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Daniel Abt (2012)

Daniel Abt (born December 3, 1992 in Kempten (Allgäu) ) is a German racing car driver and influencer . He is the son of the racing team owner Hans-Jürgen Abt . He competed in the GP2 series in 2013 and 2014 . He has been competing in the FIA Formula E Championship since 2014 .

Abt at the main race of the GP2 series in Spa-Francorchamps (2013)

Abbot at the Berlin ePrix 2017

Abt after his victory at the Berlin E-Prix 2018

Career

Beginnings in motorsport (2001-2007)

Abt - who came into contact with motorsport early for family reasons - began his career in karting in 2001 , in which he was active until 2007. Among other things, he won the runner-up in the ADAC KF2 kart championship in 2007.

ADAC Formula Masters (2008-2009)

2008 Abbot moved into the single-seater racing and entered the ADAC Formula Masters for his father's team Abt Sportsline at. He started from pole position once and achieved a third and two second places as the best results. He finished the season in eighth place overall. He lost to his team mate Markus Pommer , who finished fifth overall with one win. In 2009, Abt contested his second season in the ADAC Formula Masters for Abt Sportsline and won the championship title with eight wins ahead of Klaus Bachler . He achieved seven pole positions and was on the podium a total of ten times. With 224 to 90 points, he clearly prevailed against his teammate René Binder internally .

German Formula 3 Cup (2010)

After Abt had already competed as a guest driver in the German Formula 3 Cup for Performance Racing in 2009 , he switched to this series in 2010 for the Van Amersfoort Racing championship team . Within the team, he prevailed against his teammates Stef Dusseldorp and Willi Steindl and had a chance of winning the championship until the last race weekend. In the end he lost to Tom Dillmann with 112 to 120 points and was runner-up with two wins and a total of ten podium finishes.

Formula 3 Euro Series (2010-2011)

Following the German Formula 3 Cup season, he started for Signature at the prestigious Macau Grand Prix . He led the race ahead of teammates Edoardo Mortara and Laurens Vanthoor , but lost control of his vehicle and retired after an accident.

In 2011 , Abt competed in the Formula 3 Euro Series for Signature. With four third places as the best results, he finished the season in seventh place overall. Within the team, he was therefore defeated by Marco Wittmann and Vanthoor - who achieved positions two and six - and was third-best driver in his team , ahead of Carlos Muñoz - who was eighth overall. He was also entitled to points in the 2011 FIA Formula 3 Trophy . There he reached fourth place.

DTM test drives (2011)

At the end of the year he completed test drives in the DTM car for Audi .

GP2 series (2011-2014)

After setting the best time several times in GP3 test drives for Lotus GP at the end of 2011 , he received a cockpit for the 2012 GP3 series from the racing team that had made the champion and runner-up last year. He won two races, was on the podium a total of seven times, had title chances until the last race of the season and needed a win in this one. In fact, he took the lead in this race - in which he started from eighth place on the grid - but he lost it shortly before the end of the race and came in second. He was defeated by Mitch Evans in the title fight with 151.5 to 149.5 points. Following the GP3 season he received at Tech 1 Racing cockpit for the last three events of the Formula Renault 3.5 . In this he remained without points. He also returned to German Formula 3 for an event. He achieved a third place.

In 2013 , Abt stayed with his racing team - which this year competed as the ART Grand Prix again - and switched to the GP2 series . Throughout the season he had problems with the set-up of his vehicle, the cause of which could not be determined by the team engineers. He scored points in only four of 22 races, with fifth place being the best result. While his teammate James Calado was third overall with 159 points, he reached 22nd overall with eleven points. In 2014 he switched to Hilmer Motorsport within the GP2 series . He finished the season in 16th place overall. He scored 27 of the 33 points of his racing team.

FIA World Endurance Championship (2015)

In 2015 , Abt made his debut for Rebellion Racing in the FIA World Endurance Championship (WEC) and at the Le Mans 24 Hours of this championship . Because the engine manufacturer switched to Advanced Engine Research (AER), the racing team only started the season for the third race. After four races, he dissolved the contract with Rebellion and withdrew from the endurance world championship.

FIA Formula E Championship (since 2014)

In addition, he was active in the newly founded FIA Formula E championship for his father's racing team in the 2014/15 season . He crossed the finish line in third place in the first race - the Beijing ePrix - but was given a time penalty for using too much energy so that he was tenth. In the fifth race in Miami he was in the lead for a long time in the second half of the race. Since he had used a little more energy, he had to save on the last few laps and dropped back to third place. With this he achieved his first podium placement. In the next race - the Long Beach ePrix - he achieved his first pole position. In the race he fell back after a penalty and was 15th. He reached eleventh place in the drivers' championship.

