Christian Abt

Template:Short description Template:Infobox racing driver Christian Abt (born 8 May 1967) is a former race car driver and entrepreneur born in Kempten, Germany.

His elder brother Hans-Jürgen Abt runs the Abt Sportsline Audi racing teams as well as their tuning company for Audi and Volkswagen.

Career History

Christian Abt started his career in motocross. In 1983, Abt became the German Motocross Champion. From 1986 to 1988, he won the German OMK Motocross Cup of the Southern Group in the 125 cc class three times. In 1990, Abt switched to four wheels with the ADAC Formula School and won the title.

In 1991, Abt won the Formula BMW Junior with a 29-point lead over the later rally driver Lars Mysliwietz. A year later, Abt finished 13th in the German Formula 3 Championship and was the overall winner of the B rating. Abt remained in formula racing until 1995 but was unable to achieve notable success compared to his first years. In 1996, he switched to touring cars and finished fourth in the family-owned racing team in the Super Tourenwagen Cup. In the following two years, Abt was placed in the midfield of the Super Tourenwagen Cup.

In 1999, Abt became the last champion of the Super Tourenwagen Cup in a controversial finale. Before the race at the Nürburgring, both Abt and Opel driver Uwe Alzen had chances for the title. At the end of the last lap, the order on the track was as follows: Kris Nissen (Abt Audi), Uwe Alzen, Christian Abt, and behind them Roland Asch (Opel). Nissen had already been lapped and was clearly holding up the following drivers. Asch had been disqualified earlier due to an incident but had not left the track. Alzen and Abt were in second and third place, behind Tom Kristensen (Honda). With this order, Abt would have been champion with an eight-point lead. In the NGK chicane, Nissen and Alzen first collided after the latter missed his braking point. In the last corner, Asch and Abt touched, causing Abt to retire. Alzen, who could continue with a broken suspension, would have been the champion. However, 24 days later, the DMSB Sports Court decided not to count the last lap of the race, awarding the championship to Abt.

In 2000, Abt-Sportsline entered the DTM as a private team. However, the performance of the Audi TT-R was significantly disadvantaged compared to the factory-built AMG Mercedes CLK-DTM and Opel Astra V8 Coupé. The same year, Abt finished third with Team Joest at the 24 Hours of Le Mans.

His best overall placement in the DTM was seventh place in 2002. In 2005, Abt switched teams and got a year-old car from Audi Sport Team Joest Racing. After a mixed season in 2007, Abt ended his career in the DTM. In 2008, Abt started for Tolimit Motorsport in the Porsche Carrera Cup Germany and finished 14th overall.

In 2009, Abt won the ADAC GT Masters and was runner-up at the 2009 24 Hours of Nürburgring. With Team Prosperia UHC Speed, Abt was 33rd overall in the GT Masters. The following year, Abt took over the team and served as team manager until 2016.

In 2017, after a five-year hiatus as a driver, Abt finished third in the SP-X category at the 2017 24 Hours of Nürburgring.

Personal Life

Christian Abt has been married and has two children - Nina and Emely.

In June 2017, Abt ended his three-year career as a city councillor for the Free Voters in Kempten.

Christian Abt is not the only race driver in his family. His father Johann Abt started racing in 1952 with a DKW motorcycle.

His brother, Hans-Jürgen Abt, competed in the Ford Fiesta Mixed Cup and the ADAC GT Cup, among others. His wife, Margit Abt, was active in the Ford Fiesta Mixed Cup and the Seat Leon Supercopa. Their son Daniel Abt drove in the FIA Formula E Championship from 2014 to 2020.

Racing record

Complete 24 Hours of Le Mans results

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Template:24hLM	Template:Flagicon Audi Sport Team Joest	Template:Flagicon Michele Alboreto Template:Flagicon Rinaldo Capello	Audi R8	LMP900	365	3rd	3rd
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Complete Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters 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	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	DC	Points
2000	Abt Sportsline 1	Abt-Audi TT-R 2000	HOC 1 RetScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	HOC 2 RetScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	OSC 1	OSC 2	NOR 1 RetScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	NOR 2 DNSScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	SAC 1 RetScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	SAC 2 DNSScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	NÜR 1 18Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	NÜR 2 18Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	LAU 1 CScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	LAU 2 CScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	OSC 1 10Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	OSC 2 RetScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	NÜR 1 19Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	NÜR 2 14Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	HOC 1 RetScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	HOC 2 RetScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".			19th	1
2001	Team Abt Sportsline	Audi TT-R DTM 2001	HOC QR 10Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	HOC CR 10Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	NÜR QR NCScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	NÜR CR RetScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	OSC QR 8Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	OSC CR 6Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	SAC QR 3Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	SAC CR 9Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	NOR QR 5Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	NOR CR 17Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	LAU QR 5Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	LAU CR 18Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	NÜR QR 3Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	NÜR CR DSQScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	A1R QR 18Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	A1R CR DNSScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	ZAN QR 1Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	ZAN CR 2Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	HOC QR 8Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	HOC CR 11Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	10th	29
2002	Abt Sportsline	Abt-Audi TT-R	HOC QR 4Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	HOC CR 7Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	ZOL QR 5Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	ZOL CR 2Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	DON QR 12Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	DON CR 2Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	SAC QR 8Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	SAC CR 16†Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	NOR QR DSQScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	NOR CR DNSScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	LAU QR 3Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	LAU CR 7Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	NÜR QR 5Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	NÜR CR 9Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	A1R QR 12Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	A1R CR 9Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	ZAN QR 2Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	ZAN CR 7Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	HOC QR 5Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	HOC CR 13Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	7th	15
2003	Abt Sportsline	Abt-Audi TT-R 2003	HOC 20†Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	ADR DSQScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	NÜR 8Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	LAU 9Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	NOR 7Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	DON RetScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	NÜR RetScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	A1R RetScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	ZAN 11Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	HOC 9Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".											12th	3
2004	Audi Sport Team Abt Sportsline	Audi A4 DTM 2004	HOC RetScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	EST 10Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	ADR RetScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	LAU 9Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	NOR 14†	SHA¹ RetScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	NÜR 13Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	OSC 9Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	ZAN RetScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	BRN 12Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	HOC 8Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".										16th	1
2005	Audi Sport Team Joest	Audi A4 DTM 2004	HOC 4Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	LAU 9Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	SPA 10Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	BRN 6Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	OSC 12Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	NOR 2Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	NÜR 10Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	ZAN 10Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	LAU RetScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	IST RetScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	HOC 14Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".										9th	16
2006	Audi Sport Team Phoenix	Audi A4 DTM 2005	HOC RetScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	LAU RetScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	OSC 17Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	BRH 5Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	NOR 10Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	NÜR 10Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	ZAN RetScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	CAT 10Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	BUG 9Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	HOC 7Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".											13th	6
2007	Audi Sport Team Phoenix	Audi A4 DTM 2006	HOC RetScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	OSC 10Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	LAU 17†Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	BRH 8Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	NOR 10Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	MUG RetScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	ZAN 6Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	NÜR 15Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	CAT 11†Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	HOC 15Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".											16th	4
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¹ - Shanghai was a non-championship round.

† — Retired, but was classified as he completed 90% of the winner's race distance.

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Complete 24 Hours of Le Mans results

Complete Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters results

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Career History

Personal Life

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Complete 24 Hours of Le Mans results

Complete Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters results

References

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