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Oliver Rowland
Rowland in 2024
NationalityUnited Kingdom British
Born (1992-08-10) 10 August 1992 (age 32)
Barnsley, South Yorkshire, England
Formula E career
Debut season2015–16
Current teamNissan Formula E Team
Racing licence FIA Platinum
Car number23
Former teamsNissan e.dams
Mahindra Racing
Starts78
Championships0
Wins3
Podiums13
Poles8
Fastest laps3
Best finish4th in 2023–24
Finished last season4th (156 pts)
Previous series
2017
2015–16
2014–15
2012–13
2013
2011
2010–11		FIA Formula 2 Championship
GP2 Series
Formula Renault 3.5 Series
Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0
Formula Renault 2.0 NEC
Formula Renault UK
FR2.0 UK Winter/Finals Series
Championship titles
2015
2011		Formula Renault 3.5 Series
FR2.0 UK Finals Series
Awards
2011
2011		McLaren Autosport Award
BRDC SuperStar

Oliver Eric Rowland (born 10 August 1992) is a British racing driver. He currently competes in Formula E driving for Nissan Formula E Team. He has previously competed for Manor Motorsport in the 2018 WEC season, and he was also previously the young driver of Williams F1 Team during the 2018 Formula 1 season.

Early career

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Karting

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Born in Barnsley, Rowland began karting at the age of seven, and spent a successful decade racing in the various classes around the United Kingdom. After finishing second in the Super 1 National Cadet Championship in 2002, Rowland won the championship for the next two years. In 2005, Rowland moved into the JICA class series, and again finished as a championship runner-up, finishing just two points behind Will Stevens. Rowland also narrowly missed out on the title in 2006, finishing one point behind champion Jack Harvey, and was also second in the Monaco Kart Cup driving for Zip Kart, behind Millennium Motorsport's Scott Jenkins. He also finished 20th in the European Championship for the class. After his two previous runner-up campaigns, Rowland took the Super 1 JICA title in 2007, 30 points clear of nearest rival Tom Joyner. Joyner did however take the British Open Championship, where Rowland finished in third position. In the continental races, Rowland could only finish 25th in Monaco, and 37th in the European Championship. Rowland moved up to the KF2 class in 2008, and became a member of the Tony Kart Racing Team. Rowland won the CIK-FIA World Cup event in, and also placed third in the WSK International Series and fifth in the European Championship. He also competed in the KF1 Asia-Pacific series, where he finished eleventh.

In 2009, Rowland competed for most of the season in Super KF, competing for Chiesa Corse. He finished sixth in the European Championship, ninth in the World Cup, and twelfth in the World Championship; his best result came at the South Garda Winter Cup, where he finished in fourth position. Rowland remained in Super KF in 2010, where he won his second World Cup crown, and also finished 16th in the KZ1 version of the series.

Formula Renault

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Oliver Rowland in Motorland Aragon 2014

Rowland left karting and stepped into Formula Renault, contesting the 2010 Formula Renault UK Winter Series with CRS Racing. He also received sponsorship from the Racing Steps Foundation, which funded his graduation into car racing.[1] He took two twelfth-place finishes in his first car racing meeting at Snetterton, but eventually took his first win in the final race of the championship, at Pembrey.[2] The victory helped to move up into seventh place in the championship standings, finishing tied on points with Luke Wright but ahead on countback.

Rowland moved to Fortec Motorsport for a full British championship campaign in 2011.[3] Rowland took his first podium of the season, with third place at Donington Park, starting a run of four consecutive podiums – all third places – before a run of just two podium finishes in seven races. Rowland's last seven races were his best in the championship, taking four wins, four fastest laps, three pole positions and three second places. As a result of the strong run, Rowland became the winner of the Graduate Cup for young drivers, and finished as runner-up to teammate Alex Lynn in the main championship; the runner-up position was only sealed on the final lap of the final race, setting the quickest lap to score two bonus points in order to move him into a tie on points with Tio Ellinas, but with four wins to Ellinas' two, he placed ahead on countback.[4] He also contested the Formula Renault UK Finals Series with the team, and comfortably won the championship with four race wins from six races.[5] Rowland was nominated for the McLaren Autosport BRDC Award due to his performances in the main series.[6] On 4 December 2011, after the evaluation tests held at Silverstone, Rowland was named as the winner of the award, taking the £100,000 cash prize and a Formula One test with McLaren.[7] He led the Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 Championship after taking his third victory of the 2013 season at the Red Bull Ring, eventually finishing the season second in the standings.

