end of Season 9, when he last won the title. This is after not taking into account leading after season openers.
Dennis also left Tokyo with his best-ever points haul from the event, and leads the championship heading into the finale in London for the second time in his career. The last time he had done so was in Season 9.
Dennis leads it for the first time since the São Paulo season opener, while Evans, Cassidy, Wehrlein and Mortara held it at least once in the season.
With the Andretti man taking over the lead after Tokyo, it also marks the ninth different change of the championship lead, among five drivers. This is now the most number of times the lead has changed hands in a Formula E season, beating the record of eight from Season 5 in 2018-19.
By claiming a podium in Round 15, Dennis ensured the run of having at least one British driver on the podium in Tokyo would continue for the third year in a row. The record of having two Britons on every Tokyo E-Prix podium would come to an end, though.
Now it’s time to mention Nissan’s Oliver Rowland. The reigning champion would bid goodbye to his incredible pole record in Tokyo after failing to make it to the duels in Round 14. For the first time, Nissan wouldn’t claim a podium at their home event, with Rowland just one spot away in Round 15, in fourth.
With Rowland finishing fourth in the standings, the gap between the top four in the standings is now closed to 14 points. This is the closest the top four have been separated going into a season finale since Season 7 in 2021, levelling the 14-point gap between the top four from that particular season.
Teammate Norman Nato would match his best result around the Tokyo streets, though, notching up a solid sixth for Nissan and backing up Rowland in Round 15.
As for the three drivers rooted to the bottom of the standings, Round 15 would also mark the first instance of all three drivers scoring points in the same race. Nato finished sixth, while Günther came home ninth ahead of Maloney, the latter two elevated a position after Sébastien Buemi’s penalty.
Mahindra’s Edoardo Mortara may not have finished Round 15, but he earned a special record to take home from the Tokyo weekend. Taking a fourth pole of the season, Mortara now ties the record for the most pole positions in a Formula E campaign, alongside Vergne from his championship-winning Season 4 in 2018. It also marks the first time Mahindra have scored four poles in a single Formula E campaign.
As of the Tokyo E-Prix, Mahindra sit on 210 points, one behind Andretti in third. With one more round to go, the Indian manufacturer will be fancying a shot at beating their highest-ever tally of 215 points from Season 3, when they finished third in the standings.
There was yet more to celebrate for Porsche, even if Wehrlein failed to score in either race and saw his championship lead eroded. The German manufacturer won their second consecutive Manufacturers’ trophy, with a Porsche-powered car finishing on the podium in 12 of the 15 races in Season 12.
Porsche and its customers secured atleast two pole positions and one race win over the course of the season, with all six drivers scoring atleast one podium finish so far in 2026.
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