António Félix da Costa

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António Félix da Costa
2019–20
Finished last season9th (93 pts)
Formula Renault 2.0 NEC

António Maria de Mello Breyner Félix da Costa ComM (born 31 August 1991) is a Portuguese professional racing driver for the Porsche Formula E Team and the 2019–20 Formula E Drivers' Champion.

He won the

2009.[2] He is the younger half-brother of Duarte Félix da Costa, also a racing driver,[3]
who primarily competes in sportscar racing.

After progressing through various levels of the junior formulae motorsport ladder, Félix da Costa's breakthrough year came during the 2012 season. Having started the season driving for the

Both Félix da Costa and Frijns[7] received tests with the Red Bull Racing Formula One team for the Young Drivers' test in Abu Dhabi – Félix da Costa's second such appearance at the tests, after driving for Force India in 2010[3] – with Félix da Costa setting the pace on the second day. He completed the season with the first Portuguese victory in the Macau Grand Prix in 58 years, leading every racing lap of the meeting en route to victory.[1]

Early career

Félix da Costa in Motorland driving a Red Bull RB8

Karting

Born in

Italian Open Masters. In 2007, Félix da Costa became an official factory driver for the legendary Italian Tony Kart team, in the newly renamed KF2 category alongside Will Stevens.[9]
His best results were a fourth in the Asia-Pacific Championship and a runner-up in the South-Garda Winter Cup.

Formula Renault 2.0

2008

Félix da Costa moved into

Estoril en route to thirteenth in the championship, with five points-scoring finishes in total. Félix da Costa also served as a rookie driver for A1 Team Portugal, at the New Zealand and South African rounds of the 2008–09 A1 Grand Prix season.[12][13]

2009

With Bottas, Hegewald,

Ciudad del Motor de Aragón circuit, winning from his first series pole position, and also set fastest lap along the way. He completed the double the following day, however he lost out on second place in the championship to Jean-Éric Vergne
on a tie-breaker.

Formula Three

2010

2010 Formula 3 Euro Series season
.

Félix da Costa stepped up to the

Zandvoort and Brands Hatch; he had finished the Saturday races in eighth position, and thus started both meetings' Sunday races from pole position and led both from start to finish.[20][21]

He achieved one further podium finish at

Carlin for the event. Having recorded the thirteenth fastest time in qualifying, Félix da Costa progressed up the field to a sixth-place finish in the main 15-lap race. Prior to the event, Félix da Costa took part in the Formula One Young Drivers' Test in Abu Dhabi for Force India.[22] Félix da Costa set the third-fastest time of the first day's running, completing 77 laps.[23]

2011

In order to return to the Macau Grand Prix in

Hitech Racing,[24] replacing Max Snegirev in one of the team's cars. He contested races at the Nürburgring and Paul Ricard during July, at circuits he had competed at previously in the Formula 3 Euro Series. He achieved a podium finish in the final race at the Nürburgring, finishing second to Felipe Nasr after a last-lap pass on Carlos Huertas,[25] while he accumulated two podium finishes – second in race one and third in race two – at Paul Ricard. He finished the championship in thirteenth place, tied on points with another of the team's drivers, Riki Christodoulou. He rejoined Hitech Racing for Macau, where he started from the front row[26] for the qualifying race – after Roberto Merhi
was given a post-qualifying penalty – but stalled on the grid at the race start, dropping to the back of the field before retiring with gearbox issues. He retired from the main race with a wheel issue.

2012

For the 2012 Macau Grand Prix, drivers had to compete in any Formula Three championship race during the calendar year, rather than an FIA-regulated championship meeting like previous years, due to the introduction of Dallara's new F312. As a result, Félix da Costa had to compete, for Carlin, in the MotorSport Vision Formula Three Cup – a second-tier Formula Three series in the United Kingdom – in its season-ending round at Snetterton,[27] due to commitments in other series. Félix da Costa comfortably won both races, winning the first race by almost a minute and the second race by almost forty seconds.[28][29] At Macau, Félix da Costa set the fastest time during the first qualifying session on Thursday,[30] but ultimately had to start from second on the grid after Alex Lynn improved upon his time during the second session on Friday.[31] Lynn made a slow start in the qualification race and Félix da Costa was momentarily passed by Felix Rosenqvist before he moved back ahead under braking for Lisboa on lap one. He maintained the lead until the end, taking pole position for the main race. Rosenqvist repeated his qualification race start in the Grand Prix itself, but Félix da Costa retook the lead at Lisboa on lap one once again.[32] Félix da Costa maintained the lead until the end,[1] to become the first Portuguese winner of the Grand Prix since Eduardo de Carvalho won the inaugural event in 1954. It was also Carlin's first win in the race since 2001, when Takuma Sato won the event.[33]

