Formula E Tokyo Is Back—and This Time, It’s a Night Race
Jul 25, 2026 at 1:30pm ~ Jul 26, 2026 at 10:30pm
If you’ve ever wondered what it looks like when electric racing cars tear through a city at night, Tokyo is about to find out. Formula E is returning to Ariake this July for its third Tokyo event—and for the first time, both races will run after dark.
The 2026 TDK Tokyo E-Prix takes place July 25 – 26 on a temporary street circuit around Tokyo Big Sight, with main races starting at 8:05pm each evening. The event is equal parts race weekend and street fair, with food, drinks, live music performances and EV technology exhibits running alongside the circuit all day.
What is Formula E?
Formula E is the FIA’s all-electric world championship, now in its 12th season. The concept is straightforward: take F1’s basic structure—manufacturer rivalries, qualifying sessions, wheel-to-wheel racing—strip out the combustion engines, and run it through the middle of actual cities instead of purpose-built tracks. Street circuits through Ariake, through Monaco, through São Paulo. The cars, currently the GEN3 Evo, are the fastest electric single-seaters ever built.
The current grid runs 10 teams and 20 drivers, with manufacturers including Jaguar, Porsche, Nissan, Andretti, Citroën and Yamaha. Eleven seasons in, the championship has produced 10 different champions—which, for a top-tier motorsport series, is genuinely unusual and makes for tight, unpredictable racing.
What Happened at Formula E Tokyo Last Year?
Last year’s Tokyo round was the first time the event ran as a double-header, and it delivered. Nissan’s Oliver Rowland won Race 9—the first home-race victory for a Japanese team in Formula E history. In the same weekend, British driver Dan Ticktum took his debut podium in Tokyo before going on to claim his first Formula E win in Jakarta and his first pole in London. Tokyo, in other words, has a habit of producing breakout moments.
This year adds the night race element on top of that. Both race days follow the same schedule: free practice at 1:30pm, qualifying at 3:40pm and the main race at 8:05pm. So by the time the racing starts, the Ariake waterfront is fully lit up around the circuit.
What Else is at the Venue?
The FORMULA E x TOKYO GX ACTION FAN VILLAGE runs alongside the circuit on both days, with food, drinks, live music performances and EV technology exhibits.
Tickets and access
Spectator tickets are available via e-plus. The event runs July 25 – 26 at Tokyo Big Sight, Ariake. The two race days are ticketed separately, so you can pick one or both.
Information
Start: Jul 25th 2026 at 1:30pm
End: Jul 26th 2026 at 10:30pm
Around Tokyo Big Sight
3-11-1 Ariake, Koto-ku, Koto-ku
¥5,000
