{"id":4127,"date":"2022-06-23T01:16:00","date_gmt":"2022-06-23T01:16:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.eurotuningnews.com\/?p=4127"},"modified":"2022-06-08T13:18:18","modified_gmt":"2022-06-08T13:18:18","slug":"abt-sportsline-confirms-its-comeback-to-formula-e-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.eurotuningnews.com\/?p=4127","title":{"rendered":"ABT Sportsline confirms its comeback to Formula E"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>This is good news for lots of motorsport fans: ABT Sportsline has officially applied to return to the ABB FIA Formula E World Championship in 2023 and enter two new-generation Gen3 cars as a customer team. ABT was already part of the Formula E family for the first seven years and is still the most successful team in the all-electric racing series, which made its debut in 2014, with 47 podium finishes and 1,380 points. After a one-year break, preparations for the comeback are now in full swing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cFormula E has always had a big place in our hearts and we have never made a secret of the fact that we want to be back,\u201d says Hans-J\u00fcrgen Abt. The managing partner had already taken a risk in 2014 and led ABT into Formula E as the first German team. Once again, the aim is now to put together a perfect package, together with Head of Sports Marketing Harry Unflath and CEO Thomas Biermaier. \u201cAfter the internal kick-off, we are now talking to our current and potential partners. The goal is to bring a strong team to the championship, both on and off track.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The first prerequisite for the comeback is a place on the grid. \u201cWe have always been in contact with Formula E and the FIA, had many discussions and have received great support from the whole team around Alejandro (Agag), Alberto (Longo), Jamie (Reigle) and Fr\u00e9d\u00e9ric (Bertrand),\u201d says Thomas Biermaier. The result: ABT has expressed its intention to take over the twelfth license for Season 9. ABT has also been able to win over one of the manufacturers registered with the FIA as a partner for the acquisition of the powertrains for the Gen3 era of Formula E and will announce this cooperation shortly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Place on the grid, race cars \u2013 race drivers. \u201cAs far as our two drivers are concerned, we have very clear ideas,\u201d says Thomas Biermaier. \u201cWe will probably start as underdogs, unlike last time as a factory team. That\u2019s why it\u2019s all the more important that we have quick and clever drivers in the cockpit, who fit in well with us. The first talks are exciting and very positive, so I\u2019m sure we\u2019ll have our team together soon.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"684\" src=\"https:\/\/www.eurotuningnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/220421_ABT_FE_HJA_TB-1024x684.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4128\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.eurotuningnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/220421_ABT_FE_HJA_TB-1024x684.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.eurotuningnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/220421_ABT_FE_HJA_TB-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.eurotuningnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/220421_ABT_FE_HJA_TB-768x513.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.eurotuningnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/220421_ABT_FE_HJA_TB.jpg 1276w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI am delighted to welcome ABT back to where they belong in the ABB FIA Formula E World Championship,\u201d says Alberto Longo, Co-Founder and Chief Championship Officer, Formula E. \u201cABT is a proven success story in Formula E with record-setting points and podium finishes so their return after a season out to be part of the Gen3 era is positive for fans and the sport.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This is good news for lots of motorsport fans: ABT Sportsline has officially applied to return to the ABB FIA Formula E World Championship in 2023 and enter two new-generation Gen3 cars as a customer team. ABT was already part of the Formula E family for the first seven years and is still the most &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurotuningnews.com\/?p=4127\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;ABT Sportsline confirms its comeback to Formula E&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eurotuningnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4127"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eurotuningnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eurotuningnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eurotuningnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eurotuningnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4127"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.eurotuningnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4127\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4129,"href":"https:\/\/www.eurotuningnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4127\/revisions\/4129"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eurotuningnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4127"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eurotuningnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4127"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eurotuningnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4127"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}