GP3 Series

2010

Alongside his Formula Three commitments for

British Formula Three Championship, and the GP3 meetings clashed with Formula Three races at Spa-Francorchamps and Snetterton. In his first race, Félix da Costa finished in sixth place,[35]
but that was to be his only points-scoring finish, and eventually finished the season 26th in the drivers' championship standings.

2011

For

Monza, where he made his way up the order from fourteenth on the grid. Starting alongside Mitch Evans on the front row for the final race of the season, Félix da Costa held a top-three placing for most of the race and when Evans and James Calado collided with three laps remaining, Félix da Costa was to profit as he assumed the race lead. He held the lead until the end of the race,[37] holding off Rio Haryanto by 0.7 seconds to take his first GP3 victory; the victory helped him to finish thirteenth in the final drivers' championship standings. Félix da Costa also contested the non-championship GP2 Final in Abu Dhabi for Ocean Racing Technology,[38]
taking finishes of seventh and thirteenth places respectively.

Da Costa competing at the Monza round of the 2012 GP3 Series.

2012

Félix da Costa remained in the series for

2012, and he rejoined the Carlin team,[39] partnering British drivers Alex Brundle and William Buller. For the opening round of the season in Barcelona, Félix da Costa qualified on pole position by 0.01 seconds ahead of Lotus GP team-mates Conor Daly and Aaro Vainio.[40] Félix da Costa jumped the start of the race, and was given a drive-through penalty as a result.[41] He ultimately finished the race in fourteenth place, before taking a seventh-place finish in the weekend's other race.[42] He finished seventh in the opening race at Monaco,[43] meaning he started second for the second race of the weekend. He remained in that position during the race, following Marlon Stöckinger across the line for his first podium of the season.[44]

Félix da Costa was excluded from qualifying at Valencia for a technical infringement, forcing him to start the first race from the back of the grid.[45] He retired from the race on the second lap, after an incident with Dmitry Suranovich; he was later found guilty of causing an avoidable collision and was given a ten-place grid penalty for the second race, forcing him to start at the back once again. Over the course of the 14-lap race, Félix da Costa moved up from 24th to 8th, setting fastest lap of the race in the process.[46] He qualified third at Silverstone, but in the wet conditions that race one was held in, Félix da Costa managed to overtake Vainio off the line, and Mitch Evans early on the first lap. He held the lead from the remainder of the race to take his first win of the season.[47] He finished sixth in the weekend's second race, enabling him to move into third place in the drivers' championship.

After a double retirement at Hockenheim, Félix da Costa scored his second victory of the season at the Hungaroring.[48] Qualifying second to Vainio, Félix da Costa managed to hold off the advances of Evans at the start of the race, and eventually pulled away from his rivals. Evans was later passed by Lotus GP's Daniel Abt, but Félix da Costa maintained a four-second lead over them both and remained clear to the end. With the reverse-grid system, Félix da Costa started eighth for the second race, held in drying conditions. He had moved up to fifth place, on wet tyres, before making a pit stop for dry tyres. At one point during the race, Félix da Costa was lapping some ten seconds quicker than race leaders Matias Laine and Vainio, quickly making his way through the order. He moved into the lead with three laps to go, and ultimately won the race – becoming the first GP3 driver to win both races during a race weekend[49][50] – by almost twelve seconds from Patric Niederhauser.[51] At Spa-Francorchamps, Félix da Costa finished both races in second position to move himself into championship contention, 21.5 points behind championship leader Evans.[52] However, the opening race at Monza eliminated him from the running after a strange electronic problem in the car forcing him to stop during the race, the car suddenly gained power again and he managed to finish the race in 15th, and he ultimately fell to third in the final drivers' championship standings thanks to a win and second for Abt at the meeting.

