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Daniel Johannes Abt (born 3 December 1992) is a former racing driver. He is most notable for competing and winning races in with the Audi Sport ABT team. Previously, Abt raced in German Formula Three, GP3, and GP2, as well as winning the 2009 ADAC Formel Masters. He is currently on a hiatus from competitive racing, having chosen to take up a broadcasting role with Sat.1 as part of their Formula E coverage.

Career
ADAC Formel Masters
Abt was born in , . In 2008, Abt switched to formula racing and competed in the ADAC Formel Masters for his father's team, . 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 points against 90 points he clearly prevailed in the internal duel against his team-mate René Binder.

Formula Three
After running in the German Formula Three Championship as a guest entrant for Performance Racing in 2009, he switched to the series in 2010 joining the championship-winning Van Amersfoort Racing team. During the season Abt prevailed against his team-mates Stef Dusseldorp and Willi Steindl and had chances of winning the championship title up to the last race weekend. In the end, he had to admit defeat to Tom Dillmann with a score of 112 points against 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 at the prestigious Macau Grand Prix. Abt was leading the race ahead of his team-mates and but lost control of his vehicle and retired after an accident.

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. In the team, he was defeated by and Vanthoor, who achieved second and sixth place. Ahead of Carlos Muñoz, who finished in 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.

GP3 and GP2
After setting the fastest time on several occasions in GP3 tests for Lotus GP at the end of 2011, the racing team that had provided the champion and the runner-up the year before, the team gave him a cockpit for the 2012 GP3 Series season.

On 19 December 2012 Abt got a contract to join ART Grand Prix in the GP2 Series in 2013 together with . 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 .

Formula E (2014–2020)
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.

2014–15
Having driven to 3rd on the podium in the inaugural Formula E race, Abt was penalised for illegal modifications on his car resulting being pushed down to 10th position. Abt achieved one podium finish, pole position and fastest lap in the 2014–15 season with 32 points and 11th place in the championship. Abt failed to live up to expectations in his debut season having scored 101 less than teammate Lucas Di Grassi having lacked consistency.

2017–18
Abt won his first race in Formula E in the 2018 Mexico City ePrix, after 38 race starts.

2019–20
In May 2020, Abt was suspended by the Audi team after a professional gamer played under his name in an esports version of the Formula E series. The announcement of his sacking came shortly after.

About a month later, Abt signed for the Nio 333 FE Team, replacing after travel restrictions disallowed the latter to travel to Berlin.

Hiatus from racing (2021–present)
In November 2020, Abt revealed that he had received an offer to race in the 2020-21 season of Formula E, but he declined it in favour of temporarily stepping away from motorsports. Instead, he joined Sat.1 as a TV expert and co-commentator for the channel's Formula E coverage that season. Abt was adamant that it wouldn't be "a goodbye to motorsports", but he felt that sitting out of doing any official racing for a year was "the right way" for him and that he was "looking forward to it so much."

Additional information
From 2008 to 2010, Abt was a candidate of the Deutsche Post Speed Academy. „2008: Premiere in the formula car“ (danielabt.de 25 May 2010) As the Academy's overall winner in 2009 and 2010 he became "Germany's motorsport talent of the year." „Daniel Abt: Der Sieger 2010“ (speed-academy.de 14 Februar 2011) Since 2010, Abt has also been a member of 's talent promotion programme.

Personal life
Besides Daniel Abt, other members of his family are involved in motorsport. His father, Hans-Jürgen, is the owner and principal of the team which is active in the DTM and other series. His family also owns a German auto tuning company which primarily works on Audis. His uncle, , is a racing driver as well and was active in the DTM for a number of years.

Abt is managing director of Abt Lifestyle GmbH.

Racing record
Career summary
German Formula 3 ChampionshipPerformance Racing200000NC
Macau Grand Prix100000NC
Macau Grand Prix100000NC
Masters of Formula 31000006th
FIA Formula 3 International Trophy80000444th
Formula Renault 3.5 SeriesTech 1 Racing60000034th
German Formula 3 ChampionshipVan Amersfoort Racing300011814th
Macau Grand PrixCarlin10000012th
24 Hours of Le Mans10000N/A18th
24H Series - A6100000NC
Nio 333 FE Team60000

Complete ADAC Formel Masters results
() (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
2008 ! nowrapOSC1
1
OSC1
2
NÜR1
1
NÜR1
2
ASS
1
ASS
2
NÜR2
1
NÜR2
2
LAU
1
LAU
2


