Felix da Costa: “Sad for the sport, sad for the fans” – Motorsport

Porsche filed a penal appeal in which it objected and admitted other types of protest actions

An unlucky weekend for the Portuguese Porsche driver in the electric single-seater championship. Yesterday, after hours of listening to “A Portuguesa” on the stage of the Marco Simoncelli Circuit in Italy, and celebrating a crushing victory in the sixth World Tour (ninth in this category, but only the first in 2024 and since the fifth round in 2023), in Cape Town , South Africa), after qualifying for only fourteenth place, Felix da Costa was defeated in the Secretariatby the team of technical commissioners from the International Automobile Federation (FIA), who discovered a technical violation in the 9XX Electric car (the fuel damper spring does not comply with the regulations) and punished it with disqualification.

Today, in qualifying for the second race of the Italian weekend on the World Cup Map of the Season The starting grid for the 26-lap race (two laps less than yesterday) which starts at 2:04pm on mainland Portugal). In first place, Jake Hughes, from McLaren. A rollercoaster of emotions, a weekend of luck(s) and bad luck(s) too much…

Last night, the driver expressed his regret on the social network of all teams, that he did not adhere to this year's technical regulations. I feel sad for this sport and, above all, for the fans to explain this situation. Porsche informed, through a statement, that it had filed a criminal appeal in which it objected and recognized other types of protest actions.

Nissan's Oliver Rolland was the primary beneficiary of Antonio's accident. The Briton was promoted from second to first in the Misano ePrix standings and, at the same time, took the lead in the World Championship with 80 points. Defending champion Andretti's Jake Dennis moved up from third to second, a position he also holds in the championship, and Maserati's Maximilian Günther took third. Felix da Costa lost the brilliantly earned 25 points, and instead of climbing to seventh in the championship, he dropped from 11th to 13th.

Written by Jose Caetano