Formula Renault 3.5

2012

Midway through the 2012 season, Félix da Costa was selected to join the

Alexander Rossi at the team – ahead of the fourth round of the season, at the Nürburgring.[4] In his début race, Félix da Costa achieved a ninth-place finish, scoring two points towards the championship. At Moscow Raceway, Félix da Costa was able to qualify in seventh position for the series' first-ever race at the track, out-qualifying Rossi by almost three tenths of a second. He passed Nico Müller at the start of the race, and was able to hold sixth place for the first half of the race before being demoted by Kevin Korjus. Félix da Costa held seventh until the end of the race; he finished fifteenth in the weekend's second race.[53][54]

At

Le Castellet, winning a rain-affected opening race from as low as sixth position during the race.[57] Félix da Costa qualified seventh for the second race of the weekend, which was run in similar conditions to the first. He had taken the lead by lap six, having passed Jules Bianchi for the position; Bianchi later overturned the advantage in the mandatory pit-stop phase, and ultimately held on to win from Félix da Costa.[58]

Félix da Costa closed the season with a double victory in Catalunya; he won the first race after passing championship contender Sam Bird eight laps from the end,[59] while the final race of the season was another standout wet-weather performance from Félix da Costa, taking victory by almost 28 seconds.[60] Despite missing the first five races of the season, Félix da Costa finished the season fourth in the drivers' championship with 166 points, missing out on the championship title, won by Robin Frijns, by 23 points. Following his performances in both GP3 and Formula Renault 3.5, Félix da Costa was invited to test with the Red Bull Racing Formula One team during the Young Drivers' Test in Abu Dhabi.[7] He tested for two of the scheduled three days, finishing with the second-fastest time – to Magnussen, driving for McLaren – on the opening day,[61] before topping the time-sheets on day two, recording a time half a second quicker than the next best driver, Oliver Turvey.[62]

2013

In an interview with Portuguese newspaper

2013 season.[63] On 9 January 2013, it was announced that Félix da Costa would be remaining with the Arden Caterham team that he had competed in the series with, during the 2012 season.[5] Félix da Costa, along with Kevin Magnussen, was tipped by the 2012 champion Robin Frijns to be one of the main championship challengers for the season.[64]

DTM

2014

2014 Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters season
, his first season in touring car racing.

Félix da Costa competed in the

2015 season.[65]

2015

In 2015, Félix da Costa moved to BMW Team Schnitzer driving alongside Martin Tomczyk. He did not score any points until race seven at Zandvoort where he got his first podium, finishing in second position. He won the second race of the weekend, for his first DTM victory. He was as high as eighth in points, but ultimately finished eleventh at the end of the season.

Félix da Costa racing in the 2018 6 Hours of Silverstone.

Formula E

Team Aguri (2014–2017)

2014–15 season

da Costa competed in the

inaugural Formula E season competing for Team Aguri in rounds that did not clash with his DTM commitments. In the team he raced alongside Katherine Legge and Salvador Durán during his time in the championship.[66] The 2015 Buenos Aires ePrix saw da Costa get his only win of the season after coming up through the field from eighth. Thereafter, he only had one non-points finish which occurred at the 2015 Berlin ePrix
where he finished in eleventh position. At the end of the season, da Costa had 51 points and secured 8th position in the standings.

