Formula And Tokyo: Félix da Costa frustrated and further from the title

ANDit's red the fight for the title of Formula E. At one round of the end, the first three are separated by only five points, after a frustrating Tokyo Award for António Félix da Costa.

The Japanese stage had two rounds. In the first race, with rain marking presence, the victory was by Dan Ticktum (Cupra Kiro) who, until then, had never been to the podium at this time. He surpassed Jake Dennis (Andretti/Porsche), with Nick Cassidy (Citroën) closing the podium.

Félix da Costa took off from third, but had his race compromised by a touch of Pascal Wehrlein (Porsche) At turn 8 it cost him several positions. He was able to return to the test to cut the target in ninth, while the German would abandon.

On Sunday's exam, António Félix da Costa took off second and even led at an early stage with wet track. But as conditions progressed to dry flooring, he lost momentum. The triumph was Nyck de Vries (Mahindra), who beat Cassidy, while Jake Dennis cut the goal in third position.

The end was marked by a red flag at the turn 32 of 34, due to a multiple collision in which one of the involved was António Félix da Costa. But everyone was able to return to the track for the start and completion of the test. The Portuguese concluded on 16th.

“Perhaps from the best weekends I made”

When a double round to the end is missing, the Formula World Cup He is led by Jake Dennis with 146 points, two more than Mitch Evans (Jaguar) and five more than Pascal Wehrlein. António Félix da Acosta is sixth to 33 points from the top, with 58 in dispute.

On social media, the pilot wrote: “Hard to accept the results of this weekend. Big frustration, maybe from the best weekends I've ever done in my career, on a track where I've never been strong. We qualified in third and second, but we only left with two points”.

With the championship situation at the entrance of the last round, António Félix da Costa considers the title to be a “difficult but not impossible” mission.