Mahindra Racing's Nyck de Vries got his setup just right to fire from fifth to victory in the 2026 TDK Tokyo E-Prix Round 15 in mixed conditions, heading home Citroen Racing's Nick Cassidy and Andretti's Jake Dennis, with title contenders Pascal Wehrlein (Porsche) and Mitch Evans (Jaguar TCS Racing) failing to score.

De Vries made a timely jump for ATTACK on Lap 28 and picked off those ahead to reach reigning champion Oliver Rowland in P1; the Nissan driver himself on a late charge.

The Brit elected not to match de Vries up with his own final of two mandatory 50kW all-wheel drive ATTACK MODE activations, and that proved costly as de Vries made it by Rowland through the middle sector of that same tour.

Mahindra had opted to set the car up for a drying surface, gambling on further rain holding off after a deluge earlier in the afternoon. De Vries navigated a late Red Flag for a second win of 2025/26 and Mahindra's second of the season; a feat the team hadn't achieved since 2017/18.

Cassidy and Citroen made the same bet, and it paid off; the New Zealander scything from 13th to second and more silverware after yesterday's poignant P3 finish.

Dennis, staggeringly, clambered from 17th to the final spot on the podium thanks to a late ATTACK MODE charge. That sees him top of the Drivers' World Championship heading to the site of his first title victory in London and the finale weekend.

The Season 9 champion was able to take advantage of Pascal Werhlein's misery, with a second non-score for the Porsche driver in as many rounds in Tokyo leaving him third in the running. Mitch Evans (Jaguar TCS Racing) failed to finish today, too, and having provisionally led the running earlier in the race, he leaves Tokyo two points behind Dennis in second.

Just five points split the top three drivers in the points table, while that result from Dennis sees Porsche over the line as the 2025/26 Manufacturers' World Champions. Jaguar still head Porsche in the Teams' table, which, like the drivers, will go down to the wire in London.

The title-deciding 2026 Hankook London E-Prix Rounds 16 & 17 will take place on 15 & 16 August to see out the GEN3 era.

As it happened...

Heavy rain fell pre-race, requiring a lap under the Safety Car before the standing start. Polesitter Mortara led the field away, with da Costa, Rowland, Wehrlein and Mueller going early on Lap 3 for the first of their 50kW all-wheel drive ATTACK MODE activations with the track surface slick.

Da Costa hit the front through Turn 9 on Lap 4, past the sideways Mahindra Racing machine of Edo Mortara - the Jaguar driver making full use of ATTACK. From there he made a break for it, and pulled a four-second gap on Mortara, with Ticktum another three seconds back in third.

Ticktum was struggling a little, though, and on Lap 11, Barnard was able to jump the CUPRA KIRO driver for a provisional P3. Evans - the Drivers' leader as it stood - also had Ticktum in his sights with the Brit struggling with grip.

Evans made it by at the chicane on Lap 15 for fourth, with Ticktum's teammate Marti in the wall throwing a Full Course Yellow shortly afterwards - crushing Mortara's ATTACK MODE activation. It looked as if Buemi overcooked a move and squeezed the Spaniard's CUPRA into the wall.

The race was green on Lap 16 with da Costa leading Mortara away - and Barnard three-seconds back in third and three percentage points to the good on energy on those ahead.

Ticktum made good use of his first ATTACK MODE activation to make up lost ground - back in fourth past Werhlein and Evans come Lap 19. Barnard was doing likewise, and passed Mortara for second on the run down to the chicane before setting about da Costa.

At Turn 17 Barnard produced a super switchback to pass da Costa for the lead as his ATTACK came to an end - the move had to be done then, and the Brit managed it.

A lap later, and standings leader Evans went for his first dose of ATTACK - the New Zealander holding station on-track with a move back by Wehrlein after heading off-line through the activation zone. Fifth-placed Rowland kept Evans at bay, compromising the Jaguar driver's ATTACK MODE activation and Evans made it clear over Team Radio he'd used it too late, once the circuit had dried.

The reigning champion moved by Ticktum on Lap 23 down at the chicane for fourth - and by Mortara into Turn 1 a lap later as his Nissan started to come good in the drying conditions.

Half a lap later at Turn 10, Rowland then sliced by da Costa for P2; dry tyre pressures coming good for the Brit as he then set about closing the 1.5 second gap to Barnard out front.

The DS driver took his second and final ATTACK MODE activation, ceding P1 to Rowland on Lap 25.

Vergne's setup came to him as the circuit dried, too, and now third, he hassled Barnard - whose ATTACK MODE was seemingly no use with the setup on his car more attuned to the earlier wet conditions.

De Vries jumped for ATTACK on Lap 28 and picked off those ahead to reach Rowland in P1 - passing him through the middle sector of Lap 28. Cassidy and Vergne - third and fourth - jumped for ATTACK on the next tour, dispatching Rowland who'd held off on his second activation once again.

He did jump on Lap 30 but it looked too late, with Dennis finding it by on Lap 31 for fourth - the Andretti driver with four minutes of ATTACK and an energy advantage to de Vries, Cassidy and Vergne ahead. Four seconds was the gap with three laps to go.

Drama with two laps to go as Mortara and Eriksson came to blows and blocked the circuit for those behind - a real car park on the streets of Tokyo; Red Flag, and Dennis' charge halted.

The field formed up for a rolling start to see out the final lap sprint, with de Vries leading Cassidy and Dennis away and to the flag.