Abt Sportsline

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An Audi A4 DTM entered by Abt Sportsline team. Mattias Ekström is pictured driving the car in the 2009 Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters
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Company founder Johann Baptist Abt, 1932
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Abt Audi RS4-R Avant
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Abt Audi RS5-R

Abt Sportsline is an auto racing and auto tuning company based in Kempten im Allgäu, Germany. Abt mainly deals with Audi and the related primary Volkswagen Group brands—Volkswagen, Škoda, and SEAT—modifying them by using sports-type suspensions, engine power upgrades, lightweight wheels, aerodynamic components and more. It has been active in DTM for more than a decade. After the death of their father Johann in 2003, the company with 170 employees in their headquarters in Kempten was run by the brothers Hans-Jürgen Abt (born 1962, Managing Director) and Christian Abt. Since 2011, Hans-Jürgen Abt has run the company.

From 2014 to 2021, they ran a team under the Audi Sport banner in the FIA Formula E World Championship for drivers Lucas di Grassi, Daniel Abt and René Rast. At the 2014 Beijing ePrix, di Grassi became the first driver to win an open-wheel motorsport race in an all-electric car. Ultimately, the team finished third in the first teams' championship. After leaving the championship in 2022, they returned without the Audi partnership for the 2022–23 season.

History

Johann Abt (20 December 1935 – 11 October 2003) continued a horseshoeing and blacksmithing tradition of his family, started by his father Johann Baptist Abt, with motor cars. He was a motorcycling and hillclimbing racer for the Abarth factory team until 1970. He is the father of Hans-Jürgen Abt and Christian Abt. He later entered cars with his own team, winning the "Trophée de l'Avenir" and many other series. Johann Abt's father founded the first Abt company in 1896.

In 1991 Abt Sportsline GmbH was founded following "Auto-Abt". The headquarters moved to Daimlerstrasse in Kempten-Leubas and first offered about Template:Convert of space. In October 2002 an extension building was opened offering about Template:Convert extra of work space. Since November 2013 there is a third building giving the Abt Motorsports Department a new home.

In summer of 2011 Abt celebrated their 115th anniversary since the first formation of the company in 1896. About 170 employees are working in the company's headquarters in Kempten, Germany, the products are sold in more than 50 countries worldwide. Since 2011 the Abt Lifestyle GmbH, run by Daniel Abt, organizes events for private or business customers.

Motorsport

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René Rast driving the Audi e-tron FE07 at the 2021 Puebla ePrix, the final Audi Sport ABT Formula E car.

After participating in a motorcycle race the company's founder Johann Abt started his racing career and the motorsports career of the company in general. Today Abt Sportsline is one of the most successful motorsports teams and has won several championships in the most important German racing series, like the Super Touring Car Cup (1999), the Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters (DTM; titles in 2002, 2004, 2007, 2008 and 2009) and the ADAC GT Masters (titles in 2009 and 2010). Since 2004, Abt Sportsline is one of the official factory teams of Audi under the name of Audi Sport Team Abt Sportsline.[1]

The most successful year in motorsports for Abt Sportsline was 2009, receiving honors in three racing series at once: the DTM with Timo Scheider, the ADAC GT Masters with Christian Abt and the ADAC Formel Masters with Daniel Abt. In 2013, Daniel Abt was active in the GP2 Series and – beginning in September 2014 – he joined Lucas di Grassi as the second driver in the FIA Formula E Championship, where Abt participated.

The German squad left Formula E after the 2020–21 season. In May 2022, Abt announced they would be returning to Formula E for the 2022–23 season with Cupra as Abt Cupra Formula E Team after a season away,[2][3] sourcing powertrains from Mahindra Racing.[4][5] In April 2024, it was reported that Abt Cupra's powertrain deal with Mahindra will end at the conclusion of the 2023–24 season and will be using Lola-Yamaha powertrains for the 2024–25 season onwards, with the team entering the season as Lola Yamaha Abt Formula E Team.[6][7] In November, it was announced that Lola has taken over Abt's Formula E entrants' licence. Abt will continue to run the team operationally.[8]

Abt partnered with Cupra to enter the electric off-road racing series Extreme E as Abt Cupra XE in 2021.[9][10] The team left the sport at the end of 2023 but are open to entering the new hydrogen-based off-road racing series Extreme H in 2025.[11][12]

Aftermarket

Abt has taken much of their racing knowledge and adapted it for the street, making the company a successful tuner for the full Volkswagen Group line of products.

