Abt has generally toiled at the back of the FormulaE grid since its return to the championship this year. But a shock front row lockout in Berlin has renewed its morale and boosted its hope for the remainder of the season.
The unpredictability of sport is what keeps fans coming back for more. And while the race results from the recent Formula E double-header in Berlin followed a somewhat familiar pattern, with New Zealanders Mitch Evans and Nick Cassidy taking the spoils for Jaguar and Envision Racing respectively, qualifying saw what might have been the biggest surprise of the season so far.
But with the help of a wet qualifying session ahead of the second race on Sunday, the team sensationally locked out the front row for its home event with Frijns beating Muller to pole in the final duel. Biermaier was quick to dismiss the notion that the team had implemented anything radical, saying rather that lots of little things had added up to produce the big result.
The decision to return to Formula E after a year out due to Audi’s exit from the all-electric single-seater series had been a late one, and essentially only made possible by a partnership with car manufacturer Cupra. “Looks like we are five, six months behind the others and this you see on track. We lost mileage, we lost test days and we lost software development [by starting late].
This became evident in the second Berlin race, as both Abt drivers slipped down the field having led briefly in the dry conditions, although Muller was able to claim his and the team’s first points of 2023 with ninth.
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