2015–16 season

da Costa's car in the 2017 New York City ePrix paddock prior to qualifying

For the

2015–16 Formula E season da Costa retained his seat with Team Aguri alongside Nathanaël Berthon, Salvador Durán and Ma Qinghua.[67] Unfortunately, he had several good races taken away from his due to unreliability. For the first 3 races of the season he raced alongside Nathanaël Berthon before the French driver was dropped in favor of season 1 driver Salvador Durán, who himself was replaced by Ma Qinghua just 3 races later in to the season. Due to DTM commitments da Costa was unable to race the 2016 Berlin ePrix and was himself replaced by René Rast for the race, he would return for the double header to end the season in London.[68] da Costa's best finish of the season was 6th place which he achieved 3 times, at Putrajaya, Punta del Este and London(1). During the 2015 Beijing ePrix he was running in the podium positions when the car had a mechanical failure putting him out of the ePrix. At the 2016 Buenos Aires ePrix he was going for a potential back to back win at the track when another car failure, this time a safety cap piece, put him out of the race. Again bad luck would strike the Portuguese driver at the 2016 Long Beach ePrix when he claimed a sensational pole position only to be disqualified due to his right rear tyre pressure being 0.3psi below minimum. At the 2016 London ePrix
for race 2 da Costa finished an impressive 4th only to have a penalty for using too much power demote him to 9th, then a second penalty for track limits down to 11th. When the season had finished, Motorsport.com placed him 4th overall in the top 10 drivers of the season due to keeping cool at all times even when faced with so much bad luck.

2016–17 season

On 3 July 2016, da Costa announced he would be leaving

BMW i Andretti Motorsport (2017–2019)

2017–18 season

da Costa remained with

2018–19 season

da Costa was retained by

2018–19 season alongside Alexander Sims.[72] He took the pole position and won in the 2018 Ad Diriyah ePrix, the first race of the season with BMW after 3 seasons without podiums.[73][74] In the second round of 2019 Marrakesh ePrix, he was leading the race before his clash with his teammate Sims which caused his retirement of the race.[75]

DS Techeetah (2019–2022)

2019–20 season

In 2019 da Costa left

DS Techeetah to race alongside defending champion Jean-Éric Vergne.[76][77] He scored his first podium finish of the season in Santiago, finishing 2nd behind Maximilian Günther. He finished 2nd behind Mitch Evans in Mexico. da Costa's first win for DS Techeetah was in Marrakesh
, which was the third biggest winning margin in Formula E history (11.427 seconds).

Following the hiatus caused by the global COVID-19 pandemic, da Costa put in a string of dominant performances at the Berlin Templehof Circuit, claiming two wins and a podium to seal the Drivers' title, while also securing the Constructors' Championship for DS Techeetah with two races remaining.[78] As a result of his performance in the season, he received the Order of Merit from President Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa.

Félix da Costa at the 2020 Mexico City ePrix

2020–21 season

da Costa with DS Techeetah at the 2021 Berlin ePrix

da Costa continued with

2020–21 season.[79]

2021–22 season

da Costa remained with

2021–22 season, once again partnering Jean-Éric Vergne.[80]

TAG Heuer Porsche Formula E Team (2023–2024)

2022–23 season

da Costa at the 2023 Berlin ePrix.

After three years at

2022–23 season, replacing André Lotterer and partnering Pascal Wehrlein.[81] The year would start out in a disappointing manner, as the opening pair of events yielded but one points finish for the Portuguese driver, whilst teammate Wehrlein had taken the lead of the championship.[82] Da Costa would fight back in Hyderabad, profiting from a chaotic race to take third after Sébastien Buemi was awarded a post-race penalty, with da Costa having started from 13th in his 100th race in the category.[83] Even more success presented itself in Cape Town, where the Porsche driver made a succession of passes on Nick Cassidy and Jean-Éric Vergne at the tight Turn 7, helping himself to his first victory of the season.[84]

Personal life

Outside of racing, da Costa enjoys surfing.[85] He is fluent in five languages: Portuguese, Spanish, French, English, and Italian.

