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Rosenqvist inherits HK victory as Abt disqualified
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Germany鈥檚 Daniel Abt was disqualified from yesterday鈥檚 Hong Kong Formula E race after a post-race inspection ended his victory celebrations and handed the win to Swedish rival Felix Rosenqvist.
Audi Sport said it intended to appeal, with the matter set to go before the governing FIA鈥檚 international tribunal.
The Audi driver had taken the checkered flag on his 25th birthday after long-time leader Edoardo Mortara spun late in the second race of the season.
But an inspection of his car revealed that the FIA security stickers on the inverters and motors did not correspond with those declared on the car鈥檚 technical passport. The breach of technical and sporting regulations meant Abt lost his first victory and the overall lead in the all-electric series.
Saturday鈥檚 race winner Sam Bird now heads the drivers鈥 standings for DS Virgin Racing, with 35 points, two clear of French racer Jean-Eric Vergne.
Audi said the issue was apparently an administrative mistake that gave it no advantage on the racetrack.
鈥淒aniel drove fantastically on both days and absolutely deserves this victory,鈥 said Allan McNish, principal of Team Audi Sport ABT Schaeffler.
鈥淲e want the opportunity to be able to clarify all details, that鈥檚 why we have announced the intent to appeal.鈥
Former F1 driver and Le Mans 24 Hours winner McNish was in his first weekend as a Team Principal, heading up Audi鈥檚 Formula E involvement as a full works team.
鈥淭hat we had a strong race performance on both days is a positive,鈥 said Head of Audi Motorsport Dieter Gass. 鈥淏ut it goes without saying that we had a somewhat different idea of Sunday night.鈥
Rosenqvist鈥檚 victory was the second of his Formula E career. The Mahindra driver had spun out of the lead from pole at the first corner but recovered to second place after Mortara then spun his Venturi car with less than three laps left.
New Zealand鈥檚 Mitch Evans was promoted to third to give Jaguar its first podium finish in the all-electric series it joined last year.
Audi, in its first weekend as a full works entry, was also fined 5,000 euros (US$5,944) for a separate infringement.
Five Audi team members walked onto the track to get to the podium before the final car had entered parc ferme, which the stewards deemed a 鈥渟erious breach of safety regulations鈥.
The next Formula E race is in the Moroccan city of Marrakesh on January 13.
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