A title-winner as Audi's factory team in 2017/18, Abt has struggled for performance and reliability on its comeback to Formula E as a Mahindra customer team, enduring a frustrating quartet of races across Mexico City, Diriyah and Hyderabad.
While a lack of speed has been the main worry for Abt in the early part of the season, a number of technical issues have also proved to be a cause of concern, with substitute driver Kelvin van der Linde suffering two scary crashes across the Hyderabad weekend due to battery-related gremlins.
"[The first few races have] been difficult. A little bit as expected to be honest. We knew that the first half of the season was going to be a learning process with the limited testing we had and the complicated Valencia [test].