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After setting up a commanding lead, championship leader Oliver Rowland isn't planning on slowing down for the second half of Season 11.
"My mentality now is to keep attacking, to not really change anything," Rowland told Formula E. "I'm not going to become conservative, because I've seen many sports over the years, and how pressure, thinking about these things or trying to engineer them too much can actually be a downfall.
"I'm going to go out there and race just as I have been from the beginning of the season, and hopefully we can keep the results up. My current goal is to extend to the point where it makes things quite easy at the end [of the season]."
It's an understandably confident approach from a driver who has so far taken the season by storm, racking up 115 points in seven rounds to take a 48-point lead going into Tokyo. His return to Nissan has coincided with blistering form.
"We couldn't have dreamt of the start that we've had," said Rowland. "I think I've done 12 podiums in 17 races since I've been back at Nissan. It's been a really good start to life back at Nissan and we're really proving that this year.
"They've put themselves in a place where the car's super competitive, and obviously on the back of that I've gained confidence."
Last year's inaugural Tokyo race was almost the perfect story for Rowland and home team Nissan, with Rowland just missing out on the top step thanks to an energy deficit. For this season's Tokyo two-parter, he's looking to learn from his mistakes and make the most of the vociferous home support.
"It's a track that I really enjoy. The layout is really tight, technical, twisty; it rewards bravery. I think from a one-lap perspective, it's something that I'm looking forward to.
"[The support in Japan is] mega. We come here most years... We go to the NISMO Festival and there they have 60-70,000 fans [visit] just for displaying the cars and driving them around the track. Having that support here is really important and we need to use the energy that they bring to give us good results."
If those results continue to go Rowland's way, it would be hard to deny him his first championship. After a Formula E history full of ups and downs, a maiden title for the British driver would perhaps be the sweetest out of all 11.
"It's not something that I've really thought about, because I'm not focused on the end goal. But when I left Mahindra mid-season [in Season 9] and risked not having a contract and didn't know if my career would continue, that was a lot of stress and a lot of unknowns for me [and] my family.
"To be able to do the full circle and come back and win the Championship would just be amazing."
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