Oliver Rowland will drive for the Nissan e.dams in season five of the Formula E Championship, having been announc🐓ed as Formula 1-bound Alexander Albon's replacement. 

Rowland joins seas🌌on two champion Sebastien Buemi at Nissan for the upcoming 2018/19 campaign, which🤪 gets underway on December 15 with the inaugural Ad Diriyah E-Prix in Saudi Arabia. 

It follows the news earlier this week that 2018 Formula 2 frontrunner Albon - who signed a deal to race for Nissan in 2018/19 - had been freed from his contract in order to join 🐽Toro Rosso for the 2019 F1 season. 

The 26-year-old Briton emerged as the favourite to replace Albon after he stepped in to take pa🐓rt in the final day of pre-season testing at Valencia when Albon failed to turn a wheel on th꧟e opening day amid ongoing discussions with Toro Rosso.

Rowland, who carried out a young driver and development role with the Williams F1 team throughout 2018, will return to the all-electric series after making his Formula E debut at the 2015 Punta del Este E-Prix as stand-in for injured Mahindಌra driver Nick Heidfield.

“The Formula E championship features some of the best drivers in the world, and it’s an honor to be selected by Nissan e.dams to represen🍷t them in seas🌊on five,” Rowland said at Nissan's official launch event in Japan.

"To be able to work alongside Sebastien is also an incredible opportunity. I’m looking forward to💦 challenging myself against the best of the best in Formula E.”

Nissan's global head of brand and marketing Roel de Vries added: “Formula E and the NISMO Festival are great opportunities to show racing fans and 𓄧customers the power and performance of our electric cars.

💛“This experienced team will bring the excitement of Nissan Intelligent Mobility to life.”

Nissan has also named 2017 Japanese F3 champion Mitsu♛nori Takaboshi as its official test and reserve driver for season five, while 2011 Nissan GT Academy winner Jann Mardenborough will take up a simulator and development role.