Daniel Abt has been retained by the Audi Sport ABT Schaeffler Formula E squad for the fifth season of the all-electric championship.&nbꦜsp;

The German, who has claimed a breakthrough pair of wins this season in the Mexico and Berlin rounds, was out of contract at the end of the 2017-2018 campaign but Audi has opted to renew his deal to 🔯keep the team𒅌’s driver line-up unchanged for next season, with reigning champion Lucas di Grassi’s position already being confirmed. 

Abt won his home race in Berlin lastꦅ time out by leading a one-two finish for the Audi squᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚad and heads into this weekend’s inaugural Zurich e-Prix fourth in the drivers’ championship, nine points clear of di Grassi. 

“It was always pa💃rt of the plan and was not inౠfluenced by his performance in Berlin,” team principal Allan McNish said. 

“Berlin just really cemented everything on it and w🦩e knew we should put that to bed so there were no unnecessary qౠuestions as he needs to focus on Zurich and New York.”

Abt also took first place win on the ro༒ad in the second race in Hong Kong until later being disqualified from⭕ the race. 

“For me, it continues to be an honor to represent the four rings in Formula E,” Abt said. “I am delighted abou𒁏t the trust that Audi and the entire team places in me and am trying to give my all t🧸o reward this trust with good results.”

Meanwhile, DTM’s Nico Mueller has been named as Audi’s test and reserve driver and will play a supporting role carrying out simulator prepa⛎rations in Audi’s new e-tron FE05, ahead of the ‘Gen2’ car’s introduction for 2018-19.