António Félix da Costa was delighted to end up with a podium in race two of the New York City E-Prix on Saturday, with the Portuguese driver inhering third place late on after Mitch Evans clipped the wall and broke his left-rear suspension.
The DS Techeetah driver had earlier found his way passed both of the Tag Heuer Porsche Formula E Team drivers to run fourth, with both Pascal Wehrlein and André Lotterer left fighting behind him in the closing laps.
And when Evans had his mishap, Félix da Costa took full advantage to take his first podium finish since he won the Monaco E-Prix back in May.
“Podium in America! It’s so good to wrap up this weekend with a good result, coming from seventh and climbing through the field to finish on the podium and to be back to second in the standings,” said Félix da Costa.
“The fight will go on until the end. Yesterday evening, we worked very hard with the engineers and the mechanics to improve the car, what an amazing team we have!”
“What we have to do is carry on and be ready to fight back in London” – Jean-Éric Vergne
Team-mate Jean-Éric Vergne’s day was very short, with an electrical problem ruling him out of qualifying and another issue preventing him from getting off the line at the start.
After a podium finish on Saturday, the Frenchman had high hopes of another strong result on Sunday, but it was not to be for the two-time Formula E champion, who is already planning to fight back in the London E-Prix in two weeks time.
“Not a good day for me, I could not qualify due to an electrical problem and I was unable to start the race because of an unidentified issue,” said Vergne. “We had a strong car here, there are still four races and everything is possible.
“What we have to do is carry on and be ready to fight back in London.”
