António Félix da Costa

António Félix da Costa

Nation:	Portugal
DTM
First race:	Hockenheim I 2014
Last race:	Hockenheim II 2016
Teams (manufacturers)
2014 MTEK • 2015–2016 Schnitzer (all BMW )
statistics
Starts Victories Poles SR 46 1 3 -
Podiums:	4th
Overall wins:	-
Points:	128

António Maria de Mello Breyner Félix da Costa (born August 31, 1991 in Lisbon ) is a Portuguese racing driver . He competed in Formula Renault 3.5 in 2012 and 2013 . He competed in the DTM from 2014 to 2016 . He has been competing in the FIA Formula E Championship since 2014 , which he won in 2020.

His older brother Duarte is also a racing driver.

Career

Like most motorsport enthusiasts , Félix da Costa began his career in karting , in which he was active from 2002 to 2007. In 2008 he switched to the single-seater racing and was immediately for Motopark Academy starting behind his teammate Valtteri Bottas runner of the North European Formula Renault . He also started in six races of the Formula Renault 2.0 Eurocup and was 13th. After the season he took part in the winter championships of the Portuguese and British Formula Renault . In 2009 Félix da Costa stayed in both series. He improved to third place overall in the Formula Renault 2.0 Eurocup and won the championship title of the Northern European Formula Renault with nine wins.

Félix da Costa at the Formula 3 Euro Series at the Hockenheimring (2010)

In 2010 Félix da Costa started for Motopark Academy in the Formula 3 Euro Series . He won three races and was the driver with the second-most wins after the champion Edoardo Mortara . At the end of the season, he finished seventh in the drivers' championship. He also took part in two race weekends of the GP3 series for Carlin and finished 26th in the overall standings. In November he made his first experience in a Formula 1 car during test drives for Force India . In 2011 Félix da Costa took part in the entire season of the GP3 series for Status Grand Prix . After scoring points in four races, his first win followed in the last race of the season. He finished the season in 13th place overall. In addition, Félix da Costa joined Hitech Racing for two racing weekends in the British Formula 3 championship . He achieved three podium placements with a second and two third places. He also started an event for the FIA Formula 3 Trophy 2011 . At the end of the year he started for Ocean Racing Technology at the GP2 Final 2011 and finished ninth.

In 2012 Félix da Costa moved to Carlin within the GP3 series, for which he made his debut in the 2010 series. He won three races and achieved six podiums. He scored significantly more points than his two teammates combined and finished the season in third place overall. He was also in the support program of the mid-year Red Bull recorded and received in Arden Caterham a cockpit in the 2012 season of Formula Renault 3.5 . Félix da Costa won one race each in Mogyoród and Le Castellet and both races in Catalunya . He finished fourth in the drivers' championship. Although he had not competed for the entire season, by the end of the season he had scored more than twice as many points as his teammate Alexander Rossi . Félix da Costa also took part in the MotorSport Vision Formula 3 Cup , a regional Formula 3 championship in Great Britain, as a guest starter and won two races in two starts. With this commitment, he met the requirements for participation in the Macau Grand Prix . He won this starting from pole position. Félix da Costa also completed Formula 1 test drives for Red Bull .

António Félix da Costa in the DTM at Hockenheim 2014

In 2013 , Félix da Costa stayed with Arden Caterham in Formula Renault 3.5. After a win at the season opener in Monza , he went several races without a win and achieved two second places. His second victory followed on the seventh race weekend in Mogyoród and his third in Le Castellet. Félix da Costa improved to third place in the championship. With 172 to 14 points, he clearly prevailed against his teammate Pietro Fantin . In addition, Félix da Costa again took part in the MotorSport Vision Formula 3 Cup as a guest starter in order to compete again in the Macau Grand Prix . Starting for Carlin, he finished second behind Alex Lynn . Félix da Costa was also under contract with Red Bull as a Formula 1 test driver.

In 2014 Félix da Costa received a BMW cockpit in the DTM with Team MTEK . He finished the season as the worst BMW driver in 21st place overall. In addition, Félix da Costa continues to act as a test driver for Red Bull Racing in Formula 1. Félix da Costa also competed for Amlin Aguri in the newly founded FIA Formula E Championship in the 2014/15 season . Due to a scheduling conflict with the DTM, he only entered the series for the second race, the Putrajaya ePrix , and did not participate in the last two races. With an eighth place, he immediately achieved a top 10 placement. Félix da Costa achieved his first Formula E victory in the fourth race in Buenos Aires . In the overall ranking he reached eighth place.