In the FIA Formula E Championship 2015/16 he stayed with the family racing team. He finished third in the Long Beach ePrix . In his home races in Berlin and London , he finished second. He finished the season with 68 points in seventh place overall, while his teammate finished second overall with 153 points. In addition, he competed in the ADAC GT Masters for the family racing team in 2016 and achieved 19th place in the drivers' championship. In 2016/17 , Abt is completing its third Formula E season. He finished the season in eighth place overall.

Audi Sport ABT Schaeffler confirmed Abt as a works driver in the 2017/18 FIA Formula E championship after Audi took over the team . In the second race of the Hong Kong E-Prix , he crossed the finish line first, but was disqualified. At the Mexico City E-Prix 2018 he then celebrated his first victory in the championship. At the Berlin E-Prix he scored his second win of the season and reached the first Grand Slam of the FIA ​​Formula E championship by taking pole position and the fastest race lap and being in the lead on every lap of the race. At the season finale in New York City he achieved two more podium finishes with second and third place. At the end of the season he finished fifth in the drivers' championship with 120 points.

In the 2018/19 season , Abt competed for Audi again. With two third places as the best results, he finished seventh in the championship with 95 points at the end of the season. With a third place he also finished seventh in the overall ranking of the voestalpine European Races , in which only podium places in the races on the European continent were taken into account.

Before the last New York City E-Prix 2019 , it was announced that he will drive for Audi again in the 2019/20 season .

ABB Formula E Race at Home Challenge (2020)

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic , the Formula E championship was also interrupted in March 2020 and a virtual eSports competition was started to bridge the gap . At the fifth race in Berlin-Tempelhof , Abt was not behind the wheel himself, but instead had Austrian eSports professional Lorenz Hörzing drive. The deception was noticed, among other things, because he performed significantly better than in the previous competitions. In the first four races his best result was 13th, but in the last race he was third. He was disqualified, and the organizer deprived of all points scored so far. In addition, Abt was advised to donate 10,000  euros to a charity. Shortly afterwards, Abt was suspended by Audi Sport with immediate effect.

Others

From 2008 to 2010, Abt was a candidate for the Deutsche Post Speed ​​Academy and became the overall winner of the Academy in 2009 and 2010, making him “Germany's Motorsport Talent of the Year” . Since 2010 he has also been a member of the Volkswagen funding program . In 2017 he was named “Sportsman of the Year” by his hometown.

Since April 2014, Abt has been actively running the Daniel Abt YouTube channel , on which he shows his life as a racing driver. In July 2020, it had 380,000 subscribers with more than 70 million views. Since April 2020 he has been running the podcast Reden am Limit with Bene Mayr and Mitja Lafere.

Personal

In addition to Abt, other members of his family are involved in motorsport. His father Hans-Jürgen Abt is the owner and team boss of the Abt Sportsline racing team , which is active in the DTM , among other things . His uncle Christian Abt is also a racing driver and was active in the DTM for several years. Daniel Abt made his diploma at the technical school in Kempten.

Abt is the managing director of Abt Lifestyle GmbH.

statistics

Career stations

2001-2007: karting 2008 : ADAC Formula Masters (8th place) 2009 : ADAC Formula Masters (champions) 2010 : German Formula 3 (2nd place) 2011 : Formula 3 Euro Series (7th place) 2011 : FIA Formula 3 trophy (4th place)

2012 : GP3 series (2nd place) 2012 : Formula Renault 3.5 (34th place) 2012 : German Formula 3 (14th place) 2013 : GP2 series (22nd place) 2014 : GP2 series (16th place) 2015 : Formula E (11th place)

2015 : WEC (28th place) 2016 : Formula E (7th place) 2016 : ADAC GT Masters (19th place) 2017 : Formula E (8th place) 2018: Formula E (5th place)

Individual results in the ADAC Formula Masters

year	team	1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th	8th	9	10	11	12	13	14th	15th	16	Points	rank
2008	Abt Sportsline	OS1		NÜ1		TTA		NÜ2		LAU		SAC		OS2		HOC		91	8th.
		17th	8th	9	20th	7th	8th	2	DNF	3	4th	2	DNF	7th	4th	4th	DNF
2009	Abt Sportsline	OS1		TTA		NÜ1		HOC		LAU		NÜ2		SAC		OS2		224	1.
		1	2	EX	EX	1	1	5	1	DNF	1	1	1	2	1	8th	9

Individual results in the German Formula 3 Cup

year	team	engine	1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th	8th	9	10	11	12	13	14th	15th	16	17th	18th	19th	20th	21st	22nd	23	24	25th	26th	27	Points	rank
2009	Performance racing	Volkswagen	OS1		NÜ1		HOC		OS2		LAU		ASS		NÜ2		SAC		OS3											-	-
																			17th	7th
2010	Van Amersfoort Racing	Volkswagen	OS1		SAC		HOC		AS1		NÜ1		AS2		LAU		NÜ2		OS2											112	2.
			2	3	4th	2	5	3	2	1	5	3	10	15th	4th	4th	2	2	1	16
2012	Van Amersfoort Racing	Volkswagen	ZAN			SAC			OSC			SPA			ASS			SPI			LAU			ONLY			HOC			18th	14th
												7th	3	7th

Remarks

1. ↑ Abt was not entitled to points as a guest starter.

