Nissan Formula E Team looking to maintain championship lead in Miami

Nissan Formula E Team is all set for Round 5 of the 2024/25 ABB FIA Formula E World Championship, as the series returns to Miami for the first time since its inaugural season.

The Japanese outfit has enjoyed a successful Season 11 to date, with Oliver Rowland taking two wins in four races to lead the drivers’ standings, helping Nissan top both the Teams’ and Manufacturers’ Championships.

Meanwhile, Norman Nato will be looking to continue his streak of scoring points in the United States, having finished in the top-10 in both New York and Portland on all his previous trips across the Atlantic Ocean in Formula E.

Homestead-Miami Speedway has played host to every major North American motorsport series and now becomes Formula E’s latest US race location. The original technical infield road course will challenge the drivers with high-speed sections and the best overtaking opportunities are set to be into Turns 1, 6 and 8 in what promises to be an exciting return to the Sunshine State.

Formula E’s trip to the USA is an important one for the team, with the country being Nissan’s biggest market worldwide. The manufacturer has been in operation in the USA since 1960, with its current headquarters based in Franklin, Tennessee.

Track action begins on Friday at 16:30 (UTC-4), with qualifying at 09:40 on Saturday ahead of the race at 14:00.

Tommaso Volpe, managing director and team principal, Nissan Formula E Team: "We’re proud to arrive in such a key market for Nissan while leading all three championships, and we have been working hard during the break to give ourselves the best chance to maintain our position. We know we’ve still got some fine tuning to do, which we’ve being focusing on during the break; now it’s time to put it all together on track and make sure we extract the best of the new directions we found. It’s always interesting to race in new circuits, as we often do in Formula E. However, there are also many unknowns that come with it, so we’ve been doing a lot of pre-simulation and simulation work to identify the key challenges and what will make the difference in terms of performance. We’re expecting a peloton-style race and we know we have good pace, so we have to be ambitious and will be targeting a strong result"

Oliver Rowland, driver, Nissan Formula E Team: [/b"I’ve had a good break, been away and done some driver coaching, so I’ve kept myself busy and now feeling ready to go again. Nothing’s different on our side despite the excellent start to the season - I have my goals for each race which don’t change. I’m in a good place mentally and we’ve been preparing well for this event. A new track is always exciting, it’s a long lap so getting up to speed quickly will be important. The race strategy should suit my style with the energy saving, so I’m looking forward to being out there"

Nissan made its all-electric racing debut in Season 5 (2018/19) of the ABB FIA Formula E 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 and its commitment to the GEN3 era, which will run from Season 9 (2022/23) through to the end of Season 12 (2025/26) of the all-electric racing series.

In April 2022, Nissan acquired the e.dams race team, with the Japanese automaker taking 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 to McLaren Racing for the entirety of the Formula E GEN3 era.

For Season 10 of the ABB FIA Formula E World Championship, the Nissan Formula E drivers are Oliver Rowland and Sacha Fenestraz.

On 28th March 2024, ahead of the first ever Tokyo E-Prix, Nissan announced its long term commitment to Formula E, becoming the first manufacturer to sign up for the GEN4 era, which runs until 2030, reinforcing its pledge to its Ambition 2030 electrification targets.

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

The ABB FIA Formula E World Championship became the first global sport to be certified with 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 of electric racing.

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

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