In 2015 Félix da Costa switched to the BMW Team Schnitzer within the DTM . He chose the 13th as his starting number. In Zandvoort he achieved his first podium finish in the DTM with second place in the first race. His first victory finally followed in the second race. In the drivers' standings, he improved to eleventh place overall. He also made a guest appearance in the Stock Car Brasil . Félix da Costa also took part in Formula E again with Aguri in 2015/16 . He did not compete in one race due to an overlap with the DTM and was represented by René Rast . He had changing teammates and scored 28 of the 32 points his team scored. He finished the season in 13th place in the overall standings.

In the DTM season in 2016 Félix da Costa remained at Schnitzer. Third place was his best result and he achieved two pole positions. Internally, he prevailed against Martin Tomczyk with 43 to 16 points . He was 17th overall. His DTM involvement ended after the season. He also contested two races in the ADAC GT Masters and took part in the Macau Grand Prix, which he won. For formula e 2016/17 switched Félix da Costa to Andretti Autosport . The racing team entered into a cooperation with BMW for this season. With just one point result, he was in 20th place in the drivers' standings at the end of the season.

In the formula e 2017/18 Félix da Costa came again for Andretti at. He finished the season in 15th place in the overall standings.

Félix da Costa also competed for Andretti in 2018/19 , who now started as a works team with engines from BMW. Félix da Costa won the season opener in Diriyya and achieved three more podium finishes. At the end of the season he finished sixth in the drivers' championship with 99 points.

In August 2020, da Costa became the new Formula E winner in Berlin .

Others

Félix da Costa was promoted for several years by his compatriot Tiago Monteiro and his racing team Ocean Racing Technology.

statistics

Career stations

2002-2007: karting 2008: Northern European Formula Renault (2nd place) 2008: Formula Renault 2.0 Eurocup (13th place) 2008: Portuguese Formula Renault , winter series (17th place) 2009: Northern European Formula Renault (champions) 2009: Formula Renault 2.0 Eurocup (3rd place) 2010 : Formula 3 Euro Series (7th place) 2010 : GP3 series (26th place) 2010 : Formula 1 (test driver)

2011 : GP3 series (13th place) 2011 : British Formula 3 (13th place) 2012 : GP3 series (3rd place) 2012 : Formula Renault 3.5 (4th place) 2012 : Formula 1 (test driver) 2013 : Formula Renault 3.5 (3rd place) 2013 : Formula 1 (test driver) 2014 : DTM (21st place) 2014 : Formula 1 (test driver)

2015 : Formula E (8th place) 2015 : DTM (11th place) 2015 : Formula 1 (test driver) 2016 : Formula E (13th place) 2016 : DTM (17th place) 2016 : ADAC GT Masters 2017 : Formula E (20th place) 2018 : Formula E (15th place) 2019 : Formula E (6th place)

Individual results in the FIA ​​Formula E Championship

year	team	1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th	8th	9	10	11	12	13	14th	15th	16	Points	rank
2014/15	Amlin Aguri	AT	PUT	PUN	BUE	MIA	LBH	MON	BER	MOS	LON							51	8th.
			8th	DNF	1	6th	7th	9	11	7th
2015/16	Team Aguri	AT	PUT	PUN	BUE	MEX	LBH	PAR	BER	LON								28	13.
		DNF	6th	6th	DNF	DNF	DNF	8th		6th	11
2016/17	Andretti Formula E Racing Team	HKG	MAR	BUE	MEX	MON	PAR	BER		NYC		MTR						10	20th
		5	DNF	11	DNF	11	DNF	16	11	12	15th	14th	15th
2017/18	MS&AD Andretti	HKG		MAR	SAN	MEX	PUN	ROME	PAR	BER	ZUR	NYC						20th	15th
		6th	11	14th	9	7th	11	11	DNF	15th	8th	11	*15 *
2018/19	BMW i Andretti Motorsport	TO YOU	MAR	SAN	MEX	HKG	SAY	ROME	PAR	MCO	BER	BRN	NYC					99	6th
		°1 °	°DNF °	°DNF °	°2 °	°10 °	°3 °	°9 °	°7 °	°DSQ °	°4 °	°12 °	°3 °	°9 °

( Legend )

Le Mans results

year	team	vehicle	Teammate	Teammate	placement	Failure reason
2018	BMW Team MTEK	BMW M8 GTE	Augusto Farfus	Alexander Sims	failure	malfunction
2019	BMW Team MTEK	BMW M8 GTE	Augusto Farfus	Jesse Krohn	Rank 30

