AntÃ³nio FÃ©lix da Costa

António Maria de Mello Breyner Félix da Costa (born 31 August 1991, Lisbon ) is a Portuguese racing driver. He joined in 2012 and 2013 in the Formula Renault 3.5.

His older brother Duarte is also a racing driver.

Career

Like most racers began Félix da Costa his career in karting, where he was active from 2002 to 2007. In 2008 he moved to Formula racing and was starting behind his team-mate Valtteri Bottas runner-up of the Northern European Formula Renault immediately for Moto Park Academy. He also began 2.0 Euro Cup in six races of the Formula Renault and was 13 After the season, he took part in the Winter Championships of Portuguese and British Formula Renault. 2009 remained Félix da Costa in both series. He improved in the Formula Renault 2.0 Eurocup to third overall and won with nine wins the championship of the North European Formula Renault.

2010 started Félix da Costa for Moto Park Academy in the Formula 3 Euro Series. He won three races and was the champion Edoardo Mortara after the pilot has the second most wins. At the end of the season, he finished seventh in the drivers' standings. He also took part in for Carlin two race weekends of the GP3 Series and finished 26th in the overall standings. In November he made during test drives for Force India its first experience in a Formula 1 car. In 2011, Félix da Costa for Status Grand Prix at the full season of the GP3 series part. After he had achieved at four points race, his first victory came at the last race of the season. He finished the season starting on the 13th place overall. In addition, Félix da Costa joined for Hitech Racing at two race weekends of the British Formula 3 Championship. He scored three podium finishes with a second and two third places. He also began to attend an event of the FIA Formula 3 Trophy 2011. At the end of the year he went for Ocean Racing Technology in the GP2 Final in 2011 at the start and finished ninth.

2012 moved Félix da Costa in the GP3 series to Carlin, for which he debuted in the series in 2010. He chose three races for themselves and scored six podium finishes. He took significantly more points than his two teammates together and finished the season on top of the third overall. In addition, he was taken to the middle of the year in the funding of Red Bull and received at Arden Caterham a cockpit in the 2012 season of Formula Renault 3.5. Félix da Costa won a race in each Mogyoród and Le Castellet and both races in Catalunya. In the drivers' standings, he was fourth. Although he had not participated in the season, he had scored more than twice as many points as his teammate Alexander Rossi at the end of the season. In addition, Félix da Costa took on MotorSport Vision Formula 3 Cup, a regional Formula 3 Championship in the UK as a guest and won here two starts two races. With this commitment, he met the requirements for participation in the Macau Grand Prix. This he won starting from pole position. Furthermore Félix da Costa graduated from Red Bull to Formula 1 test drives.

2013 remained Félix da Costa at Arden Caterham in Formula Renault 3.5. After a victory at the season opener at Monza he remained several races without a win and scored two second places. On the seventh race weekend in Mogyoród was followed by his second, his third victory at Le Castellet. Félix da Costa improved in the championship in third place. With 172 to 14 points, he sat down significantly against his team-mate Pietro Fantin through. In addition, Félix da Costa took again at MotorSport Vision Formula 3 Cup as a guest part to meet again to Macau Grand Prix. Starting for Carlin, he finished second behind Alex Lynn. In addition, Félix da Costa as Formula 1 test driver for Red Bull under contract.

2014 is replaced by Félix da Costa at BMW a cockpit in the DTM. Moreover, Félix is again acting as Costa in F1 as a test driver for Red Bull Racing.

Others

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

Career stations

2002-2007: Karting
2008: North European Formula Renault (2nd place)
2008: Formula Renault 2.0 Eurocup ( 13th)
2008: Portuguese Formula Renault Winter Series (No. 17)
2009: North European Formula Renault (Master)

2009: Formula Renault 2.0 Eurocup ( 3rd place)
2010: Formula 3 Euro Series (No. 7)
2010: GP3 Series ( No. 26 )
2011: GP3 Series ( No. 13 )
, 2011: British Formula 3 ( 13th)

2012: GP3 Series ( 3rd place)
2012: Formula Renault 3.5 ( 4th place)
2013: Formula Renault 3.5 ( 3rd place)
2013: Formula 1 ( test driver )

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