He was part of the McLaren young driver programme in 2007–2010[8]

Formula Renault 3.5

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Rowland in 2012

Rowland signed a contract with Fortec Motorsport in July 2013 to race the Formula Renault 3.5 Series in the 2014 season. He finished fourth overall with two wins and seven podiums.[9]

Rowland continued with Fortec Motorsport in the 2015 Formula Renault 3.5. He won eight races out of 17, becoming champion in the penultimate round.[10]

Rowland won a test with Red Bull F1 at Silverstone for leading the series in 2015.[11]

GP2 Series

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In 2015, Rowland made his GP2 debut at Silverstone with MP Motorsport. He finished in the points in both races. He contested in three other rounds with MP and Status Grand Prix.

In February 2016, it was announced that Rowland would compete in the series full-time with MP, with whom he finished ninth.

For the 2017 season, Rowland switched to the DAMS squad, finishing third in the championship.[12]

Formula One

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In February 2016, Rowland was confirmed as a member of Renault's young driver program,[13] and in April 2017 Rowland was signed to the role of development driver to the Renault F1 Team.[14]

In February 2018 Rowland was confirmed as Williams Martini Racing's official Junior Driver.[15]

Formula E

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Mahindra Racing (2015)

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Rowland competed in the 2015 Punta del Este ePrix with Mahindra Racing, in place of Nick Heidfeld, who had to undergo surgery for ligament damaged that he sustained during the Putrajaya ePrix.[16] Rowland started the race 16th on the grid, and managed to finish in 13th place. He did not race again in Formula E for the rest of the season, but he served as a studio pundit for the television broadcast at some of the remaining races.[17]

Nissan e.dams (2017–2021)

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2016–17 season

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Rowland with Nissan

During the 2016-17 season, Rowland was hired by Renault e.Dams as a standby replacement for Sébastien Buemi for the 2017 Mexico City ePrix.[18]

2018–19 season

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In November 2018, Rowland joined the championship full-time with the newly re-branded Nissan e.Dams following the departure of Alexander Albon to Toro Rosso.[19] He claimed his first pole in Formula E in Sanya ePrix and finished in second place in the race, which was his first podium in Formula E.

2019–20 season

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He took his first Formula E win at the 2020 Berlin ePrix, leading every lap after starting on pole position.[20]

2020–21 season

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Return to Mahindra (2022–2023)

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2021–22 season

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Rowland moved to Mahindra for the 2021–22 Formula E season.[21] He took his first points finish for the team at the 2022 Diriyah ePrix. Rowland retired from the inaugural Jakarta ePrix after losing one of this tyres on the second lap.[22]

2022–23 season

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Rowland driving for Mahindra at the 2023 Berlin ePrix

Rowland remained with Mahindra for the 2022–23 season alongside Lucas di Grassi, who replaced Alexander Sims.[23] Ahead of the Jakarta ePrix, Rowland was announced to have parted ways with Mahindra with immediate effect, and Roberto Merhi was drafted to replace him.[24]

Return to Nissan (2024—)

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2023–24 season

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Rowland at the 2024 Tokyo ePrix

Rowland reunited with Nissan, the team he drove from 2018 to 2021, for the 2023–24 season alongside Sacha Fenestraz.[25] Rowland had the best season of his Formula E career, scoring 7 podiums, 2 pole positions and 2 wins, finishing the season in 4th with 156 points, beating Fenestraz who finished 17th with only 26 points.

2024–25 season

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Rowland remained with Nissan for the 2024–25 season alongside Norman Nato, who replaces Sacha Fenestraz.[26]

