Tag: Oliver Rowland

  • Nissan signs Nato to partner Rowland for 2025 Formula E season

    Nissan signs Nato to partner Rowland for 2025 Formula E season

    Nissan has signed Norman Nato for his return to the team to partner Oliver Rowland for 2025 Formula E season. Nissan Formula E Team will pair Oliver Rowland and Norman Nato for the 2024/25 ABB FIA Formula E World Championship, forming an experienced and competitive driver line-up. Following a fruitful partnership in the GEN2 era,…

  • Collet handed Formula E debut in Portland due to Rowland’s illness

    Collet handed Formula E debut in Portland due to Rowland’s illness

    Ciao Collet will make his Formula E debut at Portland double-header for Nissan after sudden illness to Oliver Rowland. Nissan’s Oliver Rowland has had his championship hopes come to a premature end, as the Brit is forced to miss this weekend’s 2024 Hankook Portland E-Prix. The 31-year-old Yorkshireman has had an incredible Season 10, and currently sits…

  • Rowland returns to Formula E with Nissan alongside Fenestraz

    Rowland returns to Formula E with Nissan alongside Fenestraz

    Oliver Rowland will make his Formula E return in 2023/24 with Nissan NISMO alongside Sacha Fenestraz. Nissan Formula E Team will field the returning Oliver Rowland for the 2023/24 ABB FIA Formula E World Championship, partnering Sacha Fenestraz following his impressive rookie season. Rowland joined Nissan as a rookie in 2018, the same year the…

  • Rowland leaves Mahindra Formula E team, Merhi in for Jakarta

    Rowland leaves Mahindra Formula E team, Merhi in for Jakarta

    Oliver Rowland has left the Mahindra Formula E team for the rest of the season, as Roberto Merhi has been roped in for Jakarta weekend. Mahindra Racing today announces that Roberto Merhi will join its Formula E team as race driver for next weekend’s ABB FIA Formula E World Championship races in Jakarta. Roberto will…

  • THE SEASON’S MOST GLAMOROUS RACE: GEN3 GRID BID TO MASTER THE UNIQUE CHALLENGE OF MONACO

    THE SEASON’S MOST GLAMOROUS RACE: GEN3 GRID BID TO MASTER THE UNIQUE CHALLENGE OF MONACO

    The famous Principality will get the second half of the ABB FIA Formula E World Championship’s 2022/23 campaign underway this weekend Monaco may be renowned for its glitz and glamour, but it is the glory that ABB FIA Formula E World Championship competitors will be chasing on Saturday (6 May), as the Principality prepares to welcome the all-electric single-seater…

  • Formula E: Mortara kept Wehrlein behind to win R2 of Puebla weekend

    Formula E: Mortara kept Wehrlein behind to win R2 of Puebla weekend

    Venturi’s Edoardo Mortara wins Race 2 of Formula E Puebla EPrix weekend from Porsche’s Pascal Wehrlein and Envision Virgin’s Nick Cassidy. Pole-sitter Oliver Rowland led the way in Race 2 of Formula E weekend in Puebla in his Nissan e.dams car as Venturi’s Edoardo Mortara cleared Porsche’s Pascal Wehrlein to second at the race start…

  • Button to race in British GT; Nissan retains Buemi, Rowland in Formula E

    Button to race in British GT; Nissan retains Buemi, Rowland in Formula E

    Jenson Button will compete in the 2020 British GT finale at Silverstone as Nissan e.dams has retained Sebastien Buemi and Oliver Rowland in Formula E. Button will join co-owner Chris Buncombe to compete in the 2020 British GT finale on November 7-8 at Silverstone in their Team Rocket RJN’s McLaren 720S GT3 machine in the…

  • Formula E: Rowland eases to Race 5 win in Berlin, Rast gets a podium

    Formula E: Rowland eases to Race 5 win in Berlin, Rast gets a podium

    Nissan’s Oliver Rowland secured his maiden FIA Formula E Championship win in Race 5 of Berlin finale from Envision Virgin’s Robin Frijns. The qualifying had some controversy to kick-start the final two races of the 2019/20 Formula E season in Berlin as the likes of DS Techeetah’s Antonio Felix da Costa, Audi’s Lucas di Grassi…

  • Video: Montoya takes All-Star Legends title, Alonso/Barrichello win races

    Video: Montoya takes All-Star Legends title, Alonso/Barrichello win races

    Juan Pablo Montoya took the Legends title in All-Star ESports Series Triple Crown finale with wins for Fernando Alonso and Rubens Barrichello. As the third part of the All-star ESports Series, the drivers had Le Mans’ Circuit de La Sarthe to contend with to complete the Triple Crown run, as they drove various cars. Initially,…

