26 Facts About Oliver Rowland

Oliver Eric Rowland is a British racing driver, who competes in Formula E for Nissan.

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.

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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.

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

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.

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

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

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

Ahead of the Jakarta ePrix, Oliver Rowland was announced to have parted ways with Mahindra with immediate effect, and Roberto Merhi was drafted to replace him.

Oliver 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.