Daniel Abt | |
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Nationality | German |
Born | Kempten, Germany | 3 December 1992
Formula E career | |
Debut season | 2014–15 |
Racing licence | FIA Gold |
Car number | 33 |
Former teams | Audi Sport ABT Schaeffler, Nio 333 FE Team |
Starts | 69 |
Championships | 0 |
Wins | 2 |
Podiums | 10 |
Poles | 2 |
Fastest laps | 8 |
Best finish | 5th in 2017–18 |
Finished last season | 21st |
Previous series | |
2013–14 2012 2011 2010 2008–09 | GP2 Series GP3 Series Formula 3 Euro Series German Formula Three ADAC Formel Masters |
Championship titles | |
2009 | ADAC Formel Masters |
Daniel Johannes Abt (born 3 December 1992) is a German former racing driver. He is most notable for competing and winning races in Formula E with the Audi Sport ABT team. Previously, Abt raced in German Formula Three, GP3, and GP2, as well as winning the 2009 ADAC Formel Masters. He is currently on a hiatus from competitive racing, having chosen to take up a broadcasting role with Sat.1 as part of their Formula E coverage.
Abt was born in Kempten, Bavaria. In 2008, Abt switched to formula racing and competed in the ADAC Formel Masters for his father's team, Abt Sportsline. He started from the pole position four times and clinched a third and two second places as his best results. Finishing the season in eighth place of the standings he was defeated by his team-mate Markus Pommer, who finished fifth overall with one victory to his credit. In 2009, Abt contested his second season in the ADAC Formel Masters for Abt Sportsline and with eight race wins commandingly clinched the champion's title ahead of Klaus Bachler. He took seven pole positions and a total of ten podium results. With 224 points against 90 points he clearly prevailed in the internal duel against his team-mate René Binder.
After running in the German Formula Three Championship as a guest entrant for Performance Racing in 2009, he switched to the series in 2010 joining the championship-winning Van Amersfoort Racing team. [1] During the season Abt prevailed against his team-mates Stef Dusseldorp and Willi Steindl and had chances of winning the championship title up to the last race weekend. In the end, he had to admit defeat to Tom Dillmann with a score of 112 points against 120 points, and with two race wins and a total of ten podium places finished as the overall runner-up. After the season, he competed for Signature at the prestigious Macau Grand Prix. Abt was leading the race ahead of his team-mates Edoardo Mortara and Laurens Vanthoor but lost control of his vehicle and retired after an accident. [2]
In 2011, Abt joined the Formula 3 Euro Series grid for Signature, [3] finishing the season in seventh place after taking four third places as his best results. In the team, he was defeated by Marco Wittmann and Vanthoor, who achieved second and sixth place. Ahead of Carlos Muñoz, who finished in position eight of the standings, Abt was the third-best driver of his team. In addition, Abt was entitled to points in the 2011 FIA Formula 3 International Trophy where he achieved fourth place. At the end of the year, he tested for Audi in a DTM car. [4]
After setting the fastest time on several occasions in GP3 tests for Lotus GP at the end of 2011, [5] the racing team that had provided the champion and the runner-up the year before, the team gave him a cockpit for the 2012 GP3 Series season. [6]
On 19 December 2012 Abt got a contract to join ART Grand Prix in the GP2 Series in 2013 together with James Calado. Abt struggled as a rookie and finished the season in 22nd with only eleven points to his name, but remained in the championship for 2014 by moving to the German Hilmer Motorsport squad alongside fellow GP3 runner-up Facu Regalia.
On 13 February 2014 Abt was confirmed to also be racing in the inaugural Formula E season with his family associated team Audi Sport ABT alongside Audi's World Endurance Championship driver Lucas di Grassi.
Having driven to 3rd on the podium in the inaugural Formula E race, Abt was penalised for illegal modifications on his car resulting being pushed down to 10th position. Abt achieved one podium finish, pole position and fastest lap in the 2014–15 season with 32 points and 11th place in the championship. Abt failed to live up to expectations in his debut season having scored 101 less than teammate Lucas Di Grassi having lacked consistency.
Abt won his first race in Formula E in the 2018 Mexico City ePrix, after 38 race starts.
