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may 23, 2018 - Audi
Audi and Daniel Abt make Formula E history
Neuburg a. d. Donau, May 23, 2018 – With a perfect race day Audi Sport ABT Schaeffler went down in #formulae history in Berlin on Saturday. First place, second place, pole position plus the fastest race lap made for the maximum of 47 points – a feat no other team has achieved in the 41 races held to date.
In front of full grandstands at Tempelhof, #danielabt won his second #formulae race and went one better yet: In addition to pole position, victory and the fastest race lap, the German led all 45 laps in the 9th race of the season. He is the first driver in the fully electric #racing series to have achieved this “clean sweep.”
While Sébastien Buemi (opening round of season 2) and Felix Rosenqvist (opening round of season 4) had scored the maximum number of points before him, they had not led every lap of the race. In other points, as well, the fourth Berlin race was an event of superlatives. The grandstands were sold out long before the race, an E-Village featured countless attractions such as the Audi e-tron Vision Gran Turismo and the camouflage prototype of the future Audi e-tron. Some 450 Schaeffler employees cheered #danielabt and #lucasdigrassi on from their own grandstand.
On television, the event set a German record too as nearly 1.5 million viewers watched the live ARD broadcast alone on Saturday evening.With more than 100 points scored in the past three races Audi Sport ABT Schaeffler moved back into striking distance of the manufacturers’ championship. 44 points still need to be made up in the remaining rounds in Zurich (June 10) and in New York (July 14/15). A word from #danielabt Looking back a few days later: what does May 19, 2018 mean to you? I haven’t really digested all this yet. I feel like my pulse is still somewhere in the range of 180 whenever I think about it. That Saturday has no doubt been the best day in my motorsport career to date.
Not just because I won but because it was an absolute highlight for Audi and our team.
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