Racing record

Career summary

Season Series Team Races Wins Poles F/Laps Podiums Points Position
2008 Formula Renault UK Winter Series CR Scuderia 4 0 0 0 1 N/A NC†
Formula Renault 2.0 Portugal Winter Series Motopark Academy 2 0 0 0 0 4 17th
Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0
6 0 0 0 0 18 13th
Formula Renault 2.0 NEC
16 1 1 1 10 280 2nd
2009
Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0
Motopark Academy 14 3 2 3 9 128 3rd
Formula Renault 2.0 NEC
14 9 4 7 11 361 1st
2010
Formula 3 Euro Series
Motopark Academy 18 3 0 1 4 40 7th
Masters of Formula 3 1 0 0 0 0 N/A 18th
GP3 Series
Carlin
4 0 0 0 0 3 26th
Macau Grand Prix
1 0 0 0 0 N/A 6th
Formula One
Force India Test driver
2011
GP3 Series
Status Grand Prix 16 1 0 0 1 16 13th
British Formula 3 International Series
Hitech Racing
6 0 0 1 3 51 13th
Macau Grand Prix
1 0 0 0 0 N/A DNF
GP2 Final Ocean Racing Technology 2 0 0 0 0 2 9th
2012
Formula Renault 3.5 Series
Arden Caterham 12 4 0 2 6 166 4th
GP3 Series
Carlin
16 3 1 6 6 132 3rd
MotorSport Vision Formula Three Cup 2 2 1 2 2 N/A NC†
Macau Grand Prix
1 1 1 1 1 N/A 1st
Formula One
Red Bull Racing Test driver
2013
Formula Renault 3.5 Series
Arden Caterham 17 3 1 2 6 172 3rd
2014
Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters
BMW Team MTEK 10 0 0 0 0 6 21st
2014–15 Formula E
Amlin Aguri
8 1 0 0 1 51 8th
2015
Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters
BMW Team Schnitzer 18 1 1 1 3 79 11th
Stock Car Brasil Full Time Sports 1 0 0 0 1 0 NC†
2015–16 Formula E Team Aguri 9 0 0 0 0 28 13th
2016
Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters
BMW Team Schnitzer 18 0 2 1 1 43 17th
ADAC GT Masters Schubert Motorsport 2 0 0 0 0 0 NC
Stock Car Brasil
Full Time Sports 1 0 0 0 1 0 NC†
Macau Grand Prix
Carlin
1 1 1 0 1 N/A 1st
2016–17 Formula E
MS Amlin Andretti
12 0 0 0 0 10 20th
2017
Blancpain GT Series Sprint Cup
Rowe Racing 6 0 0 1 0 2 26th
International GT Open BMW Team Teo Martín 6 1 1 0 2 41 12th
Stock Car Brasil HERO Motorsport 2 0 0 0 1 0 NC†
24 Hours of Nürburgring - SP9 BMW Team Schnitzer 1 0 0 0 0 N/A DNF
2017–18 Formula E
MS&AD Andretti Formula E
12 0 0 0 0 20 15th
2018 IMSA SportsCar Championship - Prototype Jackie Chan DCR JOTA 1 0 0 0 0 26 51st
24 Hours of Le Mans - LMGTE Pro BMW Team MTEK 1 0 0 0 0 N/A DNF
Stock Car Brasil HERO Motorsport II 1 0 0 1 1 0 NC†
2018–19 Formula E
BMW i Andretti Motorsport
13 1 1 1 4 99 6th
FIA World Endurance Championship - LMGTE Pro
BMW Team MTEK 8 0 0 1 1 61 10th
2019 24 Hours of Le Mans - LMGTE Pro BMW Team MTEK 1 0 0 0 0 N/A 10th
2019–20 Formula E
DS Techeetah
11 3 3 2 6 158 1st
FIA World Endurance Championship - LMP2
Jota Sport 8 1 0 2 5 152 3rd
2020 24 Hours of Le Mans - LMP2 Jota Sport 1 0 0 0 1 N/A 2nd
2020–21 Formula E
DS Techeetah
15 1 2 0 3 86 8th
2021 FIA World Endurance Championship - LMP2 Jota Sport 6 1 1 0 4 123 3rd
24 Hours of Le Mans - LMP2 1 0 0 0 0 N/A 8th
Stock Car Brasil
Eurofarma RC 2 1 0 0 1 N/A NC†
2021–22 Formula E
DS Techeetah
16 1 2 0 2 122 8th
2022 FIA World Endurance Championship - LMP2 Jota 6 1 1 1 5 137 1st
24 Hours of Le Mans - LMP2 1 1 0 0 1 N/A 1st
2022–23 Formula E TAG Heuer Porsche Formula E Team 16 1 0 0 3 93 9th
2023 FIA World Endurance Championship - Hypercar Hertz Team Jota 5 0 0 0 0 38 9th
FIA World Endurance Championship - LMP2 1 0 0 0 0 0 NC†
24 Hours of Le Mans - Hypercar 1 0 0 0 0 N/A 13th
2023–24 Formula E TAG Heuer Porsche Formula E Team 4 0 0 0 0 8* 15th*

As da Costa was a guest driver, he was ineligible for points.