Abt Sportsline has announced in 2015 that they are going to introduce their new tuning program for the European Volkswagen Passat at the Geneva Motor Show.Template:When While hosting the new Passat, their goal is to showcase a more aggressive kit that includes a front lip spoiler, revised side skirts, a tailgate-mounted spoiler, Abt-branded floor mats, 20- or 21-inch alloy wheels with Continental "sport-type" tires, optional mirror caps, sport springs and sports exhaust system, and a body kit that is more aerodynamic than the standard model.

Aesthetics aside, changes in the Passat's performance include limited yet different 2.0-liter TDI four-cylinder engine with the capacity to be tuned to produce Template:Convert – an increase of Template:Convert over the previous model.[13][14]

Notable cars

  • AS4-R – A highly modified B7 A4 Avant, the ASR-R makes use of the bi-turbo 2.7L V6 to produce Template:Convert at 6800 rpm, and Template:Convert of torque at 3300 rpm. Modified Luxury & Exotics magazine called the AS4-R, "a grocery getter that delivers," and said it, "handles like a toy..."[15]
  • TT-R – A supercharged second generation V6 Audi TT.
  • R8-R – Not yet released, Abt's R8 will feature a supercharger mated to Audi's 4.2L V8 for a total horsepower output of Template:Convert.
  • R8 GT R – A highly modified version of the Audi R8 V10 turning it into what Abt Sportsline calls a "motorsport champion for the road." The Abt R8 GT R features a tuned version of the 5.2-liter V10 engine, boosting the power from Template:Convert to Template:Convert. Many new exterior parts are made from carbon fiber, dropping the car's weight by Template:Convert. The interior features many modifications to make it more like a race car, including racing seats, a fire extinguisher, a 4-point seat belt, a rollover bar, and new steering wheel. Various other modifications make this a high performance road-legal race car.[16]

Racing results

Formula E

Year Chassis Powertrain Tyres No. Drivers 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 Points <templatestyles src="Template:Tooltip/styles.css" />T.C.Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
Audi Sport Abt Formula E Team
2014–15 Spark SRT01-e SRT01-e1 M BEI PUT PDE BUE MIA LBH MCO BER MSC LDN 165 3rd
11 Template:Flagicon Lucas di Grassi 1 2 3 Ret 9 3 2 DSQ 2 4 6
66 Template:Flagicon Daniel Abt 10 10 15 13† 3 15 Ret 14 5 Ret 11
Abt Schaeffler Audi Sport
2015–16 Spark SRT01-e ABT Schaeffler FE01 M BEI PUT PDE BUE MEX LBH PAR BER LDN 221 2nd
11 Template:Flagicon Lucas di Grassi 2 1 2 3 DSQ 1 1 3 4 Ret
66 Template:Flagicon Daniel Abt 11 7 8 13 7 3 10 2 Ret 2
2016–17 Spark SRT01-e ABT Schaeffler FE02 M HKG MRK BUE MEX MCO PAR BER NYC MTL 248 2nd
11 Template:Flagicon Lucas di Grassi 2 5 3 1 2 Ret 2 3 4 5 1 7
66 Template:Flagicon Daniel Abt Ret 6 7 7 7 13 6 4 14 Ret 4 6
Audi Sport Abt Schaeffler
2017–18 Spark SRT01-e Audi e-tron FE04 M HKG MRK SCL MEX PDE RME PAR BER ZUR NYC 264 1st
1 Template:Flagicon Lucas di Grassi 17 14 Ret Ret 9 2 2 2 2 1 1 2
66 Template:Flagicon Daniel Abt 5 DSQ 10 Ret 1 14 4 7 1 13 2 3
2018–19 Spark SRT05e Audi e-tron FE05 M ADR MRK SCL MEX HKG SYX RME PAR MCO BER BRN NYC 203 2nd
11 Template:Flagicon Lucas di Grassi 9 7 12 1 2 15† 7 4 Ret 1 9 5 18†
66 Template:Flagicon Daniel Abt 8 10 3 10 4 5 18† 3 15 6 6 6 5
2019–20 Spark SRT05e Audi e-tron FE06 M DIR SCL MEX MRK BER BER BER 114 6th
11 Template:Flagicon Lucas di Grassi 13 2 7 6 7 8 3 8 6 21 6
66 Template:Flagicon Daniel Abt Ret 6 14 Ret 14
Template:Flagicon René Rast 10 13 Ret 16 3G 4
2020–21 Spark SRT05e Audi e-tron FE07 M DIR RME VLC MCO PUE NYC LDN BER BER 165 4th
11 Template:Flagicon Lucas di Grassi 9 8 Ret Ret 7 10 10 1 18 3 14 6 DSQ 1 20
33 Template:Flagicon René Rast 4 17 6 Ret 5 6 Ret 2 10 10 20 5 Ret 9 9
Abt Cupra Formula E Team
2022–23 Formula E Gen3 Mahindra M9Electro H MEX DRH HYD CAP SAP BER MCO JAK POR RME LDN 21 11th
4 Template:Flagicon Robin Frijns Ret 14 14 17 13 9 13 10 Ret Ret Ret 17
Template:Flagicon Kelvin van der Linde 16 18 Ret WD
51 Template:Flagicon Nico Müller 14 Ret Ret 11 WD Ret 15 9 Ret 11 12 Ret 6 10 Ret 8
2023–24 Formula E Gen3 Mahindra M9Electro H MEX DIR SAP TOK MIS MCO BER SHA POR LDN 56 9th
11 Template:Flagicon Lucas di Grassi Ret 19 18 13 Ret 10 11 11 Ret 11 10 19 11 17 11 9
51 Template:Flagicon Nico Müller 17 18 13 Ret 7 11 4 Ret 15 15 5 6 6 6
Template:Flagicon Kelvin van der Linde 11 15
Lola Yamaha ABT Formula E Team
2024–25 Formula E Gen3 Evo Lola-Yamaha T001 H SAP MEX JED MIA MCO TOK SHA JAK BER LDN 30* 11th*
11 Template:Flagicon Lucas di Grassi Ret 20 DSQ 16 2 13 Ret 17 5 18 9 13
22 Template:Flagicon Zane Maloney 12 15 16 18 19 21 14 16 14 19 11 18
Notes
  • <templatestyles src="Citation/styles.css"/>^1 – In the inaugural season, all teams were supplied with a spec powertrain by McLaren.
  • G – Driver was fastest in group qualifying stage and was given one championship point.
  • † – Driver did not finish the race, but was classified as he completed over 90% of the race distance.
  • * – Season still in progress.

