Nissan Formula E’s Oliver Rowland assembled the perfect E-Prix to seal victory in Round 10 of the 2025/26 ABB FIA Formula E World Championship in Monaco – navigating the drama to lead home Felipe Drugovich (Andretti Formula E) and António Félix da Costa (Jaguar TCS Racing).
Despite Rowland’s win, Kiwi Mitch Evans (Jaguar TCS Racing) leaves Monaco with the lead in the ABB FIA Formula E Drivers’ Championship. Jaguar leads Porsche in the Teams’ Championship, while Porsche leads Jaguar in the ABB FIA Manufacturers’ World table.
A contact-filled race impacted fellow Kiwi Nick Cassidy, finishing in P18.
“It’s been a tough day overall,” said Cassidy. “We were already on the back foot during FP3, struggling with balance and braking confidence, and that made things difficult from the start. The contact mid-race effectively ended our chances, which is disappointing. There’s clearly work to do, but we’ve learned a lot this weekend and we’ll take that forward.”
Rowland started eighth and came to the fore late on as the ATTACK MODE activations shook out – with the top 10 shuffling and squabbling relentlessly for position throughout the opening half of the race.
The Nissan driver had been strong managing his energy, navigated the pack and picked his way through to the lead down at the Nouvelle Chicane on Lap 23 of 28, marking a second win in two years in Monte Carlo for the Brit.
A couple of Full Course Yellows were thrown into the mix for Rowland to deal with after some over-exuberant overtaking manoeuvres down the field but the Nissan driver kept cool to cross the line first.
He headed home Edoardo Mortara (Mahindra Racing) on-track, although a 10-second time penalty for the Swiss driver saw Drugovich take P2 for his best Formula E race finish – firmly putting to bed the Brazilian’s struggles in Berlin.
Da Costa led late on and wound up third to recover from his late drama in Round 9; the Portuguese driver rounding just ahead of Jaguar TCS Racing teammate Mitch Evans.
Mortara secured fifth with his penalty – for contact with da Costa on the opening lap – applied with Jake Dennis (Andretti Formula E) completing the top six.
Despite a double pole in the Principality, CUPRA KIRO’s Dan Ticktum couldn’t convert to points – a late penalty leaving him down the order in 14th after opting for ATTACK MODE towards the race’s end.
Evans took the ABB FIA Formula E Drivers’ Championship points advantage after Round 9 and leaves Monaco on top ahead of Rowland. Jaguar head Porsche in the Teams’ and Porsche lead Jaguar in the ABB FIA Formula E Manufacturers’ World table.
The ABB FIA Formula E World Championship will continue with Round 11 in Sanya, China on Saturday 20 June.
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