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ABT CUPRA with a pleasant end to a tough Formula E chapter |
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ABT CUPRA has finished the current season of the Formula E World Championship with a conciliatory result: The team scored points on both days of the final weekend in London and thus continued its consistently positive trend. After the 16 races of the 2024 season, ABT CUPRA with Nico Müller and Lucas di Grassi is the only customer team in the field to finish ahead of the manufacturer team in the final standings. In Sunday’s race, both di Grassi and Muller finished with perfect teamwork in tenth and seventh position. The fans had already witnessed a chaotic and exciting start to the final weekend on Saturday. While all the title decisions were postponed until Sunday, Nico Müller already then scored valuable points with a sixth-place finish.
ABT is a founding member of Formula E and has achieved 47 podiums, 14 wins and two titles in 115 races to date. After a one-season break, the team returned to Formula E at the beginning of 2023 with CUPRA as its partner and has been competing with a Mahindra Racing powertrain ever since. The course for the future has already been set: Starting next season, the team will compete with a powertrain from newly registered manufacturer Lola Cars, which is being developed in partnership with Yamaha Motor Company. After a successful first shakedown, the schedule for the joint project between the British heritage brand and the Japanese technology company includes further tests in the coming weeks.
The teams and drivers will not officially meet again until the joint Formula E tests in Valencia in early November. The newly formed team will announce its drivers for next season in the coming weeks.
Thomas Biermaier, ABT CEO and Team Principal: “For us, the finale marked the end of a tough chapter in our long Formula E history. My thanks go to the team and our drivers, who rose to all the challenges and never for a minute thought of letting themselves down. The weekend here in London, with all its ups and downs, is the best example of this. We certainly didn’t get the results we all hoped for when we made our comeback two years ago. But we have shown a steady upward trend, fighting our way from the back of the pack to the middle of the pack and sometimes even into the top five. And we have continued to grow together as a team – something we can all be proud of. I would like to thank our partners and fans for their incredible support and the media for always treating us fairly. Tomorrow marks the start of an exciting new adventure for us, which we intend to make a success with hard work and enthusiasm.”
Nico Müller, #51 (grid positions P6/P16, race reults P6/P7): “It’s a great feeling to end the season with a success that we can all take with us into the summer break. Perfect teamwork on the track and in the garage was the key to success, especially on Sunday. My sincere thanks go to each and every member of this mega team. Even though I am leaving with sadness, it is great to see so many happy faces. I will never forget the years we have spent together.”
Lucas di Grassi, #11 (grid positions P19/P14, race results P11/P10): “We improved throughout the season and were always competitive in the second half of the season, even if it wasn’t always reflected in the results. We’ve now finished a tough year with a double top ten finish and are ahead of the team that provided us with the powertrain, which is a nice achievement because we knew it was going to be a tough year. Looking at the results, it was the worst season of my career. But that does not go for my pure performance, which has improved all the time. Now we close this difficult chapter and look forward to the challenges of the future.”
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ABT Sportsline GmbH |
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Florian Schindlbeck |
Mark Schneider |
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Phone: +49 (0)831-571 40 684 |
Phone: +49 (0)172 411 5378 |
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Email: media@abt-sportsline.de |
Email: mark.schneider@speedpool.com |
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Company profile of ABT Sportsline
As the world’s largest specialist for automotive aftermarket and performance parts for the Audi, VW, Lamborghini, Seat, CUPRA and Skoda brands, the name ABT Sportsline is world-renowned. The product line ranges from more engine power to body kits, over suspensions and interior design, to an extensive collection of alloy wheels. However, the Bavaria-based company, which has its roots in 1896, stands for much more. Today, several attractive subsidiaries with a total of 210 employees join forces under the umbrella of the ABT Group. In doing so, they elegantly combine innovation and tradition. When it comes to drivetrain technology, the German company always has its finger on the pulse of the times: through ABT e-Line GmbH, the areas of electric and alternative mobility are covered as a further strong pillar of the company. And of course ABT Sportsline also stands for top-level motorsport, as it always has. This is demonstrated by the success story in the DTM, which continues right up to the present day, as well as the current involvement in the forward-looking electric racing series Formula E.
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