Daniel Abt

Daniel Abt
200px Abt in his 2012 Lotus GP suit.
Nationality	German
Born	(1992-12-03) 3 December 1992 Kempten (Germany)
Formula E career
Debut season	2014–15
Current team	ABT Schaeffler Audi Sport
Car no.	66
Starts	14
Championships	0
Wins	0
Poles	1
Fastest laps	1
Best finish	11th in 2014–15
Finished last season	11th
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 Abt (born 3 December 1992) is a German racing driver. He has competed in such series as the German Formula Three Championship, the GP3 Series, the GP2 Series, and won the 2009 ADAC Formel Masters season championship. He currently competes in Formula E with Audi Sport ABT.

Career

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 vs. 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 this series in 2010 joining the championship-winning Van Amersfoort Racing team. During the season Abt prevailed against his team-mates Stef Dusseldorp and Willi Steindl and had chances of winning the champion’s title up to the last race weekend. In the end, he had to admit defeat to Tom Dillmann with a score of 112 vs. 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.

In 2011, Abt joined the Formula 3 Euro Series grid for Signature, 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 on 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. After setting the fastest time on several occasions in GP3 tests for Lotus GP at the end of 2011, the racing team that had provided the champion and the runner-up the year before gave him a cockpit for the 2012 GP3 Series season.

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.

Formula E (2014-Present)

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Abt driving in the 2014 Punta del Este ePrix

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.

2014-15

Having driven to 3rd on the podium in the inaugural Formula E venue, Abt was penalized for illegal modifications on his car resulting being pushed down two 10th position. Abt achieved one podium finish, pole position and fastest lap in the 201-15 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.

Additional information

From 2008 to 2010, Abt was a candidate of the Deutsche Post Speed Academy. As the Academy’s overall winner in 2009 and 2010 he became “Germany’s motorsport talent of the year.” Since 2010, Abt has also been a member of Volkswagen's talent promotion programme.

Personal life

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 uncle, Christian Abt, is a racing driver as well and was active in the DTM for a number of years.

Daniel Abt is managing director of Abt Lifestyle GmbH.

Racing record

Career summary

Season	Series	Team	Races	Wins	Poles	F.L.	Podiums	Points	Position
2008	ADAC Formel Masters	Team Abt Sportsline	16	0	1	1	3	91	8th
2009	ADAC Formel Masters	Team Abt Sportsline	16	8	7	3	10	224	1st
2010	German Formula Three	Van Amersfoort Racing	18	2	6	5	10	112	2nd
2011	Formula 3 Euro Series	Signature	27	0	0	1	4	150	7th
2012	GP3 Series	Lotus GP	16	2	1	0	7	149.5	2nd
	Formula Renault 3.5 Series	Tech 1 Racing	6	0	0	0	0	0	34th
2013	GP2 Series	ART Grand Prix	22	0	0	0	0	11	22nd
2014	GP2 Series	Hilmer Motorsport	20	0	0	0	0	27	16th
2014–15	Formula E	Audi Sport ABT	11	0	1	1	1	32	11th
2015	FIA World Endurance Championship	Rebellion Racing	4	0	0	0	0	2	28th
2015–16	Formula E	ABT Schaeffler Audi Sport	3	0	0	0	0	10	12th*

^* Season still in progress.

Complete Formula 3 Euro Series results

(key)

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
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

Complete GP3 Series results

(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
2012	Lotus GP	ESP FEA 13	ESP SPR 6	MON FEA 6	MON SPR 3	VAL FEA 6	VAL SPR 2	GBR FEA 4	GBR SPR Ret	GER FEA 7	GER SPR 2	HUN FEA 2	HUN SPR 11	BEL FEA 1	BEL SPR 5	ITA FEA 1	ITA SPR 2	2nd	149.5

Complete GP2 Series results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap)

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
2013	ART Grand Prix	MYS FEA Ret	MYS SPR 16	BHR FEA 14	BHR SPR 7	ESP FEA 11	ESP SPR 8	MON FEA 16	MON SPR 22	GBR FEA 15	GBR SPR Ret	GER FEA 21	GER SPR 18	HUN FEA 24	HUN SPR 14	BEL FEA 16	BEL SPR 16	ITA FEA 17	ITA SPR 22	SGP FEA 13	SGP SPR DSQ	ABU FEA 9	ABU SPR 5	22nd	11
2014	Hilmer Motorsport	BHR FEA 13	BHR SPR 13	ESP FEA Ret	ESP SPR 12	MON FEA Ret	MON SPR 17	AUT FEA 17	AUT SPR 23	GBR FEA 10	GBR SPR 11	GER FEA 20	GER SPR 15	HUN FEA 5	HUN SPR 5	BEL FEA 8	BEL SPR 5	ITA FEA Ret	ITA SPR 10	RUS FEA Ret	RUS SPR 13	ABU FEA	ABU SPR	16th	27

Complete Formula Renault 3.5 Series results

(key)

Year	Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	Pos	Points
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

Complete Formula E results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year	Team	Car	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	Pos	Points
2014–15	Audi Sport ABT	Spark-Renault SRT 01E	BEI 10	PUT 10	PDE 15	BNA 13†	MIA 3	LBH 15	MON Ret	BER 14	MOS 5	LON Ret	LON 11	11th	32
2015–16	ABT Schaeffler Audi Sport	Spark-Abt Sportsline	BEI 11	PUT 7	PDE 8	BNA	MEX	LBH	PAR	BER	MOS	LON	LON	12th*	10*

^* Season still in progress. † Driver did not finish the race, but was classified as he completed over 90% of the race distance.

24 Hours of Le Mans results

Year	Team	Co-Drivers	Car	Class	Laps	Pos.	Class Pos.
2015	Rebellion Racing	Alexandre Imperatori Dominik Kraihamer	Rebellion R-One-AER	LMP1	336	18th	9th

Complete FIA World Endurance Championship results

Year	Entrant	Class	Chassis	Engine	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Rank	Points
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

External links

• Official website
• Daniel Abt on Twitter
• Daniel Abt career summary at DriverDB.com

Sporting positions
Preceded by Armando Parente	ADAC Formel Masters Champion 2009	Succeeded by Richie Stanaway