Formula E: Daniel Abt out to avenge Hong Kong E-Prix heartbreak – ‘we won fair and square’
- Audi ABT Schaeffler driver philosophical during ride on Formula E tram
- German says ‘I can’t change the past, but I can change what happens next’
Remembering the pain of having to hand back the winner’s trophy after already holding it in your hands would leave many drivers angry. But Daniel Abt remains remarkably calm talking about the events of last season’s Hong Kong E-Prix.
“It is what it is,” he says, with a shrug of the shoulders. “There are no hard feelings or anything. It’s in the past. I can only change what happens next.”
The German thought he had won his maiden Formula E race in the second part of season four’s opening double header on Central Harbourfront.
But a minor technical issue with his Audi ABT Schaeffler car saw him stripped of his moment of glory, having already soaked himself with champagne on the podium.
Sitting aboard the top deck of a Hong Kong tram decked out with a Formula E advertising livery, Abt reflects as he stares out of the window upon the rainy streets of Causeway Bay.
