The Nissan Formula E Team is ready to take on the Shanghai International Circuit for Rounds 10 and 11 of the 2024/25 ABB FIA Formula E World Championship this weekend.
Following an excellent victory at home, Oliver Rowland will be aiming to extend his lead in the Drivers’ Standings in Shanghai, where he finished fourth during last year’s opener. In the #17 Nissan e-4ORCE 05, Norman Nato will be aiming to replicate his success from the maiden visit to Shanghai last year, which saw him take a podium during the second event.
Arriving in China, Nissan leads all three championships, having regained top spot in the Teams’ Standings last time out in Tokyo in front of its home fans.
This will be the series’ second visit to Shanghai and fifth trip to the Red Dragon, having hosted events in Sanya as well as the first ever E-Prix in Beijing. The race in Sanya back in Season 6 saw Rowland take pole position for the team and a second place finish, scoring his maiden Formula E podium.
This weekend’s venue follows the same Formula E specific layout as it did during Season 10. This variation of the Shanghai International Circuit features 12 corners, including the technical looping first corner that gradually tightens as it enters the tricky rolling complex of Turns 2 to 4.
The heavy braking zones leading into Turns 6 and 10 are likely to offer the best overtaking opportunities across the two rounds.
The first race of the weekend will be the fourth of the season to feature Pit Boost. The Nissan Formula E Team has been successful in the previous events with Pit Boost, taking second place finishes in Tokyo and Jeddah, as well as victory in Monaco.
Tommaso Volpe, managing director and team principal of the Nissan Formula E Team, said: “We arrive in China leading all three championships thanks to the tremendous work that the team did in Tokyo.
”I am very proud of how well everyone operated in such challenging conditions to deliver great results both in the wet and in the dry, putting us in a very strong position as we face the second half of the season.
Learning and improving
”The schedule is currently very intense but we’re constantly learning and improving, which is promising. The only question marks heading to Shanghai are the newly resurfaced track and potentially the weather, but we’ve adapted to factors like this well in previous rounds.
”Our main aims for these two rounds are to consolidate Oli’s lead in the Drivers’ Standings while reinforcing our advantage in the Teams’ and Manufacturers’ Championships. To achieve this we need to score points with both cars, and our ambitions are high for Norman this weekend after the podium he took here last season.”