page_title: António Félix da Costa
section_title: 2015
hierarchical_section_title: António Félix da Costa / Career / DTM / 2015
caption_attribution_description: English: Portuguese driver António Félix da Costa in the number 82 BMW Team MTEK entry, at Village corner during the 2018 6 Hours of Silverstone race. Félix da Costa and his co-driver, Brazilian driver Augusto Farfus, were running in the LMGTE Pro class but retired from the race after the fourth hour.
context_page_description: António Maria de Mello Breyner Félix da Costa is a Portuguese professional racing driver and the reigning FIA Formula E Drivers' Champion.
  He is perhaps best known for winning the Macau Grand Prix invitational Formula Three race in 2012 and 2016, as well as the Formula Renault 2.0 Northern European Cup in 2009. He is the younger half-brother of Duarte Félix da Costa, also a racing driver, 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 Carlin team in the GP3 Series, Félix da Costa was selected to join the Red Bull Junior Team, replacing Formula Renault 3.5 Series driver Lewis Williamson, who had failed to score a point in the first three meetings of the season. Félix da Costa assumed Williamson's drive with the Arden Caterham team, where he ultimately won four of the final five races to be held in the campaign en route to fourth position in the final championship standings, just 23 points behind eventual champion Robin Frijns.
context_section_description: 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.
caption: Félix da Costa racing in the 2018 6 Hours of Silverstone.
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