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António Félix
Da Costa Portugal

DS TECHEETAH
Season 2021/22 Stats

Standing

8th

Wins

1

Podiums

2

Date of Birth

31/08/1991 (31)

Birthplace

Lisbon

Debut Race

2014 Putrajaya E-Prix

Team Mate

Team Mate

Jean-Éric

Vergne
DS Techeetah Antonio Felix da Costa

All Time Stats

Races Entered

96

Wins

7

Podiums

16

Championship Points

574

Titles Won

1

Highest Championship Finish

1(x1)

Highest Race Finish

1(x7)

Fastest Laps

3

Pole Positions

8

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Biography

As one of the longest standing drivers in the ABB FIA Formula E World Championship, Antonio Felix da Costa has driven in every season to-date. After three campaigns with the BMW-backed Andretti outfit, da Costa joined reigning champions DS TECHEETAH for the 2019/20 season and immediately made his mark, storming to the title. He couldn’t repeat the feat in Season 7, but signing off Gen2 on a high is the aim.

With six seasons of all-electric single seater racing under his belt, reigning champion Antonio Felix da Costa is one of the most experienced Formula E drivers on the grid.

Da Costa grew up in family of racers and started karting at the age of nine, competing in a number of domestic series in his native Portugal. In 2007, he progressed into single-seaters, in Formula Renault 2.0, and after catching the eye in both Formula 3 Euro Series and GP3, he would eventually join the Red Bull Junior Team. After making his Formula 1 test debut for Force India in 2010, the Portuguese went on to pilot four of legendary car designer Adrian Newey's title-winning Red Bull Racing machines.

Da Costa has been a fixture in Formula E since Season 1, starting out his journey as a driver for Team Aguri in 2014, where he raced for two seasons - securing an early maiden victory in his debut campaign in Buenos Aires.

The Lisbon-born driver moved to American outfit Andretti for two seasons, benefiting from the team's technical partnership with BMW in 2017/18. Andretti's technical partnership with the German marque blossomed into a full manufacturer effort, with team newly-christened BMW i Andretti Motorsport for Season 5, with Da Costa and teammate Alexander Sims announced as the team's debut driver line up. The top step of the podium had proved elusive since his first taste of the winner's Moet & Chandon champagne in 2014/15, until his win at the opening round of the 2018/19 season in Saudi Arabia.  

He mounted a title charge with BMW as the season went on, eventually falling by the wayside, and Da Costa made his move to pastures new for Season 6 as he joined DS TECHEETAH alongside double champion Jean-Eric Vergne. Both drivers were gunning for the crown, but it was Da Costa that made the most headway, eventually storming to a record-equalling three wins on the spin between Round 5 in Marrakesh and Round 7 in Berlin - enough to steer him to the Drivers' Championship in dominant style.

With competition hotter than ever in Season 7, da Costa was the man with the target on his back. A single podium in Diriyah was the only silverware the Portuguese could accrue in the first half of a hard-fought campaign.

Three non-scores - including a disqualification for running out of usable energy having led an extraordinary encounter in Valencia - was not what the DS driver would have hoped for but a statement victory via a last lap overtaking manoeuvre in Monaco provided a season-high.

Can the Season 6 champ push for a second Formula E title in 2021/22?

Season Records

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Year

Team

Podiums

Wins

Season Poles

Season Best Finish

2020/21

DS TECHEETAH

3

1

2

1 (x1)

Round

Location

Date

Gird Pos

Finish

Points

Championship Pos

1

Diriyah

26/02/2021

18

11

0

11

2

Diriyah

27/02/2021

9

3

15

5

3

Rome

10/04/2021

18

0

0

9

4

Rome

11/04/2021

15

7

6

10

5

Valencia

24/04/2021

1

0

3

12

6

Valencia

25/04/2021

12

22

0

14

7

Monaco

08/05/2021

1

1

28

4

8

Puebla

19/06/2021

11

6

8

2

9

Puebla

20/06/2021

22

0

0

3

10

New York

10/07/2021

13

12

0

5

11

New York

11/07/2021

7

3

16

2

12

London

24/07/2021

17

8

4

2

13

London

25/07/2021

22

0

0

5

14

Berlin

14/08/2021

2

7

6

7

15

Berlin

15/08/2021

15

0

0

8

2019/20

DS TECHEETAH

6

3

3

1 (x3)