Racing record

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Career summary

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Season Series Team Races Wins Poles F/Laps Podiums Points Position
2010 Formula Renault UK Winter Series CRS Racing 6 1 0 0 1 95 7th
2011 Formula Renault UK Fortec Motorsport 20 4 3 4 13 475 2nd
Formula Renault UK Finals Series Fortec Competition 6 4 0 3 6 190 1st
2012 Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 Fortec Motorsport 14 1 0 0 3 109 3rd
2013 Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 Manor MP Motorsport 14 3 2 2 8 179 2nd
Formula Renault 2.0 NEC 8 4 4 4 8 208 4th
Pau Formula Renault 2.0 Trophy 1 0 0 0 0 N/A 4th
2014 Formula Renault 3.5 Series Fortec Motorsports 17 2 3 1 7 181 4th
2015 Formula Renault 3.5 Series 17 8 7 4 13 307 1st
GP2 Series MP Motorsport 4 0 0 0 0 3 21st
Status Grand Prix 3 0 0 0 0
2015–16 Formula E Mahindra Racing 1 0 0 0 0 0 21st
2016 GP2 Series MP Motorsport 22 0 0 0 4 107 9th
2017 FIA Formula 2 Championship DAMS 22 2 1 2 10 191 3rd
Formula One Renault F1 Team Development driver
2018 Blancpain GT Series Endurance Cup Strakka Racing 2 0 0 0 0 6 41st
24 Hours of Le Mans CEFC TRSM Racing 1 0 0 0 0 N/A DNF
Intercontinental GT Challenge Mercedes-AMG Team Strakka Racing 1 0 0 0 0 6 22nd
Formula One Williams Martini Racing Development driver
2018–19 Formula E Nissan e.Dams 13 0 3 0 2 71 10th
FIA World Endurance Championship CEFC TRSM Racing 1 0 0 0 0 0 NC
2019–20 Formula E Nissan e.Dams 11 1 1 1 1 83 5th
2020–21 Formula E Nissan e.Dams 15 0 1 1 2 77 14th
2021–22 Formula E Mahindra Racing 16 0 1 0 1 32 14th
2022–23 Formula E Mahindra Racing 9 0 0 0 0 9 21st
2023–24 Formula E Nissan Formula E Team 14 2 2 1 7 156 4th
2024–25 Formula E Nissan Formula E Team

Complete Formula Renault 2.0 UK Championship results

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(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year Entrant 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 Pos Points
2011 Fortec Motorsports BRI
1
5 		BRI
2
Ret 		DON
1
3 		DON
2
3 		THR
1
3 		THR
2
3 		OUL
1
4 		OUL
2
2 		CRO
1
3 		CRO
2
Ret 		SNE
1
4 		SNE
2
7 		SIL1
1
5 		SIL1
2
2 		ROC
1
1 		ROC
2
2 		BHGP
1
1 		BHGP
2
1 		SIL2
1
2 		SIL2
2
1 		2nd 475

Complete Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 results

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(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year Entrant 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Pos Points
2012 Fortec Motorsports ALC
1
6 		ALC
2
8 		SPA
1
26 		SPA
2
4 		NÜR
1
8 		NÜR
2
Ret 		MSC
1
3 		MSC
2
3 		HUN
1
16 		HUN
2
6 		LEC
1
15 		LEC
2
6 		CAT
1
5 		CAT
2
1 		3rd 109
2013 Manor MP Motorsport ALC
1
10 		ALC
2
3 		SPA
1
1 		SPA
2
33 		MSC
1
2 		MSC
2
1 		RBR
1
5 		RBR
2
1 		HUN
1
8 		HUN
2
3 		LEC
1
6 		LEC
2
3 		CAT
1
2 		CAT
2
28 		2nd 179

Complete Formula Renault 3.5 Series results

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(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 Pos Points
2014 Fortec Motorsports MNZ
1
6 		MNZ
2
10 		ALC
1
3 		ALC
2
1 		MON
1
5 		SPA
1
Ret 		SPA
2
3 		MSC
1
Ret 		MSC
2
5 		NÜR
1
4 		NÜR
2
Ret 		HUN
1
3 		HUN
2
4 		LEC
1
13 		LEC
2
3 		JER
1
2 		JER
2
1 		4th 181
2015 Fortec Motorsports ALC
1
1 		ALC
2
3 		MON
1
6 		SPA
1
5 		SPA
2
1 		HUN
1
3 		HUN
2
1 		RBR
1
1 		RBR
2
2 		SIL
1
2 		SIL
2
1 		NÜR
1
1 		NÜR
2
10 		BUG
1
1 		BUG
2
8 		JER
1
1 		JER
2
2 		1st 307

Complete GP2 Series results

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(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year Entrant 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 DC Points
2015 MP Motorsport BHR
FEA 		BHR
SPR 		CAT
FEA 		CAT
SPR 		MON
FEA 		MON
SPR 		RBR
FEA 		RBR
SPR 		SIL
FEA
10 		SIL
SPR
7 		HUN
FEA 		HUN
SPR 		SPA
FEA
NC 		SPA
SPR
Ret 		MNZ
FEA 		MNZ
SPR 		SOC
FEA 		SOC
SPR 		21st 3
Status Grand Prix BHR
FEA
22 		BHR
SPR
Ret 		YMC
FEA
15 		YMC
SPR
C
2016 MP Motorsport CAT
FEA
10 		CAT
SPR
6 		MON
FEA
3 		MON
SPR
7 		BAK
FEA
4 		BAK
SPR
15† 		RBR
FEA
6 		RBR
SPR
2 		SIL
FEA
3 		SIL
SPR
3 		HUN
FEA
11 		HUN
SPR
6 		HOC
FEA
5 		HOC
SPR
5 		SPA
FEA
10 		SPA
SPR
6 		MNZ
FEA
9 		MNZ
SPR
9 		SEP
FEA
12 		SEP
SPR
8 		YMC
FEA
Ret 		YMC
SPR
11 		9th 107

† Did not finish, but was classified as he had completed more than 90% of the race distance.

