Rain, Penalties & A Last-Lap Win | Best Of Team Radio | 2026 TDK Tokyo E-Prix Round 14

Name: Rain, Penalties & A Last-Lap Win | Best Of Team Radio | 2026 TDK Tokyo E-Prix Round 14
Uploaded: 2026-08-06T10:19:37.034Z
Duration: 11 min 6 s
Channel: Trackside Racing

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Go inside the cockpits for the best of the team radio from Round 14 in Tokyo, a chaotic, rain-threatened night race that came alive in its closing stages.

From the off, drivers battle changing conditions and the constant threat of rain edging towards the circuit. Early contact triggers broken suspension, punctures and a retirement, and tempers boil over on the radio as penalty decisions and on-track incidents pile up. As teams gamble on Attack Mode timing, the pit window and the risk of rain, the strategy calls come thick and fast, with drivers pleading for the pace to be slowed and the red flag scenarios weighed up.

Out front it builds to a nail-biting finish. Dan Ticktum keeps the pressure on and pulls off a stunning last-lap move to snatch the win from Jake Dennis, sparking an emotional response on the radio as his team celebrate a victory that means everything after a tough season.

What did you make of the radio? Let us know in the comments

Radio check from station. Yes mate, loud and clear. Perfect. Regarding weather, there is quite a heavy bit of rain that's just gonna miss the track. We could get the very edge of that. All right, everybody. Let's have a good race. Good luck. Let's have some fun. Let's have some fun and kick some asses. Watch the lights. Have a good one. Suspension is broken. Where am I supposed to go, man? Copy that. No way to continue, yeah? No, I don't think so. Which car was it? Antonio. Copy. Muller hit me in turn 7. Someone crashed into my back. Okay, any puncture? Do you know which car it was? I don't know. Not for the moment. Yeah, it completely stopped. I think I hurt a bit my hand. So I have to change the front wing. I think I lost it. I lost it. I think it's off. I think it's off. You could stay out if you want. We can look. Stay out. Yeah, I don't feel anything. So I think I lost it. I've got debris from Blimey in front of my nose. F*** sake, man. Copy. Okay, to continue? Yeah, but come on. He needs to pull out when that happens. F*** sake. Seb, we have a five second penalty for that collision. Five second penalty. We have to serve it at the pit boost. Okay. It completely stopped in front of me. Completely stopped. I'm the one paying the price, no? Daniel, he broke my hand. Woodpaw moving massively under braking in turn 10. Had to brake in the middle of the straight line to avoid it. It's safety, mate. Keep it up. Pace out of 10, question? Lower, mate. Good man. Keep it up. Kadanaford keeps like this. Happy to make any efficient moves. Otherwise, keep serving. I'm looking after tires. Okay, Tictor must be told to put pressure ahead. Yep, that all starts moving now. Save the plan. Potential rain in 20 minutes. Potential rain in 20 minutes. We got a five second penalty for the contact with Muller. I didn't touch Muller at all. Which contact? Like, I didn't touch him at all. Like, review. I didn't touch him at all. I didn't touch him. It's not me. The five second is for the contact lap 26 with Muller. Which contact? He was at the front. I was not even with him. He can't be Muller. It's their line. What are they saying? It's not me. Seb, I think it's now or never. I think we should take attack and go all the way to the front with big rolling of the dice. It's important to know when Wemi reaches me the time left on his attack. Wemi is a car behind. He has two minute 10 remaining. Okay, we can see rain on the start finish straight. How is Wemi's progress? Wemi now P3, two minutes remaining. Man, this guy is moving like you can't believe. Yeah, we can see that. It's too much what he's doing. 