Individual results in the DTM

season	team	Manufacturer	1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th	8th	9	10	11	12	13	14th	15th	16	17th	18th	Points	rank
2014	BMW Team MTEK	BMW	HO1	OSC	HUN	NOR	MOS	SPI	ONLY	LAU	ZAN	HO2									6th	21st
			21 *	11	8th	20th	11	DNF	13	DNF	13	9
2015	BMW team blunder	BMW	HO1		LAU		NOR		ZAN		SPI		MOS		OSC		ONLY		HO2		79	11.
			13	20th	19th	14th	12	12	2	1	13	10	11	23	3	4th	9	15th	11	7th
2016	BMW Team Schnitzer	BMW	HO1		SPI		LAU		NOR		ZAN		MOS		ONLY		HUN		HO2		43	17th
			7th	DNF	22nd	21st	15th	14th	9	DSQ	6th	17th	20th	19th	20th	19th	17th	3	4th	DNF

Legend
colour	abbreviation	meaning
gold	-	victory
silver	-	2nd place
bronze	-	3rd place
green	-	Placement in the points
blue	-	Classified outside the point ranks
violet	DNF	Race not finished (did not finish)
	NC	not classified
red	DNQ	did not qualify
	DNPQ	failed in pre-qualification (did not pre-qualify)
black	DSQ	disqualified
White	DNS	not at the start (did not start)
	WD	withdrawn
Light Blue	PO	only participated in the training (practiced only)
	TD	Friday test driver
without	DNP	did not participate in the training (did not practice)
	INJ	injured or sick
	EX	excluded
	DNA	did not arrive
	C.	Race canceled
		no participation in the World Cup
other	P / bold	Pole position
	SR / italic	Fastest race lap
	*	not at the finish, but counted due to the distance covered
	()	Streak results
	underlined	Leader in the overall standings

Web links

Commons : António Félix da Costa  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Official website of António Félix da Costa
• Career statistics by António Félix da Costa (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ "Motopark Academy: Seven in one go" (Motorsport-Total.com on December 16, 2009)
2. ^ "Hungary: Tambay at Manor, da Costa at Carlin" (Motorsport-Total.com on July 29, 2010)
3. ↑ "Force India: Di Resta and Félix da Costa take turns" (Motorsport-Total.com on November 16, 2010)
4. ↑ "GP3 - Felix da Costa changes the championship (Motorsport-Magazin.com on February 15, 2011)
5. ↑ “Pedro Nunes and Antonio Felix da Costa join Hitech for Nurburgring British F3 round” (autosport.com on June 29, 2011)
6. ↑ "GP2 - Felix da Costa starts for Ocean" (Motorsport-Magazin.com on October 18, 2011)
7. ↑ “Antonio Felix da Costa confirmed at Carlin for GP3” ( Memento from March 27, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) (gp3series.com on March 26, 2012)
8. ^ Glenn Freeman: "Red Bull drops Lewis Williamson from its junior program and promotes Felix de Costa". autosport.com, June 28, 2012, accessed June 28, 2012 . 
9. ↑ Frederik Hackbarth: "WS by Renault - Da Costa continues to work for Arden". F1 has to wait a little longer. Motorsport-Magazin.com, January 9, 2013, accessed January 23, 2013 . 
10. ↑ "DTM - Martin and da Costa start for BMW". Priaulx 2014 in the USCC, Werner on the long haul. Motorsport-Magazin.com, December 6, 2013, accessed December 8, 2013 . 
11. ↑ Marion Rott: "Formula 1 - Buemi and Da Costa Red Bull test drivers 2013". Two capable drivers. Motorsport-Magazin.com, December 6, 2013, accessed December 8, 2013 . 
12. ^ "Antonio Felix da Costa joins Amlin Aguri to race in Formula E". (No longer available online.) Fiaformulae.com, July 2, 2014, formerly in the original ; accessed on July 2, 2014 .  ( Page no longer available , search in web archives )  
13. ↑ BMW retains seven drivers for 2015, drops Joey Hand. touringcartimes.com, December 6, 2014, accessed January 29, 2015 . 
14. ↑ Norman Fischer: Formula E 2015/2016: Antonio Felix da Costa confirmed at Aguri. Motorsport-Total.com, October 9, 2015, accessed October 9, 2015 . 
15. ↑ Ruben Zimmermann: After three years: Antonio Felix da Costa leaves the DTM 2017. Motorsport-Total.com, September 23, 2016, accessed on October 19, 2016 . 
16. ↑ Norman Fischer: Formula E: Andretti signs Antonio Felix da Costa. Motorsport-Total.com, August 10, 2016, accessed August 10, 2016 . 
17. ↑ Robert Seiwert: Formula E - BMW with Andretti - works commitment planned. Motorsport-Magazin.com, September 27, 2016, accessed October 19, 2016 . 
18. ^ "Da Costa is the new Formula E champion" , article in the FAZ from August 10, 2020, accessed on August 23, 2020
19. ^ "Monteiro promotes da Costa" (Motorsport-Total.com on December 11, 2009)