Nissan nets back‑to‑back Formula E podiums
- Nissan’s Formula E team left Berlin with back-to-back podiums as Oliver Rowland finished third in Round 7, then second in Round 8. - The bigger Sunday result came from the back — Rowland started 18th, Norman Nato 16th, and Nissan still turned that into second and fifth. - That swing pushed Nissan to fourth in both the teams’ and manufacturers’ standings heading into Monaco after a rough run before Berlin.
Formula E is Nissan’s electric racing shop window, but the bigger story in Berlin was momentum. After a few flat rounds, Nissan suddenly looked sharp again — and not just in one lucky race. Oliver Rowland put the team on the podium on both days of the Berlin double-header, finishing third on May 2 and second on May 3, while Norman Nato backed that up with a fifth-place finish on Sunday. That matters because Berlin did not just hand Nissan points — it showed the team had found a setup and strategy that actually worked. ### What exactly happened in Berlin? Round 7 gave Nissan its first bounce-back result. Rowland qualified third, stayed with the lead group, and came home third for his fourth podium in seven races. Nato had a much harder Saturday, starting 20th and finishing 18th, so the weekend still looked mixed at that point. Why matter more? Sunday was the real statement. Nissan deliberately sacrificed qualifying track position to save tires, then used that extra flexibility in the race. Rowland started 18th and Nato 16th, but both climbed through the field, spent time at the front, and finished second and fifth. Rowland also grabbed the fastest lap point, which turned a podium into an even fatter haul. ### How do you go forward from 18th to second? Basically, Formula E rewards timing as much as raw pace. Nissan chose not to burn its best tire set in qualifying, then let both cars conserve energy early before attacking later with Attack Mode. It is a bit like showing up late to a chess game with more pieces still Berlin, that trade worked. ### Was this just Rowland carrying the team? Not really. Rowland was still the headline act — two podiums in two days will do that — but Sunday mattered because Nato was in the mix too. A second-and-fifth result is the kind of double score that moves a team, not just a driver. Nissan’s own post-race note made that clear: the team thought it even had the pace to win on Sunday. ### How much did the standings move
