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Nissan e.dams driver Oliver Rowland drove a commanding race from pole position on the grid to take his first Formula E win in the penultimate round of the six-round ABB FIA Formula E Championship season finale in Berlin. Rowland led every lap of the race and qualified top of his group before going on to take the top spot in the Super Pole qualifying session. He also had the fastest lap of the race. Teammate Sebastien Buemi battled his way up to P10 and into the points on a new Berlin Tempelhof Airport circuit layout, after not setting a time in qualifying and starting the race in P22.

This solid haul of team points means that Nissan e.dams maintains second in the team championship with one race left of season six. With his win, pole and fastest lap, and 29 points scored, Rowland advances to second in the driver championship, with Buemi in eighth.

Nissan participates in Formula E to bring the excitement of its powerful EV performance to racing fans worldwide, and to demonstrate the power and performance of its zero-emission EV technology.

Staged behind closed doors at Berlin’s Tempelhof Airport circuit, the last pair of three double-header races takes place on Aug. 12 and 13, on a different track layout to the prior two double-headers.

Nissan’s new brand logo features across the Nissan e.dams team garage, race cars and driver suits throughout the Berlin finale. The new logo was unveiled at the July 15 world premiere of the all-new Nissan Ariya, a 100% electric crossover SUV.

The Berlin ePrix is an annual race of the single-seater, electrically powered Formula E championship, held in Berlin in Germany. It was first raced in the 2014–15 season. The 2015 Berlin ePrix took place at a temporary circuit at Tempelhof Airport that was 2.469 km long with 17 turns. But because Tempelhof Airport was used for housing refugees in 2016, the second edition could not take place there. The race returned to Tempelhof Airport in 2017 with an updated layout that features 10 turns and 2.250 km long. It is the only circuit on the calendar to feature old concrete that offers low grip and high tyre wear, as used in the airport, long turns, an indoor tunnel and a wide circuit.

The 2020 edition of the event is planned to have 3 doubleheader races, with each doubleheader being on a different circuit variation. One race ran on the normal layout, one on a reverse layout, and the final one ran with a changed section around Turn 5 and 6. This was due to the Covid-19 Pandemic that shut down Formula E between February and June.

Berlin E-Prix Tempelhof Airport track – three track configurations:

Rounds 6 and 7 - configuration 1
Traditional configuration, reverse direction (clockwise)
Length: 2.355km
Turns: 10 turns

Rounds 8 and 9 - configuration 2
Traditional configuration and direction (anti-clockwise)
Length: 2.355km
Turns: 10 turns

Rounds 10 and 11 - configuration 3
New configuration (anti-clockwise)
Length: 2.505km
Turns: 16 turns