Audi electrifies Berlin with a fairytale finish at the Formula E home race

The beaming and enthusiastically celebrated winner by the Berlin public was called Daniel Abt. The 25-year old German produced a perfect performance at his home race. Despite having to qualify in the unfavoured first group, Abt qualified effortlessly for the single timed lap for the fastest five, where he threw down the gauntlet and easily clinched the first three points for the second pole position of his Formula E career.

This was followed by a dominant start-finish victory and as crowning glory the point for the fastest race lap. "That was probably the most important win of my career so far and an incredible day from beginning to end," said Daniel Abt, after having been presented with the winner's trophy from Transport Minister Andreas Scheuer.

"Maximum points with pole position, victory and the fastest lap and then on top of this a one-two for Audi - my thanks go to everybody who supported us. Today there will be a party like never before!"

The Audi one-two finish in the home race in Berlin was made perfect by Lucas di Grassi. The defending Champion set the fastest lap in qualifying with his Audi e-tron FE04, but then had a short slide that dropped him down to fifth on the grid. After the start, the Brazilian needed only 12 laps to move his way up to second place.

Thanks to a faster pit stop, the Brazilian caught up with his teammate and subsequently drove effortlessly home in second place. The third-placed Jean-Eric Vergne in Techeetah was already more than 12 seconds behind at the checkered flag.