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Abt replaces Ma for rest of Formula E season as NIO has travel issues
Daniel Abt will replace Ma Qing Hua at NIO for rest of the FIA Formula E Championship due to travel restrictions because of COVID-19 pandemic. Few days back, NIO announced that Ma won’t be competing for the rest of the 2019/20 Formula E season due to the travel restrictions because of COVID-19 pandemic. It noted…
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Rast to replace Abt at Audi for remainder of Formula E season
Double DTM champion Rene Rast has been signed up to replace Daniel Abt by Audi for the remainder of the 2019/20 FIA Formula E Championship season. After Formula E announced the re-start of the 2019/20 season, with six races in Berlin in August, Audi has confirmed the signing of double DTM champion Rast as the…
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Audi stands by decision because of Abt’s conscious idea to defy rule
Audi Sport has released a statement to confirm the firing of Daniel Abt as they feel the conscious idea of defying rule in Formula E Race at Home Challenge violates its principle. Much has been said about the whole ‘Abt saga’, which led to the firing of the German from Audi Formula E team. It…
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Abt suspended by Audi for sim race incident as Formula E seat in danger
Audi Motorsport has come hard on Daniel Abt as the German has been suspended by the team for his sim race gaffe as his Formula E seat is in danger. While the world battles COVID-19 pandemic, motorsport found refuge in ESports, where multiple championships kick-started its own series with regular drivers. Formula E also started…
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Abt disqualified after admitting to field substitute in Formula E ESports race
Audi’s Daniel Abt has been disqualified from the Berlin Formula E Race at Home Challenge after it was found that he had a professional sim racer driving for him. Ever since Formula E started with the Race at Home Challenge ESports series, both the Audi drivers Abt and Lucas di Grassi haven’t managed to do…
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Audi reveals revised livery for 2019/20 Formula E season car
Audi unveiled photos and video of their 2019/20 FIA Formula E Championship challenger with a revised livery. Audi becomes the second Formula E team to showcase its 2019/20 car, with the German manufacturer adopting a revised livery from its predecessor, which will be driven by Lucas di Grassi and Daniel Abt. The Audi e-tron FE06…
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Audi retains Abt alongside di Grassi for 2019/20 Formula E season
Audi Sport ABT Schaeffler announced the retention of Daniel Abt for the 2019/20 FIA Formula E Championship season alongside Lucas di Grassi. As the team prepares for the 2018/19 season finale with a double-header in New York, Audi confirmed its line-up for the 2019/20 season with the retention of Abt for his sixth Formula E year…
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Formula E: Bird heads Wehrlein after Buemi’s crash to win in Santiago
Envision Virgin’s Sam Bird scored the win in 2018/19 FIA Formula E Championship’s Santiago ePrix ahead of Mahindra Racing’s Pascal Wehrlein and Audi’s Daniel Abt. It was a clean start from pole-sitter Sebastien Buemi in the Nissan e.Dams from Pascal Wehrlein as Sam Bird cleared Audi’s Daniel Abt to slot in third with HWA Racelab’s…
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Audi presents 2018/19 Gen2 Formula E challenger
The Audi Schaeffler became the latest team to unveil its 2018/19 FIA Formula E Championship Gen2 car on Friday. The German team will have the services of Lucs di Grassi and Daniel Abt once again in Season 5 to kick-off on December 15 in Saudi Arabia. Before that, they will in action in the official pre-season…
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McNish hails Audi’s Formula E title-winning turnaround
The racer-turned-team principal Allan McNish admitted that a FIA Formula E Championship victory was out of sights until Mexico after a rather subdued start to 2017/18 season for Audi by its standards. The German manufacturer were already down on points to Techeetah, Mahindra Racing, DS Virgin and Renault e.Dams until the Mexico ePrix despite Daniel…
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Can Bird stop Vergne from winning Formula E title in New York?
