Nissan Formula E team head into GEN4 Season 13 with Bird and Pulling in support roles alongside Rowland and Maloney
The FIA Formula E team listing and Nissan's own NISMO pages show Sam Bird as reserve and development driver and Abbi Pulling as rookie and simulator driver within a squad led by world champion Oliver Rowland and new signing Zane Maloney for the 2026/27 championship.
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A support structure behind the GEN4 race line-up
Nissan's Formula E operation enters the 2026/27 season, its thirteenth in the championship, with the all-new GEN4 car. The FIA Formula E team listing records that the squad retains Oliver Rowland for the new campaign and that he will be joined by Zane Maloney, with the stated aim of adding to the championship tally in the GEN4 era. 3
Alongside the race drivers, the FIA listing presents Sam Bird in the Reserve and Development Driver role and Abbi Pulling as a Rookie and Simulator Driver within the team's news and driver listings, which include items such as 'Sam Bird signs as Nissan's Reserve and Development Driver' and Pulling's involvement in Rookie Free Practice sessions and the Women's Test. 3
Bird's experience underpins the development role
Nissan's NISMO team page profiles Bird as the team's Reserve and Development Driver and details the experience behind the appointment: the 39-year-old Briton has 12 victories in the ABB FIA Formula E World Championship, the fifth-highest total in the championship's history, has been ever-present on the grid since its maiden race in 2014, and has taken wins across all three generations of car in the championship. 2
That depth of experience is relevant to a squad adapting to a new car. Rowland's own reaction to the GEN4 machine is recorded on the FIA team page's news feed, where the headline reads 'The power the GEN4 car has is quite eye-opening', and e-formula.news reported in June 2026 that the world champion was impressed after his first Gen4 test. 31
Pulling's multi-year rookie and simulator role
Abbi Pulling's continued presence in the team is consistent with the terms of her original signing. Her own team-partner page states that she joined the Nissan Formula E Team in June 2025 as Rookie and Simulator Driver on a multi-year agreement, following an impressive debut in which she topped the All-Women's Test at Jarama. 4
Her role extends beyond rookie running: the same page describes her as an important member of the team on and off track, taking part in Rookie Tests, simulator work and event preparation, as well as the initial set-up of the squad's new state-of-the-art, bespoke Dynisma simulator ahead of Season 12. 4
NISMO's driver profile lists the 23-year-old's credentials, including the 2024 F1 Academy title won in dominant fashion with nine race victories and a podium at every event, plus firsts for a female driver in race wins in British F4 in 2024 and in GB3 earlier this year. 2
The race line-up: Rowland retained, Maloney in, Nato out
Rowland's statistics underline the scale of the campaign Nissan is building around. NISMO's team page records five poles and 20 podiums including seven victories since his return to the Japanese squad, culminating in the Season 11 Drivers' World Championship, which he clinched with two races to spare in Berlin in July 2025. He also won both Monaco races in Season 12 according to e-formula.news coverage in May 2026. 21
Maloney arrives with two seasons of Formula E experience after a strong junior career, and NISMO notes the Barbadian is the first driver from the Caribbean to compete in the series. Norman Nato, Rowland's Season 12 team-mate, is leaving the team: the FIA team page's news feed carries the item 'Norman Nato to leave Nissan', and e-formula.news reported in August 2026 that the Frenchman departs after his second spell with the squad. 231
Season 12 baseline and GEN4 context
The Season 12 statistics on the FIA team page provide the baseline for the GEN4 campaign: Nissan finished sixth in the standings with one win, six podiums, 157 points, no poles, 15 top-10 finishes, five fastest laps and four retirements. 3
Cumulatively, e-formula.news's team portrait records 24 wins, 60 podiums, 2,034 points and 165 races for the Nissan-named entry, alongside 62 test days. Historically, the entry traces back through e.dams and Renault: Nissan entered Formula E in Season 5 (2018/19) as the first and only Japanese manufacturer in the series, taking over the manufacturer's licence from alliance partner Renault, whose e.dams operation had won the first three team championships, per e-formula.news and Abbi Pulling's team page. 14
The GEN4 transition also extends beyond the race team: the FIA page's news feed records that Nissan will supply powertrains to the Andretti Formula E Team for GEN4, and e-formula.news reported in July 2026 that Andretti, previously a Porsche customer team, becomes a Nissan customer team for 2026/27. 31
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