Fighting a race against time
Daniel Abt’s crash in Mexico put Audi on the back foot, but Allan McNish, no stranger to hairy moments, explains how his team managed to rebound and score points
The Mexico City ePrix weekend is usually full of drama. We have seen it in just about every race at the Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez, but we also experienced the type of drama no one wants in motor sport when Daniel Abt had a big practice accident on the morning of the race.
When you see a car going off at the speed Daniel did, it’s a concern. The first comment from Daniel was a big sweary one, which told us fundamentally that he was okay!