Individual results in the Formula 3 Euro Series

year	team	engine	1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th	8th	9	10	11	12	13	14th	15th	16	17th	18th	19th	20th	21st	22nd	23	24	25th	26th	27	Points	rank
2011	Signature	Volkswagen	LEC			HO1			ZAN			SPI			NOR			ONLY			SIL			VAL			HO2			150	7th
			DNF	11	9	4th	7th	6th	DNF	8th	5	6th	3	4th	10	10	3	12	7th	7th	5	5	5	10	10	7th	5	3	6th

Individual results in the FIA ​​Formula 3 trophy

year	team	engine	1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th	8th	Points	rank
2011	Signature	Volkswagen	HOC		PAU	SPA		ZAN	MAC		44	4th
			4th	6th	4th	14th	13	6th	8th	DNF

Individual results in Formula Renault 3.5

year	team	1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th	8th	9	10	11	12	13	14th	15th	16	17th	Points	rank
2012	Tech 1 racing	ALC		MON	SPA		ONLY		MOS		SIL		HUN		LEC		CAT		0	34.
													18th	24	DNF	18th	16	DNF

Individual results in the GP3 series

year	team	1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th	8th	9	10	11	12	13	14th	15th	16	Points	rank
2012	Lotus GP	ESP		MON		ESP		GBR		GER		HUN		BEL		ITA		149.5	2.
		13	6th	6th	3	6th	2	4th	DNF	7th	2	2	11	1	5	1	2

Individual results in the GP2 series

year	team	1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th	8th	9	10	11	12	13	14th	15th	16	17th	18th	19th	20th	21st	22nd	Points	rank
2013	ART Grand Prix	MAS		BRN		ESP		MON		GBR		GER		HUN		BEL		ITA		SIN		UAE		11	22nd
		DNF	16	14th	7th	11	8th	16	22nd	15th	DNF	21st	19th	24 *	14th	16	16	17th	22nd	13	DNF	9	5
2014	Hilmer Motorsport	BRN		ESP		MON		AUT		GBR		GER		HUN		BEL		ITA		RUS		UAE		27	16.
		13	13	DNF	12	DNF	17th	17th	23	10	11	20th	15th	5	5	8th	5	DNF	10	DNF	13

Individual results in the FIA ​​Formula E Championship

year	team	1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th	8th	9	10	11	12	13	14th	15th	16	Points	rank
2014/15	Audi Sport DEPT	AT	PUT	PUN	BUE	MIA	LBH	MON	BER	MOS	LON							32	11.
		10	10	15th	*13 *	3	15th	DNF	14th	5	DNF	11
2015/16	ABT Schaeffler Audi Sport	AT	PUT	PUN	BUE	MEX	LBH	PAR	BER	LON								68	7th
		11	7th	8th	13	7th	3	10	2	DNF	2
2016/17	ABT Schaeffler Audi Sport	HKG	MAR	BUE	MEX	MON	PAR	BER		NYC		MTR						67	8th.
		DNF	°6 °	°7 °	°7 °	°7th	* °13 * °	°6 °	°4 °	°14 * °	°DNF °	4th	°6 °
2017/18	Audi Sport ABT Schaeffler	HKG		MAR	SAN	MEX	PUN	ROME	PAR	BER	ZUR	NYC						120	5.
		°5 °	°DSQ °	°10 °	DNF	1	°14 °	4th	°7 °	°1 °	°13 °	°2 °	°3 °
2018/19	Audi Sport ABT Schaeffler	TO YOU	MAR	SAN	MEX	HKG	SAY	ROME	PAR	MCO	BER	BRN	NYC					95	7th
		°8 °	10	°3 °	°10 °	°4 °	°5 °	° *18 * °	°3 °	°15 °	°6 °	°6 °	°6 °	°5 °
2019/20	Audi Sport ABT Schaeffler	TO YOU		SAN	MEX	MAR	BER		BER		BER							8th	15th
		DNF	6th	°14 °
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Le Mans results

year	team	vehicle	Teammate	Teammate	placement	Failure reason
2015	Rebellion Racing	Rebellion R-One	Alexandre Imperatori	Dominik Kraihamer	Rank 18

Individual results in the FIA ​​World Endurance Championship

season	team	race car	1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th	8th
2015	Rebellion Racing	Rebellion R-One	SIL	SPA	LEM	ONLY	OUT	FUJ	SHA	BAH
					18th	DNF	28	30th