45 seconds left. Well done, Seb. Everybody push me out. If the rain is going to come, we need to keep the attack to the rain. If not, to box and attack is okay. Okay, expecting rain coming. I think these guys are picking up the pace because of the pit window and the rain risk. Yeah, so let's pick up the pace and we expect rain, so let's not use the attack now. The only thing is to get box early, then we cover red flag scenarios. Did anyone box this lap? Negative. I stay behind or not? Because I need to create a gap for the five seconds. If you can pass, pass. Four, box opposite the most. Copy, box. Stay up. Box, box, box, box, box, box. Pull the trigger now, mate. Pull the trigger. You can afford four laps. You've got six or so cars in the box. Pull the trigger now. Slow down as much as possible in sector one. Men, slow everyone down. Please, please, please. Make big gaps. Slow down. Park up, park up. Oh, sweet. Wemi's just backing everyone up now. The guys in front are sleeping. What is Wemi doing? What is Wemi doing? Man, what is Wemi doing? Head down, reverse. This is all Wemi. This is all Wemi. Now I should create a gap now. Box this lap. Get ready for tyre change. Dakosa put me in the wall there. Yeah, do you have a puncture? Do you have a puncture? Yeah, might have. Steering is off. Yeah, Berlay needs to get a penalty. He's just holding everyone up with an unsafe car. What the f*** is that? Uh-oh. Berlay's trying to drive you off the track. Berlay again. They're cheating. What are we doing with this gap, mate? Because Wemi's ruining the race. Incident risk high. You just want pace? Affirm. Affirm. Three seconds margin behind. Yeah, man. Don't give a f*** about them. They're done. It's the other guys now. Where's Ticktum? Where is Ticktum, boys? Keep the pace up. Two seconds behind. Two seconds behind. Keep the pace up. In what train, mate? In what train? The opposite. Yeah, you f***ed me there with Wemi. I knew it. We should have pitted. Just a dirty game of them. It was clear. 2.5 seconds to Edo. You can box-box. Mode 17 and box-box. Pit lane. You've got to be good, man. Okay, to Mortaro. 2.6. What's happening? What's happening? The steering is completely off. The car is not turning. The wing is on the tyre. What do you mean, what's happening? Okay, I missed you. I missed you. I had the radio off. F***ing retire the car. Clear. Is the Frizz pitted? Has he jumped us? How long does he have left? Two and a half minutes. Two and a half minutes. Jake, we take attack. Take attack. Right, we've got to go. We've got to go. Ticktum is 1% down now. Time remaining for custody. 1.40. Overspend. Yes! Okay, we need to get Mortaro now. 22 seconds. Nice one. Nice one. 9 seconds left on attack. So Dennis is one that has 2.30 minutes of overlap, but he's behind Mortaro now. Pass out now. Pass out now. So his run's out. Finish line, yeah? Affirm. Do I not fight him? Be sensible with your energy as you make the call, but it may not be our fight as you make that call. Okay, will I run out? Around 2.16. 30 seconds left. Let's go. Please advise Dennis to not fight. Don't want to bring the others back. I don't care. Tell him to not fight. Yeah, copy. Two seconds to Cassie behind. Raining slightly. Pace of Cass. 16.5. 16.5. Gap is stable. Gap is stable. We have relayed your message. Yeah, I'm not risking a crash for P1 here when it's guaranteed P2. Copy that. It's starting to rain a bit more. Okay, copy. Keep us posted. F*** sake, it's raining. Affirm. Stay on the boil. Stay on the boil. You're all good. Yeah, talk about moving at the breaking. That's a DNF. That's a... I don't know. That's a race, man. What the f*** is that? How does he think that's okay? He does it all the time. Yeah, copy. We'll report. Still got some laps here. It's raining in the pit lane. All right, they need to red flag it. What's the track temp? 34 degrees. 34. No danger from being struck. No danger from being struck. Okay, just leave me to it now. If he makes a mistake, I'll try. But I ain't going to try anything stupid here because it's quite defendable. We're clearly closing on TikTok. Closing on TikTok. It's going to be a final lap at the line. Starting last lap. Starting last lap. You can thank Remy for our championship hopes. Well done. Got no energy, mate. What was that, Kurt? F*** you! Yes! Well done to you all. All right. Absolutely f***ing nailed that. You can have a job now, please. And I've checked the flag, mate, and ticked him with the win. So, yeah. Ticked him up. Nice! Ticked him up. P8 for you. Good job, guys. So, yeah, P8 for the race. And P1. So happy for the team. I'm so happy for Dan. He deserves it. He's had a s*** season. Great race, guys. We all know who this one's for. It's just the last lap, mate. The last lap f***ing beeps. What a joke. Oh, whatever. At least we got good points, boys. You see the boards? Yeah. All right, man. Don't knock it over.