Antonio Felix da Costa set history in motion with victory at the inaugural Cape Town e-Prix on Saturday. The Tag Heuer Porsche driver came from 11th to win the race after a late-race battle with former teammate Jean-Eric Vergne.Da Costa gradually fought up the field to find himself in contention for the win.
This is a massive turn of events for Porsche after its championship leader, Pascal Wehrlein, crashed out of the race on the opening lap. READ: Da Costa wins for Porsche after brilliant drive in history-making CT e-Prix An emotional Da Costa struggled to find the words in his post-race interview, only managing to say that "[the win] was a long time coming" before composing himself again."I have tears in my eyes.
This one has been hard."For local fans, however, the race took an underwhelming turn when hero Kelvin van der Linde was pulled from the race because of safety concerns on his ABT Cupra.
Pole-sitter and Nissan driver Sacha Fenestraz dropped down the order and crashed out of the race at the end.HANG IT IN THE LOUVRE ??A move worthy of winning any race.