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From zero to hero: Audi clinches Formula E title

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Seemingly trailing behind after the first third of the season and now the new champion following a gripping season finale: with focused work, team spirit and unbroken motivation, Audi Sport ABT Schaeffler managed an impressive fightback in the ABB FIA #formulae Championship. The journey to the first teams’ title with a total of 264 points was marked by many emotional highs and lows.

 

Daniel Abt and #lucasdigrassi start the season with a dramatic emotional roller coaster: In the opening race in Hong Kong, his first appearance in car number one, di Grassi scores no points following a collision. Abt is on course for a podium result until a problem, while starting the second car, costs him 20 seconds. The points for fifth place are a cold consolation. Afterwards, everything seems to be back on track: #danielabt, on his 25th birthday, scores a commanding victory of which he is stripped again that night due to an administrative mistake of his team – an error that gave no performance advantage. #lucasdigrassi stops due to a faulty alarm in the battery management system of his car.
Head of #audimotorsport Dieter Gass: “We had strong race pace on both days. But it goes without saying that we had a somewhat different idea of the season opener.”
Techeetah: 33 points/Audi Sport ABT Schaeffler: 11 points

The team takes home a single point from Formula E’s visit to Marrakesh. #danielabt and #lucasdigrassi, on setting the best times in all of the free practice sessions, once again prove the speed of the Audi e-tron FE04, but lack fortune in the race: Abt drops to tenth following a drive-through penalty and his teammate is lying in fourth position behind the subsequent winner, when he has to park his car due to a technical issue.
Lucas di Grassi: “Our car is fast but it’s obviously frustrating to have reliability issues in two consecutive races.” 
Techeetah: 43 points/Audi Sport ABT Schaeffler: 12 points

The premiere of the electric #racing series in Santiago de Chile marks the season’s low point. It is the only time in the 2017/2018 season that the team returns from a #formulae event without a single point. Lucas di Grassi’s string of technical issues continues: The reigning Champion is forced to retire shortly after the car change. Daniel Abt’s Audi e-tronFE04 is hit by a rival and parked before the race is over. 
Team Principal #AllanMcNish: “I’ve been in #racing for many years: Sometimes it goes with you and sometimes everything goes against you – the latter is certainly the case with us at the moment.” 
Techeetah: 89 points/Audi Sport ABT Schaeffler: 12 points

Round five in Mexico City marks the season’s turning point for Audi Sport ABT Schaeffler. Daniel Abt’s first victory in #formulae also marks the first success of a German driver and the first one for Audi as a factory team. His teammate, #lucasdigrassi, at an altitude of more than 2,000 meters is faced with a grueling job: The Brazilian starts from the back of the grid because his inverter had to be opened after the race in Santiago. In spite of these difficult conditions, he shows a spirited fightback and with ninth position scores his first points of this season.
Dieter Gass: “After the problems we had in the first races, this race tastes particularly sweet. But the race was great from both drivers. Lucas drove fantastically and I’m absolutely delighted for Daniel.”
Techeetah: 99 points/Audi Sport ABT Schaeffler: 40 points

In Uruguay, Champion #lucasdigrassi returns to the podium on which he will be standing from now on in each of the seven remaining races – a new #formulae record. Along the beach at Punta del Este, the title defender fights a gripping duel with Jean-Éric Vergne during the entire race distance and celebrates second place. #danielabt is also clearly on course for a podium when his seat belt suddenly comes undone. After an additional pit stop, 14th place is all he is able to achieve. 
Lucas di Grassi: “Our car is super fast. I look forward to the second half of the season.”
Techeetah: 127 points/Audi Sport ABT Schaeffler: 58 points



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