{"id":1268,"date":"2020-11-13T14:47:47","date_gmt":"2020-11-13T12:47:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/news.audimiddleeast.com\/en\/article-copy-2-copy-copy-copy-copy-copy-copy\/"},"modified":"2020-12-03T13:28:28","modified_gmt":"2020-12-03T11:28:28","slug":"formula-e-berlin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.audimiddleeast.com\/en\/formula-e-berlin\/","title":{"rendered":"Formula E: Double DTM champion Rast races for Audi"},"content":{"rendered":"[vc_row][vc_column]\r\n<div class=\"sh-text-with-frame\" id=\"text-with-frame-m4En6SBYfQ\">\r\n\t<div class=\"sh-text-with-frame-container\">\r\n\t\t\r\n<h2>Formula E: Double DTM champion Rast races for Audi at the grand finale in Berlin<\/h2>\r\n\t<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n            <style type=\"text\/css\">\r\n                #text-with-frame-m4En6SBYfQ .sh-text-with-frame-container {border-color: rgba(255,255,255,0.07);}#text-with-frame-m4En6SBYfQ .sh-text-with-frame-container p {}            <\/style>\r\n        [vc_column_text el_class=\"article-copy\"]\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li><strong>Electric series to run six races in Berlin from August 5\u201313<\/strong><\/li>\r\n \t<li><strong>Ren\u00e9 Rast replaces Daniel Abt until the end of the season<\/strong><\/li>\r\n \t<li><strong>Two-time DTM champion tests the Audi e-tron FE06 for the first time in early July<\/strong><\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text el_class=\"article-copy\"]<strong>Neuburg an der Donau, June 22, 2020 \u2013 Formula E is making a spectacular comeback on the race track: Between August 5 and 13, the all-electric racing series will be staging no less than six rounds in succession at the former Tempelhof Airport in Berlin. At Lucas di Grassi\u2019s side, two-time DTM champion Ren\u00e9 Rast will contest the remaining races of the current season with the Audi Sport ABT Schaeffler team.<\/strong>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text el_class=\"article-copy\"]After 158 days, Formula E will restart its sixth season on August 5. Never before has there been such a long-time gap between two races. The last appearance was the Marrakesh E-Prix on February 29, the fifth race of the season, then the COVID-19 pandemic prevented all of the subsequent events. The series will now continue with a very compact schedule: Formula E will be running six races within roughly one week at the former airport in Berlin. The three \u201cdouble headers\u201d will run on August 5\/6, 8\/9 and 12\/13 and will be held on different track variants without spectators. To ensure the health of all the teams and employees and to meet all of the official requirements, Formula E has developed a comprehensive safety concept in conjunction with German authorities.\r\n\r\nAudi has prepared itself well for the second half of the season: Ren\u00e9 Rast will take over the cockpit from Daniel Abt. Rast joined Audi in 2009 and has won two DTM drivers\u2019 titles, the first in 2017 and the second last year. The 33-year-old German already has some limited Formula E experience: In 2016, he raced in the Berlin E-Prix for another team, however that event was held on a street circuit downtown.[\/vc_column_text][vc_single_image image=\"1279\" img_size=\"full\" alignment=\"center\"][vc_column_text el_class=\"article-copy\"]\u201cI\u2019ve been following Formula E very closely for a long time and am now looking forward to this new challenge,\u201d says Ren\u00e9 Rast, who also has respect for the jump into the new series. \u201cThe demands on the drivers in Formula E are high: In addition to pure speed, it\u2019s also a question of efficiency, battery management and the perfect strategy \u2013 and all of this on tight city circuits, where things are usually quite turbulent.\u201d\r\n\r\nFor Head of Audi Motorsport Dieter Gass, Ren\u00e9 Rast is the perfect line-up for the vacant Audi e-tron FE06: \u201cAs a two-time DTM Champion and long-time Audi driver, Ren\u00e9 was naturally on the shortlist from the very beginning. In the past, he has often proved how fast he is in a new series without having to get used to it,\u201d says Gass. \u201cIt\u2019s nice that there are no overlaps between DTM and Formula E so that Ren\u00e9 can compete in both series for us. 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