Daniel Johannes Abt was born on 3 December 1992 and is a German former racing driver.
21 Facts About Daniel Abt
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Daniel Abt has competed in such series as the German Formula Three Championship, the GP3 Series, the GP2 Series, and won the 2009 ADAC Formel Masters championship.
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Daniel Abt completed the remainder of the season at Nio 333 FE Team replacing Ma Qinghua.
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Daniel Abt is currently on a hiatus from competitive racing, having chosen to take up a broadcasting role with Sat.
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In 2008, Abt switched to formula racing and competed in the ADAC Formel Masters for his father's team, Abt Sportsline.
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Daniel Abt started from the pole position four times and clinched a third and two second places as his best results.
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In 2009, Daniel Abt contested his second season in the ADAC Formel Masters for Daniel Abt Sportsline and with eight race wins commandingly clinched the champion's title ahead of Klaus Bachler.
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Daniel Abt took seven pole positions and a total of ten podium results.
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Daniel 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.
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In 2011, Daniel 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.
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Ahead of Carlos Munoz, who finished in position eight of the standings, Daniel Abt was the third-best driver of his team.
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On 19 December 2012 Daniel Abt got a contract to join ART Grand Prix in the GP2 Series in 2013 together with James Calado.
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Daniel 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.
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On 13 February 2014 Daniel Abt was confirmed to 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.
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Daniel Abt failed to live up to expectations in his debut season having scored 101 less than teammate Lucas Di Grassi having lacked consistency.
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Daniel Abt won his first race in Formula E in the 2018 Mexico City ePrix, after 38 race starts.
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In May 2020, Daniel Abt was suspended by the Audi team after a professional gamer played under his name in an esports version of the Formula E series.
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About a month later, Daniel Abt signed for the Nio 333 FE Team, replacing Ma Qinghua after travel restrictions disallowed the latter to travel to Berlin.
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From 2008 to 2010, Daniel Abt was a candidate of the Deutsche Post Speed Academy.
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Daniel Abt's family owns a German auto tuning company which primarily works on Audis.
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Daniel Abt's uncle, Christian Abt, is a racing driver as well and was active in the DTM for a number of years.