Johann Abbot

Johann Abt works on the engine of an Abarth 1000 .

Johann Abt (* December 1935 ; † October 11, 2003 ) was a German motorcycle and automobile racing driver and founder of the Abt Tuning company , which later became the Abt Sportsline racing team .

Motorsport

In 1952 Johann Abt started with a DKW motorcycle and became a contract driver at DKW. In 1955 he was a member of the victorious team at the International Six Day Race . Due to the tight budget, an accident-damaged DKW F91 served as the first own emergency vehicle . Abbot later drove for the Italian Abarth team and won 29 of 30 races in the first year. In total, he drove home over 300 class wins.

Companies

In 1896 Johann Abt's grandfather, who was also called Johann Abt, founded a forge in Kempten (Allgäu) . The resulting car dealership first traded vehicles from DKW, later with Volkswagen and Audi .

In 1962, Abt founded his tuning company and integrated it into the dealership. Cars of the brands Audi, Seat, Škoda and VW are tuned. Since 2000, the Abt-Audis have been mainly active in the DTM .

family

Johann Abt is the father of Hans-Jürgen Abt (* 1962) and Christian Abt (* 1967). His grandson Daniel Abt , son of Hans-Jürgen Abt, started in the Formula 3 Euro Series in 2009 and drove in the FIA Formula E Championship from 2014 to 2020 .

statistics

Individual results in the sports car world championship

season	team	race car	1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th	8th	9	10	11	12	13	14th	15th	16	17th	18th	19th	20th	21st	22nd
1963	Johann Abbot	DKW Junior	DAY	SEB	SEB	TAR	SPA	MAY	ONLY	CON	ROS	LEM	MON	WIS	TAV	FRE	CCE	RTT	OVI	ONLY	MON	MON	TDF	BRI
											72
1964	Johann Abbot	DKW Junior	DAY	SEB	TAR	MON	SPA	CON	ONLY	ROS	LEM	REI	FRE	CCE	RTT	SIM	ONLY	MON	TDF	BRI	BRI	PAR
										48
1965	Johann Abbot	DKW F11	DAY	SEB	BOL	MON	MON	RTT	TAR	SPA	ONLY	MUG	ROS	LEM	REI	BOZ	FRE	CCE	OVI	ONLY	BRI	BRI
													55

literature

• Steffen Ottinger: Around Zschopau. The story of an off-road motorcycle ride . tape 1 . Druck- und Verlagsgesellschaft Marienberg, Marienberg 2004, ISBN 3-931770-49-4 , p. 37 ff .
• Steffen Ottinger: Around Zschopau. The story of an off-road motorcycle ride . tape 2 . HB-Werbung und Verlag GmbH & Co. KG, Chemnitz 2011, ISBN 978-3-00-036705-2 , p. 18, 30 .
• Steffen Ottinger: International Six Day Trip 2012. The story since 1913 . HB-Werbung und Verlag GmbH & Co. KG, Chemnitz 2012, ISBN 978-3-00-039566-6 , p. 37 ff .
• Thomas Lang: The Abbot - The History - 100 Years of Power & Fascination. Self-published by Abt Sportsline, Kempten, 1996. Anniversary edition. ISBN 3937577599 .

Web links

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

• Johann Abt at Racing Sports Cars