In May 2020, Abt was suspended by the Audi team after a professional gamer played under his name in an esports version of the Formula E series. The announcement of his sacking came shortly after. [7] [8]
About a month later, Abt signed for the Nio 333 FE Team, replacing Ma Qinghua after travel restrictions disallowed the latter to travel to Berlin. [9]
In November 2020, Abt revealed that he had received an offer to race in the 2020-21 season of Formula E, but he declined it in favour of temporarily stepping away from motorsports. Instead, he joined Sat.1 as a TV expert and co-commentator for the channel's Formula E coverage that season. Abt was adamant that it wouldn't be "a goodbye to motorsports", but he felt that sitting out of doing any official racing for a year was "the right way" for him and that he was "looking forward to it so much." [10]
From 2008 to 2010, Abt was a candidate of the Deutsche Post Speed Academy. [11] As the Academy's overall winner in 2009 and 2010 he became "Germany's motorsport talent of the year." [12] [13] Since 2010, Abt has also been a member of Volkswagen's talent promotion programme. [1]
Besides Daniel Abt, other members of his family are involved in motorsport. His father, Hans-Jürgen, is the owner and principal of the Abt Sportsline team which is active in the DTM and other series. His family also owns a German auto tuning company which primarily works on Audis. His uncle, Christian Abt, is a racing driver as well and was active in the DTM for a number of years.
Abt is managing director of Abt Lifestyle GmbH.[ citation needed ]
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
Year | Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | Pos | Points |
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2008 | Team Abt Sportsline | OSC1 1 17 | OSC1 2 8 | NÜR1 1 9 | NÜR1 2 20 | ASS 1 7 | ASS 2 8 | NÜR2 1 2 | NÜR2 2 Ret | LAU 1 3 | LAU 2 4 | SAC 1 2 | SAC 2 Ret | OSC2 1 7 | OSC2 2 4 | HOC 1 4 | HOC 2 Ret | 8th | 91 |
2009 | Team Abt Sportsline | OSC1 1 1 | OSC1 2 2 | ASS 1 EX | ASS 2 EX | NÜR1 1 1 | NÜR1 2 1 | HOC 1 5 | HOC 2 1 | LAU 1 Ret | LAU 2 1 | NÜR2 1 1 | NÜR2 2 1 | SAC 1 2 | SAC 2 1 | OSC2 1 8 | OSC2 2 9 | 1st | 224 |
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Year | Entrant | Chassis | Engine | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | DC | Points |
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2011 | Signature | Dallara F308/057 | Volkswagen | LEC 1 Ret | LEC 2 11 | LEC 3 9 | HOC 1 4 | HOC 2 7 | HOC 3 6 | ZAN 1 Ret | ZAN 2 8 | ZAN 3 5 | RBR 1 6 | RBR 2 3 | RBR 3 4 | NOR 1 10 | NOR 2 10 | NOR 3 3 | NÜR 1 12 | NÜR 2 7 | NÜR 3 7 | SIL 1 5 | SIL 2 5 | SIL 3 5 | VAL 1 10 | VAL 2 10 | VAL 3 7 | HOC 1 5 | HOC 2 3 | HOC 3 6 | 7th | 150 |
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position)
Year | Entrant | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | D.C. | Points |
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2012 | Lotus GP | CAT FEA 13 | CAT SPR 6 | MON FEA 6 | MON SPR 3 | VAL FEA 6 | VAL SPR 2 | SIL FEA 4 | SIL SPR Ret | HOC FEA 7 | HOC SPR 2 | HUN FEA 2 | HUN SPR 11 | SPA FEA 1 | SPA SPR 5 | MNZ FEA 1 | MNZ SPR 2 | 2nd | 149.5 |
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Year | Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | Pos | Points |