Web links

Commons : Daniel Abt  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Official website of Daniel Abt
• Daniel Abt's YouTube channel
• Career statistics from Daniel Abt (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} "Private" ( Memento from June 27, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) (danielabt.de; accessed on May 28, 2020)
2. ^ ^{A b} "Daniel Abt: 2010 as a VW Junior in Formula 3" (Motorsport-Total.com on November 27, 2009)
3. ↑ "Mortara defeats Macau: Second victory in a row!" (Motorsport-Total.com on November 21, 2010)
4. ↑ "Abt moves up to the Formula 3 Euro Series" (Motorsport-Total.com on October 27, 2010)
5. ↑ "DTM: Daniel Abt and Laurens Vanthoor test the Audi A4-DTM in Monteblanco" ( Memento from September 13, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) (Motorsport-Server.de on December 24, 2011)
6. ↑ "GP3 - Daniel Abt still at the top" (Motorsport-Magazin.com on November 24, 2011)
7. ^ "GP3 - Abbot in front on the last day in Jerez" (Motorsport-Magazin.com on December 2, 2011)
8. ↑ “Daniel Abt gets Lotus GP3 seat for 2012” (autosport.com on January 18, 2012)
9. ^ "GP3 - Abbot celebrates GP3 runner-up". Victory and second place. Motorsport-Magazin.com, September 9, 2012, accessed May 28, 2020 . 
10. ↑ Robert Seiwert: "WS by Renault - Abt from now on in the cockpit of Tech 1". Ascent at Bianchi's side. Motorsport-Magazin.com, September 11, 2012, accessed May 28, 2020 . 
11. ↑ Norman Fischer: "Another German in GP2: Abt rises at Lotus". Motorsport-Total.com, December 19, 2012, accessed May 28, 2020 . 
12. ↑ Norman Fischer: "Abbot: 'I have to look for alternatives now'". Motorsport-Total.com, July 31, 2013, accessed May 28, 2020 . 
13. ↑ "GP2 - Fix: Abt drives for Hilmer". Bayern connection in GP2. Motorsport-Magazin.com, November 23, 2013, accessed May 28, 2020 . 
14. ^ Roman Wittemeier: Rebellion: In red and white to Le Mans. Motorsport-Total.com, May 30, 2015, accessed May 28, 2020 . 
15. ^ Matheo Tuscher replaces Daniel Abt at Rebellion Racing for WEC. autosport.com, October 26, 2015, accessed May 28, 2020 . 
16. ^ "Formula E - Abt Sportsline starts with Abt and di Grassi". Absolute wish pairing. Motorsport-Magazin.com, February 13, 2014, accessed on May 28, 2020 . 
17. ↑ Contract extension: Daniel Abt stays in Formula E. Motorsport-Total.com, May 21, 2015, accessed on May 28, 2020 . 
18. ↑ Norman Fischer: Abt binds Lucas di Grassi and Daniel Abt for 2016/2017. Motorsport-Total.com, May 20, 2016, accessed May 28, 2020 . 
19. ↑ https://www.motorsport-total.com/formel-e/news/formel-e-201920-audi-bestaetigt-daniel-abt-neben-lucas-di-grassi-19071101
20. ^ Formula E and FIA take decision to temporarily suspend season. Retrieved May 28, 2020 . 
21. ↑ Introducing the ABB Formula E Race at Home Challenge. Retrieved May 28, 2020 . 
22. ^ Daniel Abt suspended by Audi Sport with immediate effect. Retrieved May 28, 2020 . 
23. ^ Giles Richards: Daniel Abt guilty of using a ringer to drive for him in Formula E esport race . In: The Guardian . May 24, 2020, ISSN  0261-3077 ( theguardian.com [accessed May 28, 2020]).
24. ↑ Daniel Abt puts his career on the wall. Retrieved May 28, 2020 . 
25. ^ Formula E: Audi throws Daniel Abt out. Retrieved May 28, 2020 . 
26. ↑ "Abt is" Germany's Motorsport Talent of the Year "" (Motorsport-Total.com on November 30, 2009)
27. ^ "Daniel Abt: The winner 2010" ( Memento from March 12, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) (speed-academy.de on February 14, 2011)
28. ↑ YouTube. Retrieved July 3, 2020 . 
29. ↑ Torben Lux: Sven Schmidt Podcast Special: How the Bundesliga does not take advantage of its professional sports monopoly. In: omr.com. May 15, 2020, accessed June 5, 2020 . 
30. ↑ "Imprint ABT Lifestyle GmbH" (danielabt.de; accessed on May 28, 2020)
31. ↑ Daniel Abt: MY COMEBACK IN THE FORMULA E. Accessed on July 2, 2020 (German).