Audi formalizes the end of its partnership with Daniel Abt in Formula E

Here is a matter that Esports would clearly have wanted to avoid, Audi Sport and Daniel Abt. “Caught by the patrol” for cheating during the last event of the Formula E Race at Home Challenge (a simracer having driven in his place), the German driver was initially suspended by his employer.

If the main interested party had already confirmed the information yesterday in a video, Audi Sport formalized this Wednesday the end of its partnership with Abt for the Formula E.

“Daniel Abt, after six years and 63 races, will no longer drive for Audi in Formula E, indicates the manufacturer in a press release. He has been part of our Formula E team since its debut in September 2014, and has been our official factory driver since autumn 2017.

In Mexico and at our home round in Berlin, Abt achieved two fantastic Formula E victories and achieved a total of ten podium finishes. Together with Daniel, we celebrated great success and made enormous progress.

We are grateful for our time together and will remember it with pride. However, integrity, transparency and constant compliance with the rules are top priorities for us at Audi.

We maintain our culture of error tolerance. However, the incidents that occurred during the 'Race at Home Challenge' were not a mistake, but a conscious decision to go against the rules. This is what makes the big difference for us. Therefore, unfortunately, we had no alternative but to suspend Daniel Abt. »

Audi Sport will therefore have to turn to a new driver to support Lucas di Grassi in Formula E.