Oliver Rowland
Rowland at the2024 Berlin ePrix
Nationality	British
Born	Oliver Eric Rowland (1992-08-10)10 August 1992 (age 33) Barnsley, South Yorkshire, England
Formula E career
Debut season	2015–16
Current team	Nissan
Racing licence	FIA Platinum
Car number	23
Former teams	Nissan e.dams,Mahindra
Starts	95
Championships	1 (2024–25)
Wins	7
Podiums	21
Poles	10
Fastest laps	3
Finished last season	1st (184 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
2024-25 2015 2011	Formula E Formula Renault 3.5 Series FR2.0 UK Finals Series
Awards
2011 2011	McLaren Autosport Award BRDC SuperStar

Oliver Eric Rowland (/roʊlənd/; born 10 August 1992) is a Britishracing driver who competes inFormula E forNissan. Rowland won the2024–25 Formula E World Championship withNissan.

Rowland has previously competed forManor Motorsport in the2018 WEC season, and he was also previously the young driver ofWilliams F1 Team during the2018 Formula 1 season. Rowland is also the manager and mentor ofRacing Bulls driverArvid Lindblad.

Born inBarnsley, 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 behindWill Stevens.

Rowland left karting and stepped into Formula Renault, contesting the2010 Formula Renault UK Winter Series withCRS Racing. He also received sponsorship from theRacing Steps Foundation, which funded his graduation into car racing.^[1] He took two twelfth-place finishes in his first car racing meeting atSnetterton, but eventually took his first win in the final race of the championship, atPembrey.^[2]

Rowland moved toFortec Motorsport for a full British championship campaign in2011.^[3] Rowland took his first podium of the season, with third place atDonington 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 teammateAlex 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 withTio Ellinas, but with four wins to Ellinas' two, he placed ahead on countback.^[4] He also contested theFormula Renault UK Finals Series with the team, and comfortably won the championship with four race wins from six races.^[5] Rowland was nominated for theMcLaren 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 aFormula One test withMcLaren.^[7]

Rowland was part of theMcLaren young driver programme in 2007–2010^[8]

Rowland signed a contract with Fortec Motorsport in July 2013 to race theFormula Renault 3.5 Series inthe 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]

In2015, Rowland made his GP2 debut atSilverstone withMP Motorsport. He finished in the points in both races. He contested in three other rounds with MP andStatus 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 the2017 season, Rowland switched to theDAMS squad, finishing third in the championship.^[12]

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

In February 2018, Rowland was confirmed asWilliams Martini Racing's official Junior Driver.^[15]

Rowland competed in the2015 Punta del Este ePrix withMahindra Racing, in place ofNick Heidfeld, who had to undergosurgery forligament damaged that he sustained during thePutrajaya ePrix.^[16] Rowland started the race 16th on the grid, and managed to finish in 13th place. He did not race again inFormula E for the rest of the season, but he served as astudio pundit for the television broadcast at some of the remaining races.^[17]

During the2016-17 season, Rowland was hired byRenault e.Dams as a standby replacement forSébastien Buemi for the2017 Mexico City ePrix.^[18]

In November 2018, Rowland joined the championship full-time with the newly re-brandedNissan e.Dams following the departure ofAlexander Albon toToro Rosso.^[19] He claimed his first pole inFormula E inSanya ePrix and finished in second place in the race, which was his first podium in Formula E.

Rowland took his first Formula E win at the2020 Berlin ePrix, leading every lap after starting on pole position.^[20]

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Rowland moved toMahindra for the2021–22 Formula E season.^[21] He took his first points finish for the team at the2022 Diriyah ePrix. Rowland retired from the inauguralJakarta ePrix after losing one of this tyres on the second lap.^[22]

Rowland remained with Mahindra for the2022–23 season alongsideLucas di Grassi, who replacedAlexander Sims.^[23] Ahead of theJakarta ePrix, Rowland was announced to have parted ways with Mahindra with immediate effect, andRoberto Merhi was drafted to replace him.^[24]

Rowland reunited withNissan, the team he drove from 2018 to 2021, for the2023–24 season alongsideSacha 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.

Rowland remained withNissan for the2024–25 season alongsideNorman Nato, who replacedSacha Fenestraz.^[26] Having lost out on pole position for the opening round inSão Paulo, Rowland controlled a large part of the race before receiving a late drive-through penalty for overpower, one that left him 14th.^[27][28] His season kicked off inMexico City, where Rowland passedAntónio Félix da Costa with attack mode and held on to claim his first victory of the season.^[29] Another strong performance, this time duringJeddah race 1, left Rowland second as he was passed byMaximilian Günther moments before the finish line.^[30][31] He then won race 2 with a six-second gap toTaylor Barnard.^[32] Despite falling from fourth at the flag to tenth on the results sheet inMiami, having been one of multiple drivers who failed to finish their attack modes before the end, Rowland retained the championship lead.^[33][34]

Rowland's successful season continued inMonaco: during race 1, he claimed the lead after arming his attack mode later than the other frontrunners, and achieved a commanding victory.^[35][36] Rowland then took pole for race 2 and finished second behind an imperiousSébastien Buemi.^[37][38] Similarly, Rowland finished second from pole during race 1 inTokyo, withStoffel Vandoorne having benefited from a fortunately timed red flag to snatch a dominant lead.^[39][40] Rowland took pole on Sunday and came out on top in fights withPascal Wehrlein,Dan Ticktum, and Taylor Barnard to take victory for the fourth time that year.^[41][42] After fiercely contested races inShanghai, which he finished fifth and 13th, Rowland sat 68 points ahead of Wehrlein at the top of the standings.^[43][44]

Having been penalised for causing a collision with Günther, Rowland was classified tenth atJakarta.^[45] During race 1 of theBerlin round, Rowland retired after hitting Stoffel Vandoorne in the closing stages.^[46] Nevertheless, Rowland battled for the lead in race 2 and eventually finished fourth, allowing him to claim the championship two races early.^[47][48]

Rowland signed a multi-year deal to continue withNissan into the2025–26 season, once again alongsideNorman Nato.^[49]

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

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^† Did not finish, but was classified as he had completed more than 90% of the race distance.^* Season still in progress.

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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

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