Complete Formula 3 Euro Series results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position, races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year Entrant Chassis Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 DC Points
2010
Motopark Academy Dallara F308/098 Volkswagen LEC
1

8
LEC
2

8
HOC
1

7
HOC
2

9
VAL
1

6
VAL
2

Ret
NOR
1

7
NOR
2

Ret
NÜR
1

7
NÜR
2

1
ZAN
1

8
ZAN
2

1
BRH
1

8
BRH
2

1
OSC
1

3
OSC
2

Ret
HOC
1

9
HOC
2

4
7th 40

Complete GP3 Series results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position, races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year Entrant 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 DC Points
2010
Carlin
CAT
FEA
CAT
SPR
IST
FEA
IST
SPR
VAL
FEA
VAL
SPR
SIL
FEA
SIL
SPR
HOC
FEA
HOC
SPR
HUN
FEA

6
HUN
SPR

17
SPA
FEA

Ret
SPA
SPR

12
MNZ
FEA
MNZ
SPR
26th 3
2011
Status Grand Prix IST
FEA

5
IST
SPR

4
CAT
FEA

12
CAT
SPR

17
VAL
FEA

Ret
VAL
SPR

20†
SIL
FEA

19
SIL
SPR

9
NÜR
FEA

28
NÜR
SPR

Ret
HUN
FEA

11
HUN
SPR

6
SPA
FEA

Ret
SPA
SPR

11
MNZ
FEA

7
MNZ
SPR

1
13th 16
2012
Carlin
CAT
FEA

14
CAT
SPR

7
MON
FEA

7
MON
SPR

2
VAL
FEA

Ret
VAL
SPR

8
SIL
FEA

1
SIL
SPR

6
HOC
FEA

Ret
HOC
SPR

Ret
HUN
FEA

1
HUN
SPR

1
SPA
FEA

2
SPA
SPR

2
MNZ
FEA

15
MNZ
SPR

5
3rd 132

Driver did not finish, but completed 90% of the race distance.
‡ Half points awarded as less than 75% of race distance was completed.

Complete GP2 Final results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year Entrant 1 2 DC Points
2011
Ocean Racing Technology YMC
FEA

7
YMC
SPR

13
9th 2

Complete Formula Renault 3.5 Series results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position, races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 Pos Points
2012
Arden Caterham
ALC
1
ALC
2
MON
1
SPA
1
SPA
2
NÜR
1

9
NÜR
2

11
MSC
1

7
MSC
2

15
SIL
1

5
SIL
2

2
HUN
1

4
HUN
2

1
LEC
1

1
LEC
2

2
CAT
1

1
CAT
2

1
4th 166
2013
Arden Caterham
MNZ
1

Ret
MNZ
2

1
ALC
1

13
ALC
2

7
MON
1

5
SPA
1

2
SPA
2

4
MSC
1

2
MSC
2

Ret
RBR
1

7
RBR
2

Ret
HUN
1

Ret
HUN
2

1
LEC
1

1
LEC
2

3
CAT
1

4
CAT
2

13
3rd 172

Complete Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year Team Car 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 Pos Points
2014
BMW Team MTEK BMW M4 DTM HOC
21†
OSC
11
HUN
8
NOR
20
MSC
11
SPL
Ret
NÜR
13
LAU

Ret
ZAN

14
HOC
9
21st 6
2015
BMW Team Schnitzer BMW M4 DTM HOC
1

13
HOC
2

20
LAU
1

19
LAU
2

14
NOR
1

12
NOR
2

12
ZAN
1

2
ZAN
2

1
SPL
1

13
SPL
2

10
MSC
1

11
MSC
2

23
OSC
1

3
OSC
2

4
NÜR
1

9
NÜR
2

15
HOC
1

11
HOC
2

7
11th 79
2016
BMW Team Schnitzer BMW M4 DTM HOC
1

7
HOC
2

Ret
SPL
1

22
SPL
2

21
LAU
1

15
LAU
2

14
NOR
1

9
NOR
2

DSQ
ZAN
1

6
ZAN
2

17
MSC
1

20
MSC
2

19
NÜR
1

20
NÜR
2

19
HUN
1

16
HUN
2

3
HOC
1

4
HOC
2

Ret
17th 43

Driver did not finish, but completed 90% of the race distance.

