{"id":3271,"date":"2021-04-29T01:39:00","date_gmt":"2021-04-29T01:39:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.eurotuningnews.com\/?p=3271"},"modified":"2021-04-07T11:39:42","modified_gmt":"2021-04-07T11:39:42","slug":"sophia-florsch-races-in-the-dtm-with-abt-and-schaeffler","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.eurotuningnews.com\/?p=3271","title":{"rendered":"Sophia Fl\u00f6rsch races in the DTM with ABT and Schaeffler"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Sophia Fl\u00f6rsch will take part in the 2021 DTM. Together with automotive and industrial supplier Schaeffler, ABT Sportsline is fielding a third Audi R8 LMS for the 20-year-old German, who will be taking part this year alongside team-mates Mike Rockenfeller and Kelvin van der Linde. Sophia Fl\u00f6rsch will make her first appearance with the team during the DTM tests at Hockenheim at the beginning of April. The season opener is scheduled at Monza in mid-June.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u201cI\u2019m really looking forward to competing in the DTM,\u201d says Sophia Fl\u00f6rsch. \u201cThe partnership with Schaeffler and ABT Sportsline is great and makes me confident for my first season. I\u2019m very proud to be given the chance to prove myself against such a strong field of drivers.\u201d In recent years, Fl\u00f6rsch gained experience, points and trophies in various single-seater series and also completed a few laps in Schaeffler\u2019s \u201cDTM Electric Demo Car\u201d at the 2020 DTM finale.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For ABT Sportsline, Sophia Fl\u00f6rsch is already the third woman with whom the team has competed in the DTM: In 2009, Katherine Legge drove for the team and in 2012, ABT fielded an Audi A5 DTM for Rahel Frey. A premiere: For the first time, ABT is also providing its driver with a female race engineer in the form of Laura M\u00fcller and a female team manager with Maike Frik. \u201cWe are very much looking forward to this joint adventure also in the DTM, working with Sophia and the cooperation with Schaeffler,\u201d says Managing Partner Hans-J\u00fcrgen Abt. \u201cWe now have a DTM veteran, a rookie and a lady in the team, that\u2019s really something motorsport fans can already look forward to.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The entry of the third race car is made possible by the commitment of ABT partner Schaeffler. The two brands have already formed a successful team in the Formula E electric racing series since the championship\u2019s inception in 2014 and now they are also working together in the DTM. \u201cWe are looking forward to the partnership,\u201d says Matthias Zink, Member of the Executive Board for Automotive Technologies at Schaeffler. \u201cFor us as a pioneer in mobility, the DTM is passion in action and a perfect testing ground. We share Sophia\u2019s enthusiasm for technology and see her as an important role model for all girls and women who pursue their goals with talent, commitment and ambition. Together, we will shape progress that moves the world on the race track and beyond.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Sophia Fl\u00f6rsch will take part in the 2021 DTM. Together with automotive and industrial supplier Schaeffler, ABT Sportsline is fielding a third Audi R8 LMS for the 20-year-old German, who will be taking part this year alongside team-mates Mike Rockenfeller and Kelvin van der Linde. Sophia Fl\u00f6rsch will make her first appearance with the team … <\/p>\n

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