New York City E-Prix: Da Costa beats Vandoorne in Brooklyn

The DS Techeetah driver kept Vandoorne at arms' length in the latter stages of a frenetic second race at the Brooklyn Street Circuit, where a flurry of late yellow flags reduced the Belgian's opportunity to mount a pass.

A pile-up at Turn 6 on the ante-penultimate lap, which involved Jean-Eric Vergne, Lucas di Grassi and Oliver Askew, left the Andretti driver stranded on the corner exit as di Grassi stopped further up the road on the exit of Turn 10, limiting Vandoorne's passing zones to Turn 1.

Despite dwindling energy compared to Vandoorne, da Costa held on to collect his and Techeetah's first win of the year, continuing his turnaround after a difficult start to the campaign.

Da Costa held his pole off the start despite pressure from fellow front-row starter Alexander Sims, but the Mahindra driver looked more concerned by the cars behind him and thus tried to stick with the Portuguese driver.

The leading duo picked up their sole eight-minute attack mode activations on lap 12, with Vandoorne instructed to do the opposite of Sims, which allowed the Mercedes driver to secure the lead for a lap.

Vandoorne then picked up attack mode on the following tour, dropping back to third, but he continued to stick with the frontrunners along with team-mate Nyck de Vries.

But having lost a little ground to da Costa, Sims was then under heavy pressure from Vandoorne who, after a few aborted efforts, finally made his way past on the 22nd lap of 39.

That put Vandoorne onto the back of da Costa, but passing opportunities were at a premium as the Season 6 champion was resolute in defence.

Although Vandoorne mounted an assault with fanboost on lap 35, da Costa was far enough ahead to see that threat off.

But amid the late skirmish at Turn 6