Motor racing-Audi suspends Abt for esports deception

ByReuters

Published 26/05/2020 at 11:57 GMT

LONDON, May 26 (Reuters) - Audi suspended German driver Daniel Abt with immediate effect on Tuesday after he got a professional gamer to race under his name in a Formula E esports race at the weekend.

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Abt apologised on Sunday for the deception in the series' 'Race at Home Challenge' and was fined 10,000 euros ($10,956).

"Integrity, transparency and consistent compliance with applicable rules are top priorities for Audi -- this applies to all activities the brand is involved in without exception," said Audi in a statement.

"For this reason, Audi Sport has decided to suspend Daniel Abt with immediate effect."

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($1 = 0.9127 euros) (Reporting by Alan Baldwin, editing by Christian Radnedge)

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