Complete Formula E results

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(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year Team Chassis Powertrain 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 Pos Points
2015–16 Mahindra Racing Spark SRT01-e Mahindra M2ELECTRO BEI PUT PDE
13 		BUE MEX LBH PAR BER LDN LDN 21st 0
2018–19 Nissan e.dams Spark SRT05e Nissan IM01 ADR
7 		MRK
15 		SCL
Ret 		MEX
20† 		HKG
Ret 		SYX
2 		RME
6 		PAR
12 		MCO
2 		BER
8 		BRN
Ret 		NYC
14 		NYC
6 		10th 71
2019–20 Nissan e.dams Spark SRT05e Nissan IM02 DIR
4 		DIR
5 		SCL
17 		MEX
7 		MRK
9 		BER
14 		BER
7 		BER
6 		BER
5 		BER
1 		BER
Ret 		5th 83
2020–21 Nissan e.dams Spark SRT05e Nissan IM02 DIR
6 		DIR
7 		RME
12 		RME
16 		VLC
DSQ 		VLC
4 		14th 77
Nissan IM03 MCO
6 		PUE
DSQ 		PUE
3 		NYC
7 		NYC
19 		LDN
DSQ 		LDN
18 		BER
13 		BER
2
2021–22 Mahindra Racing Spark SRT05e Mahindra M7Electro DRH
Ret 		DRH
8 		MEX
16 		RME
Ret 		RME
Ret 		MCO
Ret 		BER
11 		BER
7 		JAK
Ret 		MRK
10 		NYC
13 		NYC
14 		LDN
Ret 		LDN
Ret 		SEO
2 		SEO
Ret 		14th 32
2022–23 Mahindra Racing Formula E Gen3 Mahindra M9Electro MEX
13 		DRH
19 		DRH
Ret 		HYD
6 		CAP
WD 		SAP
15 		BER
10 		BER
14 		MCO
Ret 		JAK
 JAK
 POR
 RME
 RME
 LDN
 LDN
 21st 9
2023–24 Nissan Formula E Team Formula E Gen3 Nissan e-4ORCE 04 MEX
11 		DRH
13 		DRH
3 		SAP
3 		TOK
2 		MIS
1 		MIS
Ret 		MCO
6 		BER
3 		BER
3 		SHA
4 		SHA
10 		POR
WD 		POR
WD 		LDN
15 		LDN
1 		4th 156

† Did not finish, but was classified as he had completed more than 90% of the race distance.

Complete FIA Formula 2 Championship results

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(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year Entrant 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 DC Points
2017 DAMS BHR
FEA
5 		BHR
SPR
3 		CAT
FEA
3 		CAT
SPR
2 		MON
FEA
1 		MON
SPR
9 		BAK
FEA
7 		BAK
SPR
Ret 		RBR
FEA
4 		RBR
SPR
3 		SIL
FEA
3 		SIL
SPR
17 		HUN
FEA
1 		HUN
SPR
2 		SPA
FEA
DSQ 		SPA
SPR
8 		MNZ
FEA
Ret 		MNZ
SPR
11 		JER
FEA
2 		JER
SPR
3 		YMC
FEA
DSQ 		YMC
SPR
7 		3rd 191

Complete FIA World Endurance Championship results

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(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year Entrant Class Chassis Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Rank Points
2018–19 CEFC TRSM Racing LMP1 Ginetta G60-LT-P1 Mecachrome V634P1 3.4 L Turbo V6 SPA
WD 		LMS
Ret 		SIL FUJ SHA SEB SPA LMS NC 0

24 Hours of Le Mans Results

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Year Team Co-Drivers Car Class Laps Pos. Class
Pos.
2018 China CEFC TRSM Racing United Kingdom Alex Brundle
United Kingdom Oliver Turvey 		Ginetta G60-LT-P1-Mecachrome LMP1 137 DNF DNF

References

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Sporting positions
Preceded by Formula Renault 3.5 Series
Champion
2015 		Succeeded by
Tom Dillmann
(Formula V8 3.5)
Awards
Preceded by McLaren Autosport BRDC Award
2011 		Succeeded by
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