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Daniel Abt (born 3 December 1992) is a German racing driver. He has competed in such series as the German Formula Three Championship, the GP3 Series, the GP2 Series, and won the 2009 ADAC Formel Masters season championship. He currently competes in Formula E with Audi Sport ABT. ==Career== Abt was born in Kempten, Bavaria. In 2008, Abt switched to formula racing and competed in the ADAC Formel Masters for his father's team, Abt Sportsline. He started from the pole position four times and clinched a third and two second places as his best results. Finishing the season in eighth place of the standings he was defeated by his team-mate Markus Pommer, who finished fifth overall with one victory to his credit. In 2009, Abt contested his second season in the ADAC Formel Masters for Abt Sportsline and with eight race wins commandingly clinched the champion's title ahead of Klaus Bachler. He took seven pole positions and a total of ten podium results. With 224 vs. 90 points he clearly prevailed in the internal duel against his team-mate René Binder. After running in the German Formula Three Championship as a guest entrant for Performance Racing in 2009, he switched to this series in 2010 joining the championship-winning Van Amersfoort Racing team.〔(„Daniel Abt: 2010 als VW-Junior in der Formel 3“ ) (Motorsport-Total.com am 27 November 2009)〕 During the season Abt prevailed against his team-mates Stef Dusseldorp and Willi Steindl and had chances of winning the champion’s title up to the last race weekend. In the end, he had to admit defeat to Tom Dillmann with a score of 112 vs. 120 points, and with two race wins and a total of ten podium places finished as the overall runner-up. After the season, he competed for Signature at the prestigious Macau Grand Prix. Abt was leading the race ahead of his team-mates Edoardo Mortara and Laurens Vanthoor but lost control of his vehicle and retired after an accident.〔(„Mortara bezwingt Macao: Zweiter Sieg in Folge!“ ) (Motorsport-Total.com 21 November 2010)〕 In 2011, Abt joined the Formula 3 Euro Series grid for Signature, finishing the season in seventh place after taking four third places as his best results.〔(„Abt steigt in die Formel-3-Euroserie auf“ ) (Motorsport-Total.com 27. Oktober 2010)〕 In the team, he was defeated by Marco Wittmann and Vanthoor, who achieved second and sixth place. Ahead of Carlos Muñoz, who finished on position eight of the standings, Abt was the third-best driver of his team. In addition, Abt was entitled to points in the 2011 FIA Formula 3 International Trophy where he achieved fourth place. At the end of the year, he tested for Audi in a DTM car.〔(„DTM: Daniel Abt und Laurens Vanthoor testen Audi A4-DTM in Monteblanco“ ) (Motorsport-Server.de 24 December 2011)〕 After setting the fastest time on several occasions in GP3 tests for Lotus GP at the end of 2011,〔(“Abt sets pace on first day of testing” ) (autosport.com 23 November 2011)〕 the racing team that had provided the champion and the runner-up the year before gave him a cockpit for the 2012 GP3 Series season.〔(“Daniel Abt gets Lotus GP3 seat for 2012” ) (autosport.com 18 January 2012)〕 On 19 December 2012 Abt got a contract to join ART Grand Prix in the GP2 Series in 2013 together with James Calado. Abt struggled as a rookie and finished the season in 22nd with only eleven points to his name, but remained in the championship for 2014 by moving to the German Hilmer Motorsport squad alongside fellow GP3 runner-up Facu Regalia. On 13 February 2014 Abt was confirmed to also be racing in the inaugural Formula E season with his family associated team Audi Sport ABT alongside Audi's World Endurance Championship driver Lucas di Grassi. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Daniel Abt」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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