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{{Infobox racing driver|embed=yes name = Christian Abt| image =Christian Abt 20080628 Norisring Audi 842x800.jpg | caption = Christian Abt in 2008| nationality = {{flagicon|GER}} German | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1967|5|8|df=y}} | birth_place = Kempten, West Germany | | last series = Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters | years active = 2000–2007 || former teams = Abt Sportsline Joest Racing Phoenix Racing | car number = | starts = 102 | wins = 1 | poles = 2 | fastest laps = 8 | podiums = 9 | best finish = 7th | year = 2002 | career template1 = | Years = {{24hLM|1999}}–{{24hLM|2000}} | Teams = Audi Sport UK Audi Sport Team Joest | Best Finish = 3rd ({{24hLM|2000}}) | Class Wins = 0 }} }}Christian Abt (born 8 May 1967) is a race car driver born in Kempten, Germany, into a family of amateur race drivers and car dealers. His elder brother Hans-Jürgen Abt runs the Abt Sportsline Audi racing teams as well as their tuning company for Audi and Volkswagen. Christian Abt started his career in motocross and then moved on to German Formula BMW. He went on to become the 1991 champion. In 1992 he won the German Formula Three Championship B-Cup. Driving a privately entered Audi A4 with the quattro 4-Wheel-Drive as this was banned for factory entrants, he won the German Supertouring Championship (STW) in 1999, the last season of this series, under controversial circumstances, taking the title only after the STW annulled the last lap of the final round of the Nürburgring. Still considered as privateers, Abt entered the new Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters with hastily built cars similar to Audi TT. When driving an Audi R8 for Joest Racing at the 24 Hours of Le Mans that year, Abt called no other than Roland Asch to step in. Racing recordComplete 24 Hours of Le Mans results Year | Team | Co-Drivers | Car | Class | Laps | Pos.|Overall Position | Class Pos.|Class Position |
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1999 | {{flagicon|GBR}} Audi Sport UK Ltd. | {{flagicon|SWE}} Stefan Johansson {{flagicon|MCO}} Stéphane Ortelli | Audi R8C | LMGTP | 55 | DNF | DNF |
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2000 | {{flagicon|DEU}} Audi Sport Team Joest | {{flagicon|ITA}} Michele Alboreto {{flagicon|ITA}} Rinaldo Capello | Audi R8 | LMP900 | 365 | 3rd | 3rd |
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Complete Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters results(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap) Year | Team | Car | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | DC | Points |
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2000 | Abt Sportsline 1 | Abt-Audi TT-R 2000 | HOC 1 {{small|Ret}} | HOC 2 {{small|Ret}} | OSC 1 | OSC 2 | NOR 1 {{small|Ret}} | NOR 2 {{small|DNS}} | SAC 1 {{small|Ret}} | SAC 2 {{small|DNS}} | NÜR 1 {{small|18}} | NÜR 2 {{small|18}} | LAU 1 {{small|C}} | LAU 2 {{small|C}} | OSC 1 {{small|10}} | OSC 2 {{small|Ret}} | NÜR 1 {{small|19}} | NÜR 2 {{small|14}} | HOC 1 {{small|Ret}} | HOC 2 {{small|Ret}} | 19th | 1 |
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2001 | Team Abt Sportsline | Audi TT-R DTM 2001 | HOC QR {{small|10}} | HOC CR {{small|10}} | NÜR QR {{small|NC}} | NÜR CR {{small|Ret}} | OSC QR {{small|8}} | OSC CR {{small|6}} | SAC QR {{small|3}} | SAC CR {{small|9}} | NOR QR {{small|5}} | NOR CR {{small|17}} | LAU QR {{small|5}} | LAU CR {{small|18}} | NÜR QR {{small|3}} | NÜR CR {{small|DSQ}} | A1R QR {{small|18}} | A1R CR {{small|DNS}} | ZAN QR {{small|1}} | ZAN CR {{small|2}} | HOC QR {{small|8}} | HOC CR {{small|11}} | 10th | 29 |
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2002 | Abt Sportsline | Abt-Audi TT-R | HOC QR {{small|4}} | HOC CR {{small|7}} | ZOL QR {{small|5}} | ZOL CR {{small|2}} | DON QR {{small|12}} | DON CR {{small|2}} | SAC QR {{small|8}} | SAC CR {{small|16†}} | NOR QR {{small|DSQ}} | NOR CR {{small|DNS}} | LAU QR {{small|3}} | LAU CR {{small|7}} | NÜR QR {{small|5}} | NÜR CR {{small|9}} | A1R QR {{small|12}} | A1R CR {{small|9}} | ZAN QR {{small|2}} | ZAN CR {{small|7}} | HOC QR {{small|5}} | HOC CR {{small|13}} | 7th | 15 |
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2003 | Abt Sportsline | Abt-Audi TT-R 2003 | HOC {{small|20†}} | ADR {{small|DSQ}} | NÜR {{small|8}} | LAU {{small|9}} | NOR {{small|7}} | DON {{small|Ret}} | NÜR {{small|Ret}} | A1R {{small|Ret}} | ZAN {{small|11}} | HOC {{small|9}} | 12th | 3 |
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2004 | Audi Sport Team Abt Sportsline | Audi A4 DTM 2004 | HOC {{small|Ret}} | EST {{small|10}} | ADR {{small|Ret}} | LAU {{small|9}} | NOR 14† | SHA1 {{small|Ret}} | NÜR {{small|13}} | OSC {{small|9}} | ZAN {{small|Ret}} | BRN {{small|12}} | HOC {{small|8}} | 16th | 1 |
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2005 | Audi Sport Team Joest | Audi A4 DTM 2004 | HOC {{small|4}} | LAU {{small|9}} | SPA {{small|10}} | BRN {{small|6}} | OSC {{small|12}} | NOR {{small|2}} | NÜR {{small|10}} | ZAN {{small|10}} | LAU {{small|Ret}} | IST {{small|Ret}} | HOC {{small|14}} | 9th | 16 |
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2006 | Audi Sport Team Phoenix | Audi A4 DTM 2005 | HOC {{small|Ret}} | LAU {{small|Ret}} | OSC {{small|17}} | BRH {{small|5}} | NOR {{small|10}} | NÜR {{small|10}} | ZAN {{small|Ret}} | CAT {{small|10}} | BUG {{small|9}} | HOC {{small|7}} | 13th | 6 |
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2007 | Audi Sport Team Phoenix | Audi A4 DTM 2006 | HOC {{small|Ret}} | OSC {{small|10}} | LAU {{small|17†}} | BRH {{small|8}} | NOR {{small|10}} | MUG {{small|Ret}} | ZAN {{small|6}} | NÜR {{small|15}} | CAT {{small|11†}} | HOC {{small|15}} | 16th | 4 |
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1 - Shanghai was a non-championship round. - † — Retired, but was classified as he completed 90% of the winner's race distance.
External links{{Commons|Christian Abt}}- [https://web.archive.org/web/20051218123130/http://www.christian-abt.de/ Christian Abt]
- Abt Sportsline company
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