Oliver Rowland would have wanted more from his Nissan homecoming than starting 20th and missing out on the points. Making small deposits back into his battery every lap eventually gave Rowland the option of a handy withdrawal. Nobody had higher than his 38% state of charger by lap 28 – and he had as much as 3% more battery than those around him. He hit his highest speeds of the race three laps in succession – 237kph, 238ph, 239kph on laps 27, 28 and 29 respectively – and then posted his highest personal average speed laps shortly after. That was the only time all race, apart from the opening lap, he used more than 3%, an indication of the restraint Rowland showed for much of the E-Prix. He was 3kph faster than the average speed the next lap, and 2kph the lap after.

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