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When it comes to engine technology, aerodynamics, sports wheels, exhaust systems, suspension or brakes: Constant improvement, setting new goals, winning – this is our motivation, both on the racetrack and in the development of intelligent tuning components for street use. That is our philosophy, not just empty theory, but the result of decades in the hard school of international motorsport. This unique competence and experience, in addition to intensive cooperation with the technological leaders Audi and VW, will keep us moving in the future as well.
Johann Abt founds a blacksmith‘s shop in Kempten
His grandson does his first race on the Kempten grass track, followed by more than 300 motorsport victories.
ABT Tuning is founded. With the Abarth, Johann Abt is very successful in hill climbs.
VW launches the Golf. ABT will be one of the leading car-tuning companies. ABT team’s double triumph at the “Trophée l’Avenir“ touring car series.
Chiptuning sees the light of day and is perfected by the ABT specialists. First formula racing successes.
Now, Christian and Hans-Jürgen Abt manage the company and in 1991 found ABT Sportsline GmbH. Christian evolves into a victorious driver and in 1991 wins the Formula Junior title. In 1992, he becomes Formula 3 (B) champion and in 1999 the STW champion.
In 2002, 2004, 2007, 2008 and 2009, the ABT Sportsline team win the DTM, the most important touring car racing series. In 2009, Christian Abt, in his R8 LMS. also wins the ADAC GT Masters. His nephew Daniel wins the ADAC Formel Masters, the third title. ABT Sportsline GmbH employs a staff of almost 200, is present in almost 70 countries on five continents and is the globally largest tuner of cars made by Audi, VW, Seat and Škoda to date.
Adria, Lausitzring, Zandvoort, Brünn: Mattias Ekström wins four races and in the end is 17 points ahead, thus winning the DTM championship. The driver from Sweden scored in every race and only three times did he not end up among the top three. That’s what we call consistency.
The duel is Bruno Spengler vs. Mattias Ekström: After the final, “Eki“ is three points ahead of the Canadian, although either was at the very top only once. Mattias Ekström won the first race, at Hockenheim, but has always been in the top league. His Audi Sport Team ABT Sportsline also win the team event.
ABT defends the title: This time the champion is Timo Scheider, winning in Oschersleben, Brands Hatch and the Hockenheim final. The driver from Lahnstein stays calm throughout and outdistances his chief rival, Paul DiResta.
A title hat-trick: Timo Scheider repeats last year’s triumph and becomes champion again. For ABT, it is the third DTM title in a row and part of a particularly successful year.
Another title: The ADAC GT Masters is the ideal setting for Christian Abt. The former DTM pro is a masterful Audi R8 helmsman and at the end of the season has won by 12 points. This is a superb performance by the 42-year-old.
And the third triumph. Christian Abt finishes his active career; Daniel starts his. The son of ABT Sportsline managing director Hans-Jürgen Abt wins the ADAC Formel Masters before he has even turned 17: Another triumph at the end of a year that has been perfect at any rate.
Daniel Abt is promoted to the German Formula 3 cup and again shows what he is capable of. He ends up second overall.
There is only one Team ABT Sportsline: While an overall victory eludes them, the ABT “young and wild” show an excellent performance in the ADAC GT Masters. And the team win is, of course, celebrated with the entire crew.
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