Daniel Abt was very pleased with his lap time of a 1:30.250 which saw the German driver smash the Formula E lap record at Donington Park, which was set by Sebastien Buemi on day two of testing.

The 22-year old didn’t think his lap was too special, but when he saw the time, he was impressed and surprised in what he had achieved.

“To be honest, I thought the lap was not that special, so I was surprised when I saw the lap time. Sebastien Buemi told us last week that he felt his car can achieve 1:29s. This motivated us to push our car to see what we can get out it, but overall it was a good day.”

Abt completed 28 laps in the afternoon session, which was a session that they focused on the reliability of their powertrain by making sure everything was running as it should be.

“Today was good, and it’s important not to stop on track, as this will destroy your race weekend in Formula E. However, we did not have any of these issues, as we did not stop on track, which is good as reliability has been our main focus.”

“Everything seems to be working ok, but of course you can see things that we can improve on. We have a good base to work with for this season, so it should be interesting.”

Abt feels that this years powertrain is proving to be a solid step in the right direction for the team as the German driver can feel a direct improvement in performance from last years car.

“Obviously when you go faster than last years time that is always a good sign, but the changes we have made are not massive to last year’s package, however, it is a clear step forward.”

“I believe that we have made the right call with this year regulations in terms of the powertrain, but it’s still so early to tell, as Buemi did not do a qualifying run today so we don’t know where we are, but it looks positive,” said Daniel Abt.

The German hands over to Lucas Di Grassi tomorrow, as the Brazilian takes over the wheel of both Audi Sport Abt cars.