Complete Formula E results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year Team Chassis Powertrain 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 Pos Points
2014–15
Amlin Aguri
Spark SRT01-e SRT01-e BEI PUT
8
PDE
Ret
BUE
1
MIA
6
LBH
7
MCO
9
BER
11
MSC
7
LDN LDN 8th 51
2015–16 Team Aguri Spark SRT01-e SRT01-e BEI
Ret
PUT
6
PDE
6
BUE
Ret
MEX
Ret
LBH
Ret
PAR
8
BER LDN
6
LDN
11
13th 28
2016–17
MS Amlin Andretti
Spark SRT01-e Andretti ATEC-02 HKG
5
MRK
Ret
BUE
11
MEX
Ret
MCO
11
PAR
Ret
BER
16
BER
11
NYC

12
NYC

15
MTL
14
MTL
15
20th 10
2017–18
MS&AD Andretti Formula E
Spark SRT01-e Andretti ATEC-03 HKG
6
HKG
11
MRK
14
SCL
9
MEX
7
PDE
11
RME
11
PAR
Ret
BER
15
ZUR
8
NYC
11
NYC
15
15th 20
2018–19
BMW i Andretti Motorsport
Spark SRT05e BMW iFE.18 ADR
1
MRK
Ret
SCL
Ret
MEX
2
HKG
10
SYX
3
RME
9
PAR
7
MCO
DSQ
BER
4
BRN

12
NYC
3
NYC
9
6th 99
2019–20
Techeetah
Spark SRT05e DS E-TENSE FE20
DIR

14
DIR

10
SCL
2
MEX
2
MRK
1
BER

1
BER

1
BER

4
BER

2
BER

Ret
BER

9
1st 158
2020–21
Techeetah
Spark SRT05e DS E-TENSE FE20 DIR
11
DIR
3
8th 86
DS E-TENSE FE21 RME
Ret
RME
7
VLC
DSQ
VLC
22
MCO
1
PUE
6
PUE
Ret
NYC
12
NYC
3
LDN
8
LDN
Ret
BER
7
BER
Ret
2021–22
DS Techeetah
Spark SRT05e DS E-TENSE FE21 DRH
Ret
DRH MEX RME RME MCO BER BER
JAK
MRK
NYC
NYC
LDN
LDN
SEO
SEO
8th 122
2022–23 TAG Heuer Porsche Formula E Team Formula E Gen3
Porsche 99X Electric
MEX DRH DRH HYD CAP SAP BER BER MCO JAK JAK POR RME RME LDN LDN 9th 93
2023–24 TAG Heuer Porsche Formula E Team Formula E Gen3
Porsche 99X Electric
MEX DRH DRH SAP TOK
MIS
MIS

MCO

BER

BER

SHA

SHA

POR

POR

LDN

LDN

11th* 20*

Complete Stock Car Brasil results

Year Team Car 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 Rank Pts.
2015 Full Time Sports Chevrolet Sonic GOI
1

3
RBP
1
RBP
2
VEL
1
VEL
2
CUR
1
CUR
2
SCZ
1
SCZ
2
CUR
1
CUR
2
GOI
1
CAS
1
CAS
2
MOU
1
MOU
2
CUR
1
CUR
2
TAR
1
TAR
2
INT
1
NC† 0†
2016
Full Time Sports Chevrolet Sonic CUR
1

2
VEL
1
VEL
2
GOI
1
GOI
2
SCZ
1
SCZ
2
TAR
1
TAR
2
CAS
1
CAS
2
INT
1
LON
1
LON
2
CUR
1
CUR
2
GOI
1
GOI
2
CRI
1
CRI
2
INT
1
NC† 0†
2017
HERO Motorsport
Chevrolet Cruze GOI
1
GOI
2
VEL
1
VEL
2
SCZ
1
SCZ
2
CAS
1
CAS
2
CUR
1
CRI
1
CRI
2
VCA
1
VCA
2
LON
1
LON
2
ARG
1
ARG
2
TAR
1
TAR
2
GOI
1