OSC2
1
OSC2
2


! 8th ! 91
2009 ! nowrapOSC1
1
OSC1
2
ASS
1
ASS
2
NÜR1
1
NÜR1
2


LAU
1
LAU
2
NÜR2
1
NÜR2
2


OSC2
1
OSC2
2
!style="background:#FFFFBF;"		1st !style="background:#FFFFBF;"224

Complete German Formula Three Championship results
()
2010 ! nowrapVan Amersfoort Racing ! nowrap ! nowrapOSC1
1
OSC1
2




ASS1
1
ASS1
2
NÜR1
1
NÜR1
2
ASS2
1
ASS2
2
LAU
1
LAU
2
NÜR2
1
NÜR2
2
OSC2
1
OSC2
2
!style="background:#DFDFDF;"		2nd !style="background:#DFDFDF;"112

Complete Formula 3 Euro Series results
()
2011 ! ! nowrap F308/057 ! LEC
1
LEC
2
LEC
3



ZAN
1
ZAN
2
ZAN
3
RBR
1
RBR
2
RBR
3



NÜR
1
NÜR
2
NÜR
3
SIL
1
SIL
2
SIL
3
VAL
1
VAL
2
VAL
3



! 7th ! 150

Complete GP3 Series results
() (Races in bold indicate pole position)
2012 ! nowrapLotus GPCAT
FEA
CAT
SPR
MON
FEA
MON
SPR
VAL
FEA
VAL
SPR
SIL
FEA
SIL
SPR




SPA
FEA
SPA
SPR
MNZ
FEA
MNZ
SPR
2nd149.5

Complete Formula Renault 3.5 Series results
()
2012 ! nowrapTech 1 RacingALC
1		ALC
2		MON
1		SPA
1		SPA
2		NÜR
1		NÜR
2		SIL
1		SIL
2

LEC
1
LEC
2
CAT
1
CAT
2
! 34th ! 0

Complete GP2 Series results
()
2013 ! nowrapART Grand PrixSEP
FEA
SEP
SPR
BHR
FEA
BHR
SPR
CAT
FEA
CAT
SPR
MON
FEA
MON
SPR
SIL
FEA
SIL
SPR
NÜR
FEA
NÜR
SPR
HUN
FEA
HUN
SPR
SPA
FEA
SPA
SPR
MNZ
FEA
MNZ
SPR
MRN
FEA

YMC
FEA
YMC
SPR
! 22nd ! 11
2014 ! nowrapHilmer MotorsportBHR
FEA
BHR
SPR
CAT
FEA
CAT
SPR
MON
FEA
MON
SPR
RBR
FEA
RBR
SPR
SIL
FEA
SIL
SPR




SPA
FEA
SPA
SPR
MNZ
FEA
MNZ
SPR


YMC
FEA		YMC
SPR ! 16th ! 27

Complete Formula E results
() (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap)
2014–15 ! nowrap ! nowrapSpark SRT01-e ! nowrapSRT01-eBEI
PUT
PDE
BUE
MIA
LBH
MCO
BER
MSC
LDN
LDN
! 11th ! 32
2015–16 ! nowrap ! nowrapSpark SRT01-e ! nowrapABT Schaeffler FE01BEI
PUT
PDE
BUE
MEX
LBH
PAR
BER
LDN
LDN
! 7th ! 68
2016–17 ! nowrap ! nowrapSpark SRT01-e ! nowrapABT Schaeffler FE02HKG
MRK
BUE
MEX
MCO
PAR
BER
BER
NYC
NYC
MTL
MTL
! 8th ! 67
2017–18 ! nowrap ! nowrapSpark SRT01-e ! nowrap e-tron FE04HKG

MRK
SCL
MEX
PDE
RME
PAR
BER
ZUR
NYC
NYC
! 5th ! 120
2018–19 ! nowrap ! nowrapSpark SRT05e ! nowrap e-tron FE05ADR
MRK
SCL
MEX
HKG
SYX
RME
PAR
MCO
BER
BRN
NYC
NYC
! 7th ! 95
2019–20 ! nowrap ! rowspan="2" nowrapSpark SRT05e ! nowrap e-tron FE06DIR
DIR
SCL
MEX
MRK
!rowspan=2 21st !rowspan=28
† Driver did not finish the race, but was classified as he completed over 90% of the race distance.

24 Hours of Le Mans results

Complete FIA World Endurance Championship results
2015 ! nowrap ! LMP1 ! nowrap ! nowrapAER P60 2.4 L Turbo V6SILSPALMS
NÜR
COA
FUJ
SHABHR ! 28th ! 2

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