Other teams supplied by Audi Sport Abt

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2018–19 Template:Flagicon Envision Virgin Racing Spark SRT05e Audi e-tron FE05 M 191 3rd [17]
2 Template:Flagicon Sam Bird
4 Template:Flagicon Robin Frijns
2019–20 Template:Flagicon Envision Virgin Racing Spark SRT05e Audi e-tron FE06 M 2 Template:Flagicon Sam Bird 121 4th [18]
4 Template:Flagicon Robin Frijns
2020–21 Template:Flagicon Envision Virgin Racing Spark SRT05e Audi e-tron FE07 M 4 Template:Flagicon Robin Frijns 165 5th [19]
37 Template:Flagicon Nick Cassidy
2021–22 Template:Flagicon Envision Racing Spark SRT05e Audi e-tron FE07 M 4 Template:Flagicon Robin Frijns 194 5th [20]
37 Template:Flagicon Nick Cassidy

Extreme E results

Racing overview

Year Name Car Tyres No. G. Drivers Rounds Pts. Pos.
2021 Template:Flagicon Abt Cupra XE Spark Odyssey 21 C 125. F Template:Flagicon Claudia Hürtgen
Template:Flagicon Jutta Kleinschmidt 		(1–2)
(2–5) 		100 5th
M Template:Flagicon Mattias Ekström (1–5)
2022 Template:Flagicon Abt Cupra XE Spark Odyssey 21 C 125. F Template:Flagicon Jutta Kleinschmidt
Template:Flagicon Klara Andersson 		(1–4)
(4–5) 		46 6th
M Template:Flagicon Nasser Al-Attiyah (1–5)
2023 Template:Flagicon Abt Cupra XE Spark Odyssey 21 C 125. F Template:Flagicon Klara Andersson (1–10) 81 6th
M Template:Flagicon Nasser Al-Attiyah
Template:Flagicon Sébastien Loeb
Template:Flagicon Adrien Tambay 		(1–4)
(5–8)
(9–10)

Racing summary

Year Series Races Wins Pod. B/Qual. S/S Pts. Pos.
2021 Extreme E 5 0 1 0 0 100 5th
2022 Extreme E 5 0 1 0 1 46 6th
2023 Extreme E 10 0 2 1 0 81 6th

Complete Extreme E results

(Races in bold indicate best qualifiers; races in italics indicate fastest super sector)

Year Entrant 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Pts. Pos.
2021 Abt Cupra XE DES
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7Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		OCE
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5Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		ARC
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7Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		ISL
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2Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		JUR
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7Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		100 5th
2022 Abt Cupra XE DES
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8Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		ISL1
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9Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		ISL2
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DSQScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		COP
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3Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		ENE
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1Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		46 6th
2023 Abt Cupra XE DES1
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9Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		DES2
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4Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		HYD1
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10Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		HYD2
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8Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		ISL1 R1
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4Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		ISL1 R2
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6Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		ISL2 R1
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2Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		ISL2 R2
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3Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		COP1
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DNSScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		COP2
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7Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		81 6th

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