3
GOI
2

Ret
INT
1
NC† 0†
2018 HERO Motorsport Chevrolet Cruze
INT
1
CUR
1
CUR
2
VEL
1
VEL
2
LON
1
LON
2
SCZ
1
SCZ
2
GOI
1

3
MOU
1
MOU
2
CAS
1
CAS
2
VCA
1
VCA
2
TAR
1
TAR
2
GOI
1
GOI
2
INT
1
NC† 0†
2021
Eurofarma RC Chevrolet Cruze GOI
1
GOI
2
INT
1

9
INT
2

1
VCA
1
VCA
2
VCA
1
VCA
2
CAS
1
CAS
2
CUR
1
CUR
2
CUR
1
CUR
2
SCZ
1
SCZ
2
VCA
1
VCA
2
VCA
1
VCA
2
GOI
1
GOI
2
INT
1
INT
2
NC† 0†

As da Costa was a guest driver, he was ineligible for points.

Complete Blancpain GT Series Sprint Cup results

Year Team Car Class 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Pos Points
2017
Rowe Racing BMW M6 GT3 Pro MIS
QR
MIS
CR
BRH
QR

5
BRH
CR

Ret
ZOL
QR

14
ZOL
CR

Ret
HUN
QR
HUN
CR
NÜR
QR

7
NÜR
CR

11
26th 2

Complete FIA World Endurance Championship results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year Entrant Class Chassis Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Rank Points
2018–19 BMW Team MTEK LMGTE Pro BMW M8 GTE
BMW S63
4.0 L Turbo V8
SPA
5
LMS
Ret
SIL
Ret
FUJ
2
SHA
10
SEB
7
SPA
4
LMS
6
10th 61
2019–20 Jota Sport LMP2 Oreca 07 Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8
SIL

5
FUJ
DSQ
SHA
1
BHR
2
COA

3
SPA
4
LMS
2
BHR
2
3rd 152
2021 Jota Sport LMP2 Oreca 07 Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 SPA
2
ALG
1
MNZ
Ret
LMS
4
BHR
3
BHR
2
3rd 123
2022 Jota Sport LMP2 Oreca 07 Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 SEB
6
SPA
3
LMS
1
MNZ
2
FUJ
2
BHR
3
1st 137
2023 Hertz Team Jota Hypercar Porsche 963 Porsche 4.6 L Turbo V8 SEB ALG SPA
6
LMS
10
MNZ
9
FUJ
6
BHR
4
9th 38

Complete 24 Hours of Le Mans results

Year Team Co-Drivers Car Class Laps Pos. Class
Pos.
2018 Germany BMW Team MTEK United Kingdom Alexander Sims
Brazil Augusto Farfus
BMW M8 GTE GTE
Pro
223 DNF DNF
2019 Germany BMW Team MTEK Brazil Augusto Farfus
Finland Jesse Krohn
BMW M8 GTE GTE
Pro
335 30th 10th
2020 United Kingdom Jota Sport United Kingdom Anthony Davidson
Mexico Roberto González
Oreca 07-Gibson LMP2 370 6th 2nd
2021 United Kingdom Jota Sport United Kingdom Anthony Davidson
Mexico Roberto González
Oreca 07-Gibson LMP2 358 13th 8th
2022 United Kingdom Jota Sport Mexico Roberto González
United Kingdom Will Stevens
Oreca 07-Gibson LMP2 369 5th 1st
2023 United Kingdom Hertz Team Jota United Kingdom Will Stevens
China Yifei Ye
Porsche 963 Hypercar 244 40th 13th

Distinctions

National orders

See also

  • 2018–19 Formula E season

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Sporting positions
Preceded by
Formula Renault 2.0 NEC

Champion

2009
Succeeded by
Ludwig Ghidi
Preceded by Macau Grand Prix
Winner

2012
Succeeded by
Preceded by Macau Grand Prix
Winner

2016
Succeeded by
Preceded by
2019–20
Succeeded by
Preceded by FIA Endurance Trophy for LMP2 Drivers
2022
With: Will Stevens & Roberto González
Succeeded by