  • Video: Rowland wins Formula E as Alonso conquers Indy ESports rounds

    Video: Rowland wins Formula E as Alonso conquers Indy ESports rounds

    Formula E had its fifth round in the Race at Home Challenge with Oliver Rowland winning as All-Star ESports Series continued with Fernando Alonso winning the Indy rounds. Formula E Race at Home Challenge: The fifth Formula E Race at Home Challenge round took place at Berlin’s circuit. As in other rounds, they had two…

  • Nissan retains Buemi and Rowland for 2019/20 Formula E season

    Nissan retains Buemi and Rowland for 2019/20 Formula E season

    Nissan e.Dams will continue with the same line-up of Sebastien Buemi and Oliver Rowland in 2019/20 FIA Formula E Championship season. Having made its debut as a manufacturer in 2018/19 Formula E season as a replacement to Renault, Nissan had a decent outing finishing fourth in the standings with 190 points, scoring a win and…

  • Massa not pleased after Santiago ePrix run-in with Gunther and Rowland

    Massa not pleased after Santiago ePrix run-in with Gunther and Rowland

    Venturi’s Felipe Massa was not too pleased with how his rivals drove in the 2018/19 FIA Formula E Championship’s Santiago ePrix where he had clashes with GEOX Dragon’s Maximilian Gunther and Nissan e.Dams’ Oliver Rowland. Massa has had a difficult start to his Formula E career with Venturi where he is yet to finish any…

  • Nissan names Rowland as Albon’s successor for 2018/19 Formula E

    Nissan names Rowland as Albon’s successor for 2018/19 Formula E

    Nissan revealed Oliver Rowland as its second driver to partner Sebastien Buemi for the 2018/19 FIA Formula E Championship. Following the move from Alexander Albon to Formula 1 with Toro Rosso, Nissan e.Dams faced a hurdle even before getting started in the all-electric championship as a manufacturer succeeding alliance Renault. It took months for the…

  • Williams name Rowland, Kubica for Hungaroring F1 test

    Williams name Rowland, Kubica for Hungaroring F1 test

    Williams has announced Oliver Rowland and Robert Kubica as their two drivers to run in the post-Hungarian Grand Prix test at the Hungaroring circuit. This will be Rowland’s second run in the FW41 after he tested the car during the Barcelona in-season test post-Spanish Grand Prix. The Williams’ ‘Young Driver’ completed 121 laps in that…

  • Kubica, Rowland to drive for Williams in Hungary F1 test

    Kubica, Rowland to drive for Williams in Hungary F1 test

    Williams has announced reserve driver Robert Kubica and young driver Oliver Rowland for the post-Hungarian Grand Prix Formula 1 test on July 31 – August 1. The outfit is using the same combination it had in the Barcelona in-season test few weeks back. Rowland will drive the FW41 on Day 1 with Kubica taking over…

  • Oliver Rowland joins Williams as young driver

    Oliver Rowland joins Williams as young driver

    Team Williams Martini Racing has confirmed that Oliver Rowland is joining the team as the team’s young driver for the 2018 season. His job on the team will be mainly focused on working on the team’s simulator in Grove and testing the FW 41 in the Young Drivers Tests. Rowland just finished third on his last F2 season…

  • Oliver Rowland to make WEC debut with Manor LMP1

    Oliver Rowland to make WEC debut with Manor LMP1

    Manor Racing, a team that will move from LMP2 to LMP1 this year, has announced the first driver of its line-up. It will be British driver Oliver Rowland, who will make his endurance debut on the upcoming FIA WEC 2018-19 season. Manor Racing will be one of the teams that, on the upcoming WEC season,…

  • Oliver Rowland victorious in Abu Dhabi

    Oliver Rowland victorious in Abu Dhabi

     Oliver Rowland (DAMS) has won his third feature race win of the season at the Yas Marina Cirucit, Abu Dhabi. He is followed by Artem Markelov (RUSSIAN TIME) and Antonio Fuoco (PREMA Racing) completes the podium. Good start for pole sitter Artem Markelov, who stays in the lead after turn 1. He is followed by…

