Audi Sport ABT Schaeffler

Audi Sport ABT Schaeffler , previously Audi Sport Abt and ABT Schaeffler Audi Sport , is a German motorsport team that is based in Kempten and was founded to participate in the FIA Formula E championship .

The team, which was initially integrated into the Abt Sportsline team , had belonged to a company called Abt Formula E GmbH , a subsidiary of Abt Sportsline , since October 2016 and was headed by Hans-Jürgen Abt . In July 2017, Audi then took over all the shares in the team, with Allan McNish becoming the new team boss .

history

Daniel Abt at the Berlin ePrix 2015

In 2014/15 the team competed in the newly founded FIA Formula E championship under the name Audi Sport Abt . Daniel Abt and Lucas di Grassi were signed as drivers . Di Grassi won the first race, the Beijing ePrix 2014 . After the team had been in second place in the championship for a long time, the season ended in third place in the team standings. Di Grassi was also third in the drivers' championship, while Abt was eleventh.

In the second season , the team competed under the name ABT Schaeffler Audi Sport . ABT Sportsline was named as one of the eight championship designers; Schaeffler developed the drive for the vehicle on behalf of the team, which was named ABT Schaeffler FE01 . The contracts with both drivers have been extended. Di Grassi won three races, achieved four more podium finishes and finished second in the drivers' standings, Daniel Abt finished seventh with a total of three podium finishes. In the team competition, ABT Schaeffler Audi Sport took second place.

The team also competed with the same drivers in the third season ; the vehicle with the further developed drive train was named ABT Schaeffler FE02 . The team again achieved second place in the team classification. Di Grassi won the drivers' title for the first time with two wins and five further podium finishes, while Abt was eighth at the end of the season. In July 2017, immediately after the end of the season, Audi AG took over all shares in the Formula E team. Abt will continue to look after the operations on the racetrack.

In the fourth season , the team competed under the name Audi Sport ABT Schaeffler with the vehicle called Audi e-tron FE04 , the driver pairing remained unchanged. After the team had to complain about massive reliability problems in the first races and after the fourth race of the season, the Santiago E-Prix , finished eighth in the team classification with 12 points, Abt and di Grassi achieved four wins and seven more in the following eight races Podium placements. At the end of the season, the team won the team championship for the first time with 264 points. Di Grassi was also runner-up behind Jean-Éric Vergne .

In the 2018/19 season , Audi competed again with the driver duo Abt and di Grassi. Di Grassi won two races and took third place in the drivers' standings, while Abt was seventh with two third places as the best results. The team finished second in the team ranking with 203 points.

statistics

Individual results in the FIA ​​Formula E Championship

driver	No.	1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th	8th	9	10	11	12	13	14th	15th	16	Points	rank
FIA Formula E Championship 2014/15		AT	PUT	PUN	BUE	MIA	LBH	MON	BER	MOS	LON							165	3.
Lucas di Grassi	11	°1 °	2	3	DNF	9	3	2	DSQ	°2 °	4th	6th
Daniel Dept.	66	10	10	15th	*13 *	3	15th	DNF	14th	5	DNF	11
FIA Formula E Championship 2015/16		AT	PUT	PUN	BUE	MEX	LBH	PAR	BER	LON								221	2.
Lucas di Grassi	11	2	1	2	°3 °	°DSQ °	°1 °	1	3	°4 °	°DNF °
Daniel Dept.	66	11	7th	8th	13	7th	3	10	2	DNF	2
FIA Formula E Championship 2016/17		HKG	MAR	BUE	MEX	MON	PAR	BER		NYC		MTR						248	2.
Lucas di Grassi	11	°2 °	°5 °	°3 °	°1 °	°2 °	°DNF °	°2 °	°3 °	°4 °	°5 °	°1 °	°7 °
Daniel Dept.	66	DNF	°6 °	°7 °	°7 °	7th	* °13 * °	°6 °	°4 °	* °14 * °	°DNF °	4th	°6 °
FIA Formula E Championship 2017/18		HKG		MAR	SAN	MEX	PUN	ROME	PAR	BER	ZUR	NYC						264	1.
Lucas di Grassi	01	17th	14th	°DNF °	°DNF °	°9 °	2	°2 °	°2 °	2	°1 °	1	2
Daniel Dept.	66	°5 °	°DSQ °	°10 °	DNF	1	°14 °	4th	°7 °	°1 °	°13 °	°2 °	°3 °
FIA Formula E Championship 2018/19		TO YOU	MAR	SAN	MEX	HKG	SAY	ROME	PAR	MCO	BER	BRN	NYC					203	2.
Lucas di Grassi	11	°9 °	7th	12	°1 °	2	° *15 ° *	°7 °	4th	DNF	1	°9 °	°5 °	° *18 ° *
Daniel Dept.	66	°8 °	10	°3 °	°10 °	°4 °	°5 °	° *18 * °	°3 °	°15 °	°6 °	°6 °	°6 °	°5 °
FIA Formula E Championship 2019/20		TO YOU		SAN	MEX	MAR	BER		BER		BER							114	6th
Lucas di Grassi	11	13	2	°7 °	°6 °	°7 °	8th	3	°8 °	°6 °	21st	°6 °
Daniel Dept.	66	DNF	6th	°14 °	DNF	14th
René Rast							°10 °	13	DNF	16	3	4th

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Web links

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• Official website

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Formula E - Abt Sportsline starts with Abt and di Grassi. Absolute wish pairing. Motorsport-Magazin.com, February 13, 2014, accessed October 2, 2017 . 
2. ↑ Season two team names confirmed. (No longer available online.) FIAFormulaE.com, July 29, 2015, archived from the original on August 1, 2015 ; accessed on October 2, 2017 (English). 
3. ↑ Norman Fischer: Cast off for development: FIA names eight manufacturers. Motorsport-Total.com, February 23, 2015, accessed October 2, 2017 . 
4. ↑ Future in view: Schaeffler develops Formula E drive. Motorsport-Total.com, May 22, 2015, accessed October 2, 2017 . 
5. ↑ Contract extended: Lucas di Grassi long-term at the Motorsport-Total.com department, May 7, 2015, accessed on October 2, 2017 . 
6. ↑ Contract extension: Daniel Abt stays in Formula E. Motorsport-Total.com, May 21, 2015, accessed on October 2, 2017 . 
7. ↑ Tobias Bluhm: Factory team official: Audi takes over Abt Formula E & changes name. e-Formel.de, July 7, 2017, accessed on October 2, 2017 . 
8. ↑ Timo Pape: Audi unveils new Formula E car, Lucas di Grassi & Daniel Abt confirmed. e-Formel.de, September 27, 2017, accessed on October 2, 2017 . 
9. ↑ Audi unveils the e-tron FE04. fiaformulae.com, September 27, 2017, accessed October 2, 2017 .