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2012 | Tech 1 Racing | ALC 1 | ALC 2 | MON 1 | SPA 1 | SPA 2 | NÜR 1 | NÜR 2 | MSC 1 | MSC 2 | SIL 1 | SIL 2 | HUN 1 18 | HUN 2 24 | LEC 1 Ret | LEC 2 18 | CAT 1 16 | CAT 2 Ret | 34th | 0 |
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Year | Entrant | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | D.C. | Points |
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2013 | ART Grand Prix | SEP FEA Ret | SEP SPR 16 | BHR FEA 14 | BHR SPR 7 | CAT FEA 11 | CAT SPR 8 | MON FEA 16 | MON SPR 22 | SIL FEA 15 | SIL SPR Ret | NÜR FEA 21 | NÜR SPR 18 | HUN FEA 24† | HUN SPR 14 | SPA FEA 16 | SPA SPR 16 | MNZ FEA 17 | MNZ SPR 22 | MRN FEA 13 | MRN SPR DSQ | YMC FEA 9 | YMC SPR 5 | 22nd | 11 |
2014 | Hilmer Motorsport | BHR FEA 13 | BHR SPR 13 | CAT FEA Ret | CAT SPR 12 | MON FEA Ret | MON SPR 17 | RBR FEA 17 | RBR SPR 23 | SIL FEA 10 | SIL SPR 11 | HOC FEA 20 | HOC SPR 15 | HUN FEA 5 | HUN SPR 5 | SPA FEA 8 | SPA SPR 5 | MNZ FEA Ret | MNZ SPR 10 | SOC FEA Ret | SOC SPR 13 | YMC FEA | YMC SPR | 16th | 27 |
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap)
Year | Team | Chassis | Powertrain | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | Pos | Points |
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2014–15 | Audi Sport ABT | Spark SRT01-e | SRT01-e | BEI 10 | PUT 10 | PDE 15 | BUE 13† | MIA 3 | LBH 15 | MCO Ret | BER 14 | MSC 5 | LDN Ret | LDN 11 | 11th | 32 | ||
2015–16 | ABT Schaeffler Audi Sport | Spark SRT01-e | ABT Schaeffler FE01 | BEI 11 | PUT 7 | PDE 8 | BUE 13 | MEX 7 | LBH 3 | PAR 10 | BER 2 | LDN Ret | LDN 2 | 7th | 68 | |||
2016–17 | ABT Schaeffler Audi Sport | Spark SRT01-e | ABT Schaeffler FE02 | HKG Ret | MRK 6 | BUE 7 | MEX 7 | MCO 7 | PAR 13† | BER 6 | BER 4 | NYC 14† | NYC Ret | MTL 4 | MTL 6 | 8th | 67 | |
2017–18 | Audi Sport ABT Schaeffler | Spark SRT01-e | Audi e-tron FE04 | HKG 5 | HKG DSQ | MRK 10 | SCL Ret | MEX 1 | PDE 14 | RME 4 | PAR 7 | BER 1 | ZUR 13 | NYC 2 | NYC 3 | 5th | 120 | |
2018–19 | Audi Sport ABT Schaeffler | Spark SRT05e | Audi e-tron FE05 | ADR 8 | MRK 10 | SCL 3 | MEX 10 | HKG 4 | SYX 5 | RME 18† | PAR 3 | MCO 15 | BER 6 | BRN 6 | NYC 6 | NYC 5 | 7th | 95 |
2019–20 | Audi Sport ABT Schaeffler | Spark SRT05e | Audi e-tron FE06 | DIR Ret | DIR 6 | SCL 14 | MEX Ret | MRK 14 | 21st | 8 | ||||||||
Nio 333 FE Team | Nio FE-005 | BER 18 | BER 16 | BER 15 | BER 18 | BER Ret | BER 20 |
† Driver did not finish the race, but was classified as he completed over 90% of the race distance.
Year | Team | Co-Drivers | Car | Class | Laps | Pos. | Class Pos. |
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2015 | Rebellion Racing | Alexandre Imperatori Dominik Kraihamer | Rebellion R-One-AER | LMP1 | 336 | 18th | 9th |
Year | Entrant | Class | Chassis | Engine | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Rank | Points |
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2015 | Rebellion Racing | LMP1 | Rebellion R-One | AER P60 2.4 L Turbo V6 | SIL | SPA | LMS 17 | NÜR Ret | COA 14 | FUJ 16 | SHA | BHR | 28th | 2 |
Christian Abt is a former race car driver and entrepreneur born in Kempten, Germany.
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