  • Preview round 12 – Yas Marina Circuit

    Preview round 12 – Yas Marina Circuit

    For the 7th time in the series history the season will come to an end at the Yas Marina Circuit, Abu Dhabi. Though previously being GP2, it will be the first time as the, rebranded, FIA Formula 2 Championship. It’s the season finale of the 2017 FIA Formula 2 championship, but not all battles have…

  • Markelov wins race 2 in Jerez

    Markelov wins race 2 in Jerez

    Artem Markelov has taken win in the second race in Jerez in a race in which tyre degradation has been a key fact again. Latifi has finished second with Rowland third. The race suffered a 15-minute delay due to trouble on the Safety Car. When it started, Alex Palou kept his first place. Behind him,…

  • Charles Leclerc proclaimed F2 champion with a race win in Jerez

    Charles Leclerc proclaimed F2 champion with a race win in Jerez

    Charles Leclerc (Prema Racing) wins the feature race in Jerez de la Frontera and takes the championship home with 3 more races to go. Oliver Rowland (DAMS) finished just behind, with an impressive Antonio Fuoco (Prema Racing) in 3rd. It’s a flying start for championship leader Charles Leclerc. The Monegasque giving his all and straight…

  • Charles Leclerc sets the pace in free-practice

    Charles Leclerc sets the pace in free-practice

    The Monegasque driver set the fastest time of the free practice session of Formula 2 in Jerez ahead of Oliver Rowland and Nyck de Vries. The early stages of the session were dominated by the two championship leaders, Oliver Rowland (DAMS) and Charles Leclerc (Prema Racing), the British driver ahead of the Monegasque. The session…

  • Preview round 10 – Circuito de Jerez

    Preview round 10 – Circuito de Jerez

    It’s a beautiful day at the Circuito de Jerez and we are ready for the 10th round of the 2017 FIA Formula 2 championship, here’s a preview of round 10: After a little stroll in the paddock, pitlane and around the track, I finally find myself a nice spot in the media center. First thing…

  • Another phenomenal win for Leclerc

    Another phenomenal win for Leclerc

    Charles Leclerc dominated Race 1 of the FIA F2 Championship at the Spa-Francorchamps circuit. Artem Markelov and Oliver Rowland battled for the podium until the last corner. Latifi, who was meant to start on P2, was unable to take part in the race. Leclerc kept first place at the start, but he wasn’t free of…

  • Pole for Leclerc also under the rain

    Pole for Leclerc also under the rain

    Leclerc set the pace from the very beginning, being more than 2 seconds faster than Ghiotto only on his first attempt. Rowland climbes up to P2, but 1 second behind the leader. Latifi was the first one to get close to the Monegasque, but he was 3 tenths behind. It took 12 minutes for someone…

  • Leclerc starts the Belgian weekend on top

    Leclerc starts the Belgian weekend on top

    Charles Leclerc set the fastest time of the FIA Formula 2 free practice session at the Spa-Francorchamps circuit, in Belgium. The Prema driver led a one-two for his team, as Antonio Fuoco was 2nd ahead of Oliver Rowland. Leclerc started the session on top ahead of Fuoco and Rowland. However, he had an issue with…

  • Formula 2 Summer Break report

    Formula 2 Summer Break report

    Formula 1 might be in their mid-season summer break, but Formula 2 is only 4 weekends away from knowing who will be crowned, the first, FIA Formula 2 champion. After 7 rounds already decided, let’s have a look at how this season has been going so far. As most of you know we started the…

  • Matsushita dominates Budapest sprint

    Matsushita dominates Budapest sprint

    Japanese driver soars to victory at Hungaroring Nobuharu Matsushita has crushed his rivals with a stunning start before flying off into the distance to easily win this morning’s FIA Formula 2 sprint race at the Hungaroring, building a gap seemingly at will as he left the rest of the field behind to win by over…

  • Contorversial win for Rowland in Hungaroring

    Contorversial win for Rowland in Hungaroring

    After some controversy due to a contact between Rowland and Markelov that has finished with the Russian driver into the wall, the Dams driver has taken the win with Latifi and De Vries on the podium. Leclerc has finished fourth. Before the race started, mehcanical issues happened in Norman Nato‘s Arden, and he was forced…

  • Seventh pole of Leclerc in Hungary

    Seventh pole of Leclerc in Hungary

    Charles Leclerc has once again dominated the FIA ??Formula 2 classification, taking the seventh consecutive pole in Hungary this year. Oliver Rowland and Artem Markelov completed the Top 3. Life doesn’t change at FIA Formula 2. This season’s dominant driver Charles Leclerc has again taken a new pole at the Hungaroring circuit, where he has…