# Oliver Rowland

Oliver Eric Rowland (/roʊlənd/; born 10 August 1992) is a British racing driver, who competes in Formula E for Nissan.
Rowland 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
### Karting

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.

### Formula Renault

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. 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.
Rowland moved to Fortec Motorsport for a full British championship campaign in 2011. 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. He also contested the Formula Renault UK Finals Series with the team, and comfortably won the championship with four race wins from six races. Rowland was nominated for the McLaren Autosport BRDC Award due to his performances in the main series. 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.
He was part of the McLaren young driver programme in 2007–2010

### Formula Renault 3.5

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

### GP2 Series

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.

## Formula One

In February 2016, Rowland was confirmed as a member of Renault's young driver program, and in April 2017 Rowland was signed to the role of development driver to the Renault F1 Team.
In February 2018 Rowland was confirmed as Williams Martini Racing's official Junior Driver.

## Formula E
### Mahindra Racing (2015)

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. 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.

### Nissan e.dams (2017–2021)
#### 2016–17 season

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.

#### 2018–19 season

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. 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

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

#### 2020–21 season
### Return to Mahindra (2022–2023)
#### 2021–22 season

Rowland moved to Mahindra for the 2021–22 Formula E season. 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.

#### 2022–23 season

Rowland remained with Mahindra for the 2022–23 season alongside Lucas di Grassi, who replaced Alexander Sims. 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.

### Return to Nissan (2024—)
#### 2023–24 season

Rowland reunited with Nissan, the team he drove from 2018 to 2021, for the 2023–24 season alongside Sacha Fenestraz. 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

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

## Racing record
### Career summary

| 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 |
| 2011 | 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 |
| 2013 | Formula Renault 2.0 NEC | Manor MP Motorsport | 8 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 208 | 4th |
| 2013 | Pau Formula Renault 2.0 Trophy | Manor MP Motorsport | 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 | Fortec Motorsports | 17 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 13 | 307 | 1st |
| 2015 | GP2 Series | MP Motorsport | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 21st |
| 2015 | GP2 Series | Status Grand Prix | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 21st |
| 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 |
| 2017 | Formula One | Renault F1 Team | Development driver | Development driver | Development driver | Development driver | Development driver | Development driver | Development driver |
| 2018 | Blancpain GT Series Endurance Cup | Strakka Racing | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 41st |
| 2018 | 24 Hours of Le Mans | CEFC TRSM Racing | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | N/A | DNF |
| 2018 | Intercontinental GT Challenge | Mercedes-AMG Team Strakka Racing | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 22nd |
| 2018 | Formula One | Williams Martini Racing | Development driver | Development driver | Development driver | Development driver | Development driver | Development driver | Development driver |
| 2018–19 | Formula E | Nissan e.Dams | 13 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 71 | 10th |
| 2018–19 | 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 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 68* | 1st* |
* Season still in progress.

### Complete Formula Renault 2.0 UK Championship results

(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

(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 2.0 NEC results

(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 | DC | Points |
| 2013 | Manor MP Motorsport | HOC 1 3 | HOC 2 2 | HOC 3 2 | NÜR 1 | NÜR 2 | SIL 1 | SIL 2 | SPA 1 | SPA 2 | ASS 1 | ASS 2 | MST 1 1 | MST 2 1 | MST 3 3 | ZAN 1 1 | ZAN 2 1 | ZAN 3 C | 4th | 208 |

### Complete Formula Renault 3.5 Series results

(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/FIA Formula 2 Championship results

(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 |
| 2015 | Status Grand Prix | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | BHR FEA 22 | BHR SPR Ret | YMC FEA 15 | YMC SPR C | 21st | 3 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
$^†$ Did not finish, but was classified as he had completed more than 90% of the race distance.

### Complete Formula E results

(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 |
| 2020–21 | Nissan e.dams | Spark SRT05e | Nissan IM03 | | | | | | | MCO 6 | PUE DSQ | PUE 3 | NYC 7 | NYC 19 | LDN DSQ | LDN 18 | BER 13 | BER 2 | | 14th | 77 |
| 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 |
| 2024–25 | Nissan Formula E Team | Formula E Gen3 Evo | Nissan e-4ORCE 05 | SAO 14 | MEX 1 | JED 2 | JED 1 | MIA | MCO | MCO | TKO | TKO | SHA | SHA | JKT | BER | BER | LDN | LDN | 1st* | 68* |
$^†$ Did not finish, but was classified as he had completed more than 90% of the race distance. $^*$ Season still in progress.

### Complete FIA World Endurance Championship results

(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

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