The ABT CUPRA Method E Group shall be going all out this weekend on the Berlin E-Prix double-header to attain their first factors of the 2022/23 ABB FIA Method E World Championship, with the Germans being the one workforce on the grid to nonetheless be point-less this season.
Nothing would really feel extra particular for ABT CUPRA than to attain their first factors of the season this weekend at their residence race, particularly with the Tempelhof Airport Circuit having been such a powerful venue for them previously. When partnered with Audi, ABT claimed a number of victories in Berlin, with the hope being that they will use these “emotional moments” as inspiration this weekend.
ABT CUPRA had been wanting robust on the earlier spherical in São Paulo, the place Robin Frijns made his much-anticipated return from harm. The Dutchman completed fifteenth while Nico Mueller retired regardless of having proven strong tempo, after he hit Edoardo Mortara. There have been nonetheless loads of positives to remove from Brazil, although, which they’ll be hoping to construct on this weekend.
Group Principal Thomas Biermaier is aware of that “Berlin has a really particular place within the hearts of us all” not solely as a result of it’s the workforce’s residence race, however as a result of it’s develop into a traditional of Method E. The workforce are “wanting ahead” to their residence occasion and the unbelievable assist they’ll obtain, as they as soon as once more go searching for their first factors of the season.
“Berlin has a really particular place within the hearts of all of us – that is the place we’ve celebrated a few of our biggest motorsport successes and skilled many emotional moments,” Biermaier stated. “With two races, the rookie take a look at on Monday, full grandstands and many actions from our companions, it’s going to be a scorching weekend. We’re wanting ahead to it, as a result of that’s precisely how motorsport needs to be.”
