Nissan address repeat offence concern after Formula E cost cap breach

Nissan team principal Tommaso Volpe has revealed that he is confident the outfit's Formula E budget cap breach will not be repeated. 

The FIA announced on Wednesday that Nissan and Jaguar had both breached the FE Season 9 (2022/23) budget cap of £11,634,213. 

Nissan spent just under two-percent over the cap and have been fined €300,000. On top of that, the Paris-based team has been banned from the first session of pre-season testing in Valencia. 

Both teams signed an Accepted Breach Agreement (ABA) on October 15, which confirmed that the two outfits accepted the findings and both punishments.

With the accounts from Season 9 having only recently been finalised by the FIA, is Nissan concerned of having made the same errors with its finances in Season 10?

Volpe insists there is no concern of repeating the offence, due to Season 9 – the introduction of the Gen3 – having been unlike most campaigns. 

"We're not really concerned about this - Season 9 was quite exceptional in many ways, so we do not think we will be facing the same issue again for Season 10," Volpe informed RacingNews365.

Despite Oliver Rowland having not been driving for Nissan in 2022/23 – Rowland was with Mahindra for the first-half of Season 9 – he will still serve the punishment. 

It means Rowland will first get to drive the Ricardo Tormo Circuit on the second day of the test, with the opening day – November 4 – featuring just an afternoon session.

Whilst the Season 10 title contender is disappointed to miss the first day of track action, the Briton is not overly concerned.

"Obviously, it's never good to have to miss out on track time," Rowland exclusively told RacingNews365. 

"There's not much more to say, other than it's a little bit disappointing not to be able to do the first afternoon. 

"But it's also not the end of the world, it's a long season. I think we accept, even though I wasn't here, that there was things that we probably could have, should have done better. It's not ideal, but it's also not the end of the world."