{"id":20113,"date":"2024-04-14T12:54:22","date_gmt":"2024-04-14T16:54:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/motorsports\/?p=20113"},"modified":"2024-04-14T12:54:22","modified_gmt":"2024-04-14T16:54:22","slug":"formula-e-oliver-rowland-surprising-start","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/motorsports\/2024\/04\/14\/formula-e-oliver-rowland-surprising-start\/","title":{"rendered":"Oliver Rowland: &#8220;Off to a Surprising Start in Formula E Season&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>Nissan Formula E driver Oliver Rowland is thrilled with three straight podium finishes this season, crediting the team&#8217;s impressive qualifying performance for his success.<\/h3>\n<p>&#8220;Honestly, I would say that it couldn&#8217;t go much better,&#8221; said Rowland. &#8220;The first two races were a little bit difficult. We were trying to find a balance with the car with the setup, we&#8217;d made some changes from last year that we were kind of trying to experiment with it didn&#8217;t really work, let&#8217;s say. But since going back to our baseline settings, and being able to obviously do three podiums in a row and two propositions that&#8217;s obviously very, very positive.&#8221;<\/p>\n<h4>\u201cWe still have some areas to improve\u201d<\/h4>\n<p>While acknowledging the team&#8217;s strengths, Rowland also identifies areas for improvement, particularly in race efficiency. He recognizes that this may be an area where rivals have an edge, but he remains confident in the team&#8217;s ability to address these challenges.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We still have some areas to improve. There are a couple of things on the car that I&#8217;m not 100% comfortable with. But there&#8217;s also not much we can do about that right now until next year. So we kind of just have to work around those things at the moment. But I would, I would still say that the races in terms of pure efficiency is an area that we need to improve.&#8221;<\/p>\n<h4>Home Race Success and Looking Ahead<\/h4>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">A <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/juliusbaer?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@JuliusBaer<\/a> Pole Position and P2 at his team\u2019s home race\u2026 it was quite the weekend for <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/oliverrowland1?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@OliverRowland1<\/a>! \u26a1\ufe0f<\/p>\n<p>Read more about the <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NISMO?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@NISMO<\/a> driver\u2019s review of the <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/TokyoEPrix?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#TokyoEPrix<\/a> \ud83d\udc47<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Formula E (@FIAFormulaE) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FIAFormulaE\/status\/1775100872290087066?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">April 2, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Rowland recently secured a <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/motorsports\/2024\/04\/06\/misano-max-gunther-anticipates-a-quite-strategic-race\/\" target=\"_self\">second-place finish at the home race in Tokyo<\/a>, a moment he cherishes despite the added pressure that comes with competing on home soil.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It was a pretty incredible event,&#8221; said Rowland. &#8220;Nissan put on an amazing show, let&#8217;s say in terms of how the event was ran. Obviously, with it being the home race for Nissan, there was an element of pressure, we had a lot of the, you know, the top executives there that had come to experience the race, come to see how we were doing, let&#8217;s say, and it was almost a bit of like a head teacher marking the scores. So there was a lot of pressure on the team. But it was a fantastic event. I think, everybody that came to watch all the Japanese fans, there was an incredible amount of support for Nissan.\u201d<\/p>\n<h4>A difficult challenge for Misano<\/h4>\n<figure id=\"attachment_20222\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-20222\" style=\"width: 800px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-20222\" src=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/motorsports\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2024\/04\/EPS1005_114757SMG_1435-2048x2048-1-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"534\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/motorsports\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2024\/04\/EPS1005_114757SMG_1435-2048x2048-1-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/motorsports\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2024\/04\/EPS1005_114757SMG_1435-2048x2048-1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/motorsports\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2024\/04\/EPS1005_114757SMG_1435-2048x2048-1-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/motorsports\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2024\/04\/EPS1005_114757SMG_1435-2048x2048-1-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/motorsports\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2024\/04\/EPS1005_114757SMG_1435-2048x2048-1-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/motorsports\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2024\/04\/EPS1005_114757SMG_1435-2048x2048-1-1200x800.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/motorsports\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2024\/04\/EPS1005_114757SMG_1435-2048x2048-1.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-20222\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Oliver Rowland, Nissan Formula E Team, with the Pole Position Award<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Looking ahead, Rowland is focused on the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fiaformulae.com\/en\/news\/494194\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">upcoming race in Misano<\/a>, a track he admits is not his favorite due to its wide layout and less challenging driving experience. However, he remains determined to secure a positive result.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Honestly, I&#8217;ve driven nearly 20 laps this morning in the simulator. I know it briefly but obviously, it&#8217;s slightly different for Formula E. It&#8217;s not my favourite track, to be honest. It&#8217;s not a traditional Formula E track. It&#8217;s very wide, lots of runoff. No, not particularly challenging. Let&#8217;s say for from a driving perspective. The energy management in the race is the second day is just Yeah, way too much. That&#8217;s a bit strange. But the first day should be slightly better from the racing perspective. But honestly, it&#8217;s not my favourite event.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>At the end of the FP1 in Misano he only got the 13th position against the brilliant job of Jaguar\u2019s powertrain cars.<\/p>\n<h4>Nissan&#8217;s Commitment to Formula E<\/h4>\n<p>Nissan&#8217;s recent announcement to continue its participation in Formula E until 2030 has been met with positive reactions from Rowland, who sees it as a sign of stability and commitment to the championship.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Yeah, I mean, I think first of all, it&#8217;s great for the championship that someone like Nissan&#8217;s size and manufacturer can can commit to the championships or 2030. So that&#8217;s fantastic. I think what it does is brings everybody some stability here. The team, you know, there&#8217;s a long term plan of how we want to improve how we can do things better.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nissan Formula E driver Oliver Rowland is thrilled with three straight podium finishes this season, crediting the team&#8217;s impressive qualifying performance for his success. &#8220;Honestly, I would say that it couldn&#8217;t go much better,&#8221; said Rowland. &#8220;The first two races were a little bit difficult. We were trying to find a balance with the car [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5068,"featured_media":20216,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"no","_lmt_disable":"","sfio_featured_image":false,"sfio_embed_code":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[9,1],"tags":[27,2276,229,2274],"class_list":["post-20113","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-formula-e","category-uncategorized","tag-formula-e","tag-misano-e-prix","tag-oliver-rowland","tag-tokyo-e-prix"],"modified_by":"Vincent van der Hoek","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/motorsports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20113","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/motorsports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/motorsports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/motorsports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5068"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/motorsports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=20113"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/motorsports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20113\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/motorsports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/20216"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/motorsports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20113"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/motorsports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20113"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/motorsports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20113"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}