LATEST NEWS Nissan Formula E Team confirms Rowland and Nato for Season 12

YOKOHAMA, Japan (August 12, 2025) – Nissan Formula E Team is delighted to confirmthat its driver line-up for the 2025/26 ABB FIA Formula E World Championship willremain unchanged, with Oliver Rowland and Norman Nato continuing to race with theteam.

Following a strong Season 11 which saw Nissan Formula E Team take third in the Teams’Championship, its best result since the Japanese automaker fully took over, the outfit islooking to continue its ascending trajectory next season. The team is maintaining aconsistent line-up, thus allowing the drivers to build on the positive work completed bothon and off-track during the 2024/25 campaign and to keep pushing together in the samedirection.

Current Formula E World Champion Oliver Rowland will continue with the team for asixth season as part of a multi-year deal and after a superb campaign, which saw himsecure the Drivers’ Championship with three pole positions and seven podiums, includingfour victories. The British driver made his full-time series debut with the Japanese outfitin Season 5, which was also Nissan’s first in Formula E, and raced with the team forthree years. Returning ahead of Season 10, Rowland hit the ground running with astrong campaign, before earning his maiden world title in Season 11.

Norman Nato, who tackles his third season with Nissan Formula E Team, will continue torace alongside Rowland. A race winner in the series, the French driver first joined thesquad in Season 9, where he was a regular points scorer, also taking the team’s firstpodium under full Nissan ownership in Rome. He returned after a year away to team upwith Rowland, showing consistent speed on track and claiming pole position in Miami.

Tommaso Volpe, managing director and team principal, Nissan Formula ETeam: “Following a very successful season, we’ve decided to maintain our driver line-upfor Season 12. We’re keen to consolidate our operations as we look to further improveon the work carried out both on and off-track since we took full control of our operationsin the sport. I am sure that the stability and consistency that we’ve built with both Oliand Norman will help us continue our remarkable progression and fight for all threechampionships again next season.”

Oliver Rowland, driver, Nissan Formula E Team: “I’m thrilled to sign with NissanFormula E Team on a multi-year deal, in what will be my sixth season with the squad.What we’ve managed to achieve following my return in 2023/24 has been remarkable.Since I came to Formula E, the team has felt like my home, and I have a high level oftrust with them as well as plenty of support. The aim for Season 12 is to replicate andimprove on what we did last campaign, but we know how hard we need to work in theoff-season to achieve the best results possible.”

Norman Nato, driver, Nissan Formula E Team: “I’m delighted to continue withNissan Formula E Team for another season as it was always the target to extend mystay here. It’ll be my third campaign with the team and my second consecutive one,which gives me a lot of confidence moving forward. I still have plenty of areas toimprove on, but I’m not starting from scratch this year so I can use factors I’ve learnedin Season 11 to help me in the future. I’m sure Oli will perform at a very high level againand I’m positive that together we can fight for the Teams’ Championship.”

About Nissan in Formula E

Nissan made its all-electric racing debut in Season 5 (2018/19) of the ABB FIA FormulaE Championship, becoming the first and only Japanese manufacturer to enter the series.

In Season 7 (2020/21), Nissan announced its long-term involvement in Formula E andits commitment to the GEN3 era, which will run from Season 9 (2022/23) through to theend of Season 12 (2025/26) of the all-electric racing series.

In April 2022, Nissan acquired the e.dams race team, with the Japanese automakertaking full ownership of its involvement in the ABB FIA Formula E World Championship.

In June 2022, Nissan announced it would supply its Nissan EV powertrain technology toMcLaren Racing for the entirety of the Formula E GEN3 era.

On 28th March 2024, ahead of the first ever Tokyo E-Prix, Nissan announced its longterm commitment to Formula E, becoming the first manufacturer to sign up for theGEN4 era, which runs until 2030, reinforcing its pledge to its Ambition 2030electrification targets.

For Season 11 of the ABB FIA Formula E World Championship, the Nissan Formula Edrivers are Oliver Rowland and Norman Nato.

Nissan races in Formula E to bring the excitement and fun of zero-emission electricvehicles to a global audience. As part of its goal to achieve carbon neutrality across itsoperations and the life cycle of its products by 2050, Nissan intends to electrify everyall-new vehicle offering by the early 2030s in key markets. The Japanese automakeraims to bring its expertise in transferring knowledge and technology between theracetrack and road for better electric vehicles for customers.

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About Formula E

The ABB FIA Formula E World Championship became the first global sport to be certifiedwith a net zero carbon footprint from inception back in 2020, having invested in certified climate-protecting projects in all race markets to offset emissions from every season ofelectric racing.

All cars in the championship are powered by electricity, with the series acting as acompetitive platform to test and develop the latest in electric technology.

The World's greatest manufacturers race against each other on street circuits andFormula E promotes the adoption of sustainable mobility in city centers in a bid tocombat air pollution and lessen the effects of climate change.

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Head of Communications, Formula E, Nissan Motor Co.
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