{"id":4599,"date":"2023-02-14T01:45:00","date_gmt":"2023-02-14T01:45:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.eurotuningnews.com\/?p=4599"},"modified":"2023-02-02T12:49:30","modified_gmt":"2023-02-02T12:49:30","slug":"abt-makes-its-formula-e-comeback-in-mexico","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.eurotuningnews.com\/?p=4599","title":{"rendered":"ABT makes its Formula E comeback in Mexico"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>ABT is writing a new chapter in its long motorsport history this weekend: for the first time, the company is competing as a private team in an FIA World Championship. Although ABT is still the most successful team in the series with 47 podium finishes in seven years, the season opener is under different auspices this time: In its comeback after a year\u2019s break, the team is going to compete against strong manufacturer competition. ABT relies on Robin Frijns and Nico Mu\u0308ller at the wheel as well as the powertrain from partner ZF in Mahindra Racing\u2019s M9Electro race car.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/www.eurotuningnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/1019458708-LAT-20230113-EPS901_163556SB3_5167-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.eurotuningnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/1019458708-LAT-20230113-EPS901_163556SB3_5167-1024x682.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.eurotuningnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/1019458708-LAT-20230113-EPS901_163556SB3_5167-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.eurotuningnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/1019458708-LAT-20230113-EPS901_163556SB3_5167-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.eurotuningnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/1019458708-LAT-20230113-EPS901_163556SB3_5167-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.eurotuningnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/1019458708-LAT-20230113-EPS901_163556SB3_5167.jpg 1559w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">AUTODROMO HERMANOS RODRIGUEZ, MEXICO &#8211; JANUARY 13: Robin Frijns, ABT CUPRA Formula E Team, Mahindra M9Electro during the Mexico City ePrix at Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez on Friday January 13, 2023 in Mexico City, Mexico. (Photo by Sam Bagnall \/ LAT Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><br>The season opener at the Aut\u00f3dromo Hermanos Rodr\u00edguez on January 14 (2 p.m. local time)<br>also marks the start of a new Formula E era: In the so-called Gen3, completely new singlespec cars will be used which, with up to 350 kW, are more powerful than ever before. After the usual exciting qualifying, which will be held in duels, the race will take place in the early afternoon over 36 laps, thus lasting about three quarters of an hour.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ABT is writing a new chapter in its long motorsport history this weekend: for the first time, the company is competing as a private team in an FIA World Championship. Although ABT is still the most successful team in the series with 47 podium finishes in seven years, the season opener is under different auspices &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurotuningnews.com\/?p=4599\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;ABT makes its Formula E comeback in Mexico&#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\/4599"}],"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=4599"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.eurotuningnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4599\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4601,"href":"https:\/\/www.eurotuningnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4599\/revisions\/4601"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eurotuningnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4599"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eurotuningnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4599"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eurotuningnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4599"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}