Round

Location

Date

Gird Pos

Finish

Points

Championship Pos

1

Diriyah

22/11/2019

21

14

0

14

2

Diriyah

23/11/2019

5

10

3

13

3

Santiago

18/01/2020

10

2

18

7

4

Mexico City

15/02/2020

9

2

18

3

5

Marrakesh

29/02/2020

1

1

28

1

6

Berlin

05/08/2020

1

1

30

1

7

Berlin

06/08/2020

1

1

28

1

8

Berlin

08/08/2020

8

4

12

1

9

Berlin

09/08/2020

2

2

19

1

10

Berlin

12/08/2020

21

0

0

1

11

Berlin

13/08/2020

19

9

2

1

2018/19

BMW i Andretti Motorsport

4

1

1

1 (x1)

Round

Location

Date

Gird Pos

Finish

Points

Championship Pos

1

Diriyah

15/12/2018

1

1

28

1

2

Marrakesh

12/01/2019

6

0

0

2

3

Santiago

26/01/2019

17

0

0

3

4

Mexico City

16/02/2019

5

2

18

2

5

Hong Kong

10/03/2019

20

10

1

5

6

Sanya

23/03/2019

3

3

15

1

7

Rome

13/04/2019

11

9

2

2

8

Paris

27/04/2019

14

7

6

3

9

Monaco

11/05/2019

8

0

0

4

10

Berlin

25/05/2019

7

4

12

4

11

Bern

22/06/2019

20

12

0

5

12

New York

13/07/2019

8

3

15

5

13

New York

14/07/2019

14

9

2

6

2017/18

MS&AD Andretti Formula E

0

0

0

6 (x1)

Round

Location

Date

Gird Pos

Finish

Points

Championship Pos

1

Hong Kong

02/12/2017

8

6

8

6

2

Hong Kong

03/12/2017

6

11

0

9

3

Marrakesh

13/01/2018

19

14

0

10

4

Santiago

03/02/2018

16

9

2

11

5

Mexico City

03/03/2018

4

7

6

12

6

Punta del Este

17/03/2018

11

11

0

14

7

Rome

14/04/2018

20

11

0

14

8

Paris

28/04/2018

5

0

0

15

9

Berlin

19/05/2018

17

15

0

15

10

Zurich

10/06/2018

14

8

4

15

11

New York

14/07/2018

12

11

0

15

12

New York

15/07/2018

20

15

0

15

2016/17

Andretti Formula E

0

0

0

5 (x1)

Round

Location

Date

Gird Pos

Finish

Points

Championship Pos

1

Hong Kong

09/10/2016

13

5

10

5

2

Marrakesh

12/11/2016

10

0

0

7

3

Buenos Aires

18/02/2017

17

11

0

11

4

Mexico City

01/04/2017

6

0

0

12

5

Monaco

13/05/2017

16

11

0

13

6

Paris

20/05/2017

17

0

0

15

7

Berlin

10/06/2017

20

16

0

15

8

Berlin

11/06/2017

17

11

0

15

9

New York

15/07/2017

18

12

0

17

10

New York

16/07/2017

16

15

0

19

11

Montreal

29/07/2017

15

14

0

20

12

Montreal

30/07/2017

14

15

0

20

Round

Location

Date

Gird Pos

Finish

Points

Championship Pos

1

Beijing

24/10/2015

16

0

0

-

2

Putrajaya

07/11/2015

4

6

8

10

3

Punta del Este

19/12/2015

8

6

8

9

4

Buenos Aires

06/02/2016

3

0

0

10

5

Mexico City

12/03/2016

17

0

0

10

6

Long Beach

02/04/2016

18

0

0

12

7

Paris

23/04/2016

10

8

4

13

9

London

02/07/2016

14

6

8

13

10

London

03/07/2016

13

11

0

13

Round

Location

Date

Gird Pos

Finish

Points

Championship Pos

2

Putrajaya

22/11/2014

10

8

4

10

3

Punta del Este

13/12/2014

12

0

0

14

4

Buenos Aires

10/01/2015

8

1

25

6

5

Miami

14/03/2015

16

6

8

6

6

Long Beach

04/04/2015

7

7

6

6

7

Monaco

09/05/2015

19

9

2

7

8

Berlin

23/05/2015

19

11

0

7

9

Moscow

06/06/2015

14

7

6

8

Season 8 line-up