36 Facts About Oliver Rowland

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Oliver Eric Rowland was born on 10 August 1992 and is a British racing driver.

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Oliver Rowland is currently competing full-time in Formula E driving for Mahindra Racing.

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Oliver Rowland has previously competed for Manor Motorsport in the 2018 WEC season, and he was previously the young driver of Williams F1 Team during the 2018 Formula 1 season.

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In 2005, Oliver Rowland moved into the JICA class series, and again finished as a championship runner-up, finishing just two points behind Will Stevens.

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Oliver Rowland narrowly missed out on the title in 2006, finishing one point behind champion Jack Harvey, and was second in the Monaco Kart Cup driving for Zip Kart, behind Millennium Motorsport's Scott Jenkins.

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Oliver Rowland finished 20th in the European Championship for the class.

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Joyner did however take the British Open Championship, where Oliver Rowland finished in third position.

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Oliver Rowland moved up to the KF2 class in 2008, and became a member of the Tony Kart Racing Team.

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Oliver Rowland won the CIK-FIA World Cup event in, and placed third in the WSK International Series and fifth in the European Championship.

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Oliver Rowland competed in the KF1 Asia-Pacific series, where he finished eleventh.

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In 2009, Oliver Rowland competed for most of the season in Super KF, competing for Chiesa Corse.

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Oliver Rowland 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.

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Oliver Rowland remained in Super KF in 2010, where he won his second World Cup crown, and finished 16th in the KZ1 version of the series.

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Oliver Rowland left karting and stepped into Formula Renault, contesting the 2010 Formula Renault UK Winter Series with CRS Racing.

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Oliver Rowland received sponsorship from the Racing Steps Foundation, which funded his graduation into car racing.

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Oliver Rowland 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.

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Oliver Rowland moved to Fortec Motorsport for a full British championship campaign in 2011.

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Oliver Rowland contested the Formula Renault UK Finals Series with the team, and comfortably won the championship with four race wins from six races.

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Oliver Rowland was nominated for the McLaren Autosport BRDC Award due to his performances in the main series.

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Oliver Rowland 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.

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Oliver Rowland signed a contract with Fortec Motorsport in July 2013 to race the Formula Renault 3.5 Series in the 2014 season.

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Oliver Rowland finished fourth overall with two wins and seven podiums.

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Oliver Rowland continued with Fortec Motorsport in the 2015 Formula Renault 3.5.

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Oliver Rowland won eight races out of 17, becoming champion in the penultimate round.

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

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Oliver 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.

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Oliver Rowland started the race 16th on the grid, and managed to finish in 13th place.

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Oliver Rowland 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.

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

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Oliver Rowland took his first points finish for the team at the 2022 Diriyah ePrix.

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Oliver Rowland retired from the inaugural Jakarta ePrix after losing one of this tyres on the second lap.

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In 2015, Oliver Rowland made his GP2 debut at Silverstone with MP Motorsport.

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Oliver Rowland contested in three other rounds with MP and Status Grand Prix.

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

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

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