The 2017/18 FIA Formula E Championship is going down to the wire as DS Virgin Racing’s Sam Bird chases Techeetah’s Jean-Eric Vergne in the title-deciding finale double-header on the streets of New York this weekend. At the start of the 2017/18 Formula E season, not many would have put in the money for Vergne as…
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Abt stays with Audi for 2018/19 Formula E season
Audi announced the contract extension for Daniel Abt which will see the German compete alongside Lucas di Grassi in the 2018/19 FIA Formula E Championship in the new-for Gen2 machinery, which is making its debut next year. “For me, it continues to be an honor to represent the four rings in Formula E,” said Abt.…
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Daniel Abt wins at home in the Berlin ePrix
The German driver of Audi imposes himself without encountering resistance in the Formula E ePrix in Berlin, after the pole position of this morning. Di Grassi contributed to the Audi one-two, ending in second position. The leader of the championship, Jean-Eric Vergne, completed the pódium. Abt did a great start and maintained the first position without…
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Daniel Abt is the fastest in the qualifying of the Eprix in Berlin
The German driver of Audi, Daniel Abt, has set the best pace in the superpole of the ePrix in Berlin. Therefore, he will start in first position at home. An astonishing Oliver Turvey will start second. The driver of Nextev has barely pass to the qualifying. However, once he was qualified, he has made a very…
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Vergne, comfortably leads the Formula E championship after winning the Eprix
Jean-Éric Vergne has won comfortably the eprix in Paris, which consolidates him a little bit more as a leader of the Formula E. Behind the French has crossed the finish line Lucas Di Grassi, after passing André Lotterer at the last laps. Sam Bird had compleated the pódium. Due to a crash between Mitch Evans and Nico…
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Sam Bird wins Rome ePrix after Rosenqvist retirement
DS Virgin Racing driver, Sam Bird has taken the win in the first ever FIA Formula E ePrix in Rome. The Briton finished just ahead of Lucas Di Grassi, who complete an amazing race. André Lotterer completes podium positions while pole sitter, Felix Rosenqvist has retired after a crash when he was leading. It was…
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Daniel Abt wins Mexico ePrix and di Grassi scores first points of the season
The driver who took the pole a few hours ago, Felix Rosenqvist from Mahindra, had a clear target, to have a consistent and high race pace, with the main goal to go to the pit stop in a confortable situation and then be able to control the race on the second part of the Mexico ePrix.…
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Controversy about Fan Boost voting system in Formula E
Controversy around Fan Boost in Formula E has been a part of the series since it was created back in 2014. During the last few days, this controversy has reappeared due to Daniel Abt speaking against it. Series CEO Alejandro Agag answered the German driver and defended Fan Boost. Since the series was born in…
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Formula E Santiago preview: The series lands in Chile for the first time
This weekend, ABB FIA Formula E arrives to Chile for the first time ever, on what will the first new round of the season, the Santiago ePrix. After a flawless race in Marrakech, Felix Rosenqvist is the driver everybody speaks about, and seems to be the strongest candidate to win the title. But nothing can…
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Audi leads both free practices in Marrakech
Audi ABT Schaeffler have started the Marrakech ePrix in an almost perfect way. On a difficult day due to the track and weather conditions, Di Grassi has led the FP1 and finished second in the FP2. His team mate Daniel Abt has led the second session after finishing third on the first one. The weekend…
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Formula E Marrakech preview: Looking for consolidation
The second round of 2017-18 FIA Formula E season is to be held this Saturday. For the second time on its history, the electric series visits the African continent, where teams and drivers, with some new faces among them, will try to equal or improve what they achieved in Hong Kong to settle themselves as…
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Daniel Abt takes maiden Formula E win at Hong Kong
German Daniel Abt has taken his first ever victory in FIA Formula E during the second round of the series at Hong Kong. Audi driver benefited from a mistake by Mortara who was leading the race, but he finally finished third. Pole sitter, Felix Rosenqvist finished second. The race start was a nightmare for pole…
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Audi unveils e-tron FE04
Audi Sport ABT Schaeffler has tonight revealed the Volkswagen Group’s first fully-electric race car, the Audi e-tron FE04. The team announced that Daniel Abt has become an Audi factory driver and will continue to partner 2016/17 FIA Formula E Champion, Lucas di Grassi for season four. Allan McNish will increase his involvement in the team…
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First victory of the season for Sam Bird in New York
Sam Bird wins his first victory of the season at the race one in New York. He is ahead of both Techeetah by Jean-Eric Vergne and Stéphane Sarrazin. The French drivers made an extraordinary race placing five drivers in the Top 10. For his first race, Pierre Gasly finished 7th. With a right-handed pin, the…
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Pole position in Mexico for Daniel Abt
Daniel Abt got pole position for the Mexico E-Prix ahead of Oliver Turvey and José Maria Lopez while Sébastien Buemi qualified P10 and Di Grassi qualified P18. Group 1 : Mitch Evans, Nick Heidfeld, Lucas Di Grassi, Sam Bird, Sébastien Buemi The drivers headed out on track and did their lap without any remarkable incident. The…
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Di Grassi leads first practice at Hong Kong
Lucas Di Grassi has been the fastest in the first practice session of the FIA ??Formula E in the city state of Hong Kong. Buemi and Daniel Abt completes the top3. The first official practice began with some troles for Oliver Turvey (NEXTEV NIO) as he saw his two cars were not working at all. Renault e.dams…
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Buemi takes the championship after crashes, Prost wins again
Sébastien Buemi is the new FIA Formula E champion. The Swiss driver suffered a lot and had to take the championship thanks to fastest lap. Prost won the race in front of Daniel Abt and Jerome d’Ambrossio. The final race, the grand finale of Season 2 (2015-2016) at Battersea Park in London. Two championship contenders,…
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Vergne is poleman in Berlin
Jean-Éric Vergne put his DS Virgin Racing into the Super Pole to catch Julius Bäer Pole Position for BMW Berlin ePrix. Buemi and local Abt will follow the Frenchman in grid. In a new ePrix in Berlin city, capital saw how two german will be in TOP5 for the ePrix taking place this afternoon. Frenchman…
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Di Grassi wins at Long Beach & takes the lead of Formula E
An impressive team work and race pace showed by Audi Abt Team makes Lucas Di Grassi the winner of today’s ePrix at Long Beach. This victory makes the Brazilian the new championship leader of Formula E in front of Buemi who didn’t finished on top10. Sarrazin and Abt completes the podium. Pre-Race: Da Costa out…
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Formula E launches 2016 Berlin ePrix
Berlin City Hall today hosted the official opening press conference for the 2016 FIA Formula E Berlin ePrix. During the event, attended by Senator for Economics, Technology and Research, Cornelia Yzer, Formula E CEO Alejandro Agag and Abt Schaeffler Audi Sport driver, Daniel Abt, the